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UKCA and Partners has been eminent in providing legal advisory, transactional
and advocacy services to its clients in diverse sectors and subjects. The firm
assists its clients in Corporate-Commercial Litigation, Insolvency, Mergers and
Acquisitions (M&A), Restructuring, Negotiations along with a whole range of legal
services including hearings at courts, arbitration proceedings, client briefings and
conferences, opinion writing and guidance, agreement and contract drafting,
research work, due diligence and several other related activities.
UKCA and the firm’s Partners have received several awards and accolades over
the years, including “Emerging Law Firm of the Year (Dispute Resolution)” by the
Indian National Bar Association; being featured in the 1st edition of the Indian
Corporate Counsel Association’s coffee-table book “The Vanguards” as one of
India’s most “Trusted Corporate Lawyers”; featured by Silicon India Magazine as
the “10 Most Promising Corporate Legal Consultants, 2018” and more.
The firm has also been covered in the media extensively for its work related to
various cases they have handled for their clients.
Introduction to the firm
HistoryDr. U. K. Chaudhary, an eminent Senior Advocate founded U. K. Chaudhary & Associates
in 1986 to provide effective, efficient, and creative legal services to meet the distinctive
needs of corporate and individual clients. Our philosophy from day one, has been to
provide advice and representation that allows individuals and corporates to achieve
their goals while minimizing legal risk. We have extensive experience advising and
representing public sector enterprises, real estate giants, manufacturers, mining
corporations, retailers, stock exchanges and individuals etc.
The firm was renamed UKCA Law Chambers in the late 90s and Dr. U. K. Chaudhary had
to disassociate from the firm when he was designated as a Senior Advocate. In the year
2014, the firm rebranded itself as UKCA and Partners and is presently under the
management and control of Dr. U. K. Chaudhary’s daughter, Ms. Manisha Chaudhary
along other Partners, each handling specified areas of law and policy.
UKCA was founded on the concept that the success of a law firm is tied to the success of
its clients and on understanding that such combined success can only be achieved
through commitment to excellence. The firm is attuned to the work culture of large
corporate clients and their expectations.
Our clients benefit from the legal and technical skills and industry specific know-how
and experience of our lawyers and professionals. Through our association with the best
in the industry, we have developed a sophisticated insight in to international best
practice in multifarious areas of law, business, economics etc.
Our mission at UKCA is to provide need-based, one stop legal resource for anything,
anywhere, anytime. We have organized ourselves to ensure and provide timely and
personalized advice to our clients. We strive to provide the best legal experience and
ethics based on the clients’ requirements and provide them with a single point of
contact in the firm, to ensure timely and personalized advice and all legal services under
one roof.
Approach & Mission
Established credentials and a talented team As a client you will deal with
one or more of the firm's partners right from the outset and v ongoing needs will always be in expert hands.
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Cornell Law School, USA
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Amity Law School, India
Bachelors in Arts (B.A.), Amity University, India
Certificate Course in Corporate Law and
Governance, London School of Economics and
Political Science, UK
Company Litigation | Insolvency & Bankruptcy |
Merger and Acquisitions | Private Equity | Securities
Law & Capital Markets
EXPERTISE
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Manisha ChaudharyManaging Partner
Manisha is a Master of Laws graduate from the prestigious Ivy League Cornell University Law School, United States. She read law at the prominent Amity Law School and holds a certificate in Corporate Law and Governance from the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
Manisha is the Managing Partner at UKCA and brings to the firm an extensive view of Corporate Laws from the biggest players around the world. She has the experience of working with some of the top lawyers and law firms of the country prior to joining UKCA. While at Cornell, she was under the guidance of the top lawyers and management professionals from New York City thus gaining tremendous insight on the corporate and legal culture in America.
Her forte lies in the field of Corporate Law Litigation and Consultancy, Negotiations, Corporate Restructuring (M&A), Private Equity and Commercial Transactions. She has also been handling matters relating to Capital and Financial Markets Regulations before various authorities and is developing a niche practice in Competition Law. She regularly appears before various tribunals such as the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Chandigarh, Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Competition Commission of India (CCI) and their appellate authority the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and High Courts of various states and the Supreme Court of India. Manisha is also on the panel on various government authorities.
Manisha has been featured as one of India’s most “Trusted Corporate Lawyers” in the 1st edition
of a coffee-table book “The Vanguards” published by the India Corporate Counsel Association
(ICCA) with support from Ministry of Law & Justice and Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
Interactive Seminar on Arbitration and Insolvency
Code – “Challenges and Options”, August 2018,
organised by SCOPE
General Counsel Conclave, 2018; organised by
Indian Corporate Counsel Association
Annual International Submit, 2017; organised by
Indian Corporate Counsel Association
Roundtable on “NCLT & NCLAT – Conjunction &
Divergence of Principles relating to Corporate
Jurisdiction” organised by Indian Corporate
Counsel Association
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions conference
organised by Corporate Counsel Association of
India
Extension Lecture Series on Mergers and
Acquisitions organised by Symbiosis Law College,
Noida
Workshop on Women Directors organised by PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Workshop on Start-Ups organised by PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Seminar on Corporate Frauds organised by Patiala
Chapter of ICSI
Law Day at Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, University
of Delhi.
Seminar on Law and procedure relating to
proceedings before the NCLT organized by NIRC of
the ICSI .
Seminar of Corporate Social Responsibility
organised by Ludhiana Chapter of ICSI
Organised the workshop series on “Provisions of
New Companies Act, 2013” organised by the PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CONFERENCES & SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
“Emerging Law Firm of the Year (Dispute Resolution)”, by the Indian National Bar Association
Manisha has been featured in various publications such as Start-up City Magazine as the “Women Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019”, by Silicon India Magazine as the “10 Most Promising Corporate Legal Consultants, 2018 and in Business Connect Magazine as the “10 Most Promising Corporate Legal Consultants, 2018”.
Manisha is on the advisory board of India Law Journal (ILJ) and Corporate Law Journal (CLJ). She is also an avid writer and has many published articles in various legal and corporate magazines. She has also presented varied subjects at seminars held all over India and has been a panellist at many legal conferences. Manisha has also been appointed as the Alternate Chairperson for merger/ demerger meetings by the Hon’ble National Company Law Tribunal.
Manisha has been at the forefront of enhancing legal education and is regular guest lecturer at various law schools and judge at moot courts. She is actively involved in helping various start-ups with their legal issues and funding and works pro bono for social enterprises in order to help them better serve the general public. Children rights and women empowerment are two other subjects that are very close to her heart.
Featured as one of India's most “Trusted Corporate Lawyers” in the 1st edition of a coffee-table book “The Vanguards”published by the India Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA) with support from Ministry of Law & Justice and Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Featured as the “10 Most Promising Corporate Legal Consultants, 2018 by Silicon India Magazine
Shortlisted for IDEX Legal Awards, 2017
On Panel with Trust Law by Thomson Reuters. Shortlisted for pro-bono award
National Advisory Board Member for Indian Law Journal , advisor on the Board for Corporate Law Journal and Editorial Board Member of LexisNexis.
LL.M. speaker at Cornell University Associated with the teams working on redrafting the ADR (Alternate Dispute Resolution) laws in association with CCI and ASSOCHAM
Member of Society of Indian Law Firms and Young Entrepreneurs Committee and Corporate Law Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce
On panel counsel for Delhi State Civil Supply Corporation, National Horticulture Board and Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank
Organised moot courts in collaboration with National Law University, Delhi
Jury member for presenting awards at GICCI (Gurjar International Chambers of Commerce and Industries.
Participated in a conference on “Corporate Restructuring, Acquisitions & Takeovers - Strategies for Growth” organised by Corporate Knowledge Foundation
ACHIEVMENTS
Participated in Seminar on Audit Committee organised by ASSOCHAM
Participated in conference on NCLT and NCLAT organised by NCLT Bar Association
Seminar on Emerging Trends in Corporate Governance organised by Amity Business School and Seminar on Directors in Twilight Zone organised by ICSI
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH PAPERS
“Corporate Criminal Liability” published in
Chartered Secretary in February 2012
Co-Author for article on “Disclosure of Interest and
Related Party Transactions: Some Intricate Issues”
published in Chartered Secretary in July 2014
Co-Author for article on “Merger and
Amalgamation under Companies Act, 2013 –
Dispensation of Meeting of Members by NCLT-a
grey area but not a grave area” published in
Chartered Secretary in February 2017
Paper on leveraged buyouts in India Paper on SEBI
and its working
Paper on Police Brutality and the need to frame a
new Police Act.
Real Estate and Infrastructure
Retail
Manufacturing
Steel
Mining
Power especially renewables
Telecommunication
Pharmaceuticals
Aviation
INDUSTRY & SECTORS OF PRACTICE
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Hons. Jiwaji University,
India
EXPERTISE
Banking and Negotiable Instruments |
Competition Laws | Alternate Dispute Resolution
(Both Domestic and International) | Company
Litigation | Insolvency and Bankruptcy | Civil
Litigation
N.Raja SinghPartner
N. Raja Singh is a senior partner at UKCA, and heads the Banking, Commercial & Corporate Litigations practices, as well as the domestic and international Arbitration practice of the firm.
Raja has vast experience in civil, banking, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), writs, mortgage laws, real estate laws, competition and general corporate laws. Over the last decade of his expansive litigation practice, he has handled and has been involved in significant high-profile cases. He has been working closely with a number of private clients, stock exchanges, MNCs and advising them on day-to-day legal hurdles arising out of regulations, rules, byelaws and regulatory laws.
Under his guidance, the firm has dealt with several landmark cases arising out of derivative transactions before various forums and courts and is handling matters of national importance before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. He has advised clients on a number of high-profile competition law (anti-trust) investigations, legal challenges brought against the provisions of Securitisation Act, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws and various Civil Laws.
In ADR sphere, Raja has represented over a dozen underwriters all over India, in one of the largest arbitral proceedings relating to IPO’s disputes, which was eventually settled between the parties. Raja is also handling high stake infrastructure arbitrations resulting in positive awards for the firm’s clients. In international arbitration, Raja has secured favourable awards for clients before the CIETAC, SIAC etc.
He is on panel with the Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank Limited and has also been appointed time and again as an Alternate Chairperson for the court convened meeting for mergers by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and also as Local Commissioner and Auctioneer by the Learned Debt Recovery Tribunal, Delhi. He also liaisons in good faith, with the officers at the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and its appellate authority.
Featured by Silicon India Magazine as the “10 Most PromisingCorporate Legal Consultants, 2018”
ACHIEVMENTS
On panel counsel for National Horticulture Board.
On panel counsel for Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank.
Real Estate and Infrastructure
Automobiles and manufacturing
Cement Industries
Papers and Sugar
Industries Banking and Non-Banking
Service Matter
Family Law
INDUSTRY & SECTORS OF PRACTICE
Participated in conference on NCLT and NCLAT organised by NCLT Bar Association.
Seminar on Emerging Trends in Corporate Governance organised by Amity Business School.
Seminar on Directors in Twilight Zone organised by ICSI.
Seminar on Corporate Frauds organised by Patiala Chapter of ICSI
Seminar on Law and procedure relating to proceedings before the NCLT organized by NIRC of ICSI
Seminar of Corporate Social Responsibility organised by Ludhiana Chapter of ICSI
CONFERENCES & SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Naveen DahiyaPartnerEDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Laws (LL.M.).National Law School of
India University, Banglore | LL.B. (Hons.), Guru
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi |
Single credit course on 'International| Merger &
Acquisitions' offered by Prof. Marc Schutt
(Latham & Watkins LLP) Germany.
EXPERTISE
Merger and Acquisitions | Company Litigation |
Insolvency and Bankruptcy | Arbitration |
Commercial Contracts/Agreements
Naveen has vast experience in advising the clients in the areas of Corporate Commercial Laws, Real Estate, Corporate Advisory, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws and Litigation. His forte lies in the area of corporate restructuring and strategizing investments inbound and outbound. He has been engaged in number of mergers, restructuring and acquisitions of various MNCs and large corporations in India. He has been regularly representing several clients before various courts and tribunals across the country, including Supreme Court of India, High Court(s), National Company Law Tribunal and its Appellate Tribunal, Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), etc.
His expertise also lie in assisting the clients in relation to real estate projects and advising multinational and domestic clients on various legal and commercial issues relating to real estate projects, conducting Due Diligence and assisting in drafting, reviewing, negotiating Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders Agreement, Subscription Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Business Transfer Agreements, Guarantees, Non-compete Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and other transaction documents.
During his previous stint at Commission of India (CCI), Naveen authored the article on “Competition Policy & Law- 'Competition Law as a Patent Safety Net in the Pharmaceutical Industry'.” Over the course of the years, the same article has been widely featured and cited worldwide by experts and authors of books and industry journals.
Naveen is also a Board Member for the M&A Practice group at Lexis Nexis. He has also received a Certificate of Appreciation by Lexis Nexis for Development of Practical Guidance Module. Naveen is also on the National Advisory Board of the Journal International Relations. He has been a regular speaker at various conferences, and is a Visiting Faculty of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Noida Chapter.
Participated in a seminar on “Is the Corporate Sector Over Regulated?” organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 7.05.2016.
Participated in a workshop on 'Provisions relating to KMP & Managerial Remuneration' organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 22.05.2015.
Participated in a workshop series on 'Provisions of New Companies Act, 2013' organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 28.02.2014
Participated in National Conference on 'Capital Market Frauds and Malpractices' organized by PHD chamber of Commerce and Industry on 10.10.2013
Participated in a conference on 'Corporate Restructuring, Acquisitions & Takeovers-Strategies for Growth' organized by Corporate Knowledge Foundation on 26.07.2013 at New Delhi.
CONFERENCESSPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
Seminar organized by the Noida Chapter of NIRC of Institute of Company Secretaries of India on “Merger/Amalgamations via NCLT and NCLAT” on 12.02.2017
39th Management Skills Orientation Programme (MSOP) organized by Noida Chapter of NIRC of Institute of Company Secretaries of India from 12.04.2017 to 27.04.2017.
Conference on 'Emerging Trends in Corporate Law-M&A and Competition Law', 2015-Delhi' organized by Corporate Counsel Association of India on 23.04.2016.’
GC Manthan, 2015-Leh Ladakh on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions' organized by Corporate Counsel Association of India from 09.10.2015-11.10.2015.
Workshop on 'Investigation and Fraud, Delhi' organized by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 08.05.2015’
Corporate Counsel Summit, 2015-Delhi' organized by Corporate Counsel Association of India on 17.04.2015.
Extension lecture series on 'Mergers and Acquisitions' organized by Symbiosis Law College, Noida on 12.09.2015.
Seminar on Law and procedure relating to proceedings before the NCLT organized by NIRC of the ICSI
Participated in the 3rd Annual NLSIR SYMPOSIUM on 'Indian Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: at the Crossroad' held at National Law School of India University, Bangalore, from 10th -11th April, 2010 Participated in a Round Table Conference on 'Protection of Traditional 'Knowledge' held at National Law School of India University, Bangalore, on 25th & 26th January, 2010.
Participated in training programme on 'Human Rights Education'organised by SouthAsian Law Schools Forum for Human Rights, New Delhi, on 4th Sep, 2004.
Merger and Acquisitions
Company Litigation
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Arbitration
Commercial Contracts/Agreements.
INDUSTRY & SECTORS OF PRACTICE
Comprehensive services with a difference Versed and versatile, the members of UKCA
and Partners offer their expertise in the following areas:
Corporate &Commercial Advisory
Corporate Law
• Management of international integration following acquisitions.
• Inward and Outward Investments.
• Structuring Management Buy-Outs and Buy-Ins.
• Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreements.
• Joint Venture Agreements.
• Private Equity Participation.
• Transfer of Family Interests.
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposals.
• Legal Due Diligence prior to transactions.
• Inter-Group Arrangements and Restructurings.
• Other Ancillary services
Commercial Law
• Distribution Agreements.
• Licensing and Franchising Agreements.
• Transfer Pricing Agreements.
• Credit Sale Agreements.
• Hire-Purchase Agreements.
• Agency Agreements.
• Equipment Lease Agreements.
• Partnership Agreements including Limited Liability Partnerships.
• Option Agreements.
• Loan and Finance Agreements.
• Other Agreements
• Merger, De-Merger & Reverse Merger.
• Sale of Shares & Asset Acquisition.
• Restructuring & Takeover through Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
• Preparing schemes of Rehabilitation and financial package; and processing the same.
• Open Offer Takeovers including Hostile Takeovers and Creeping Acquisitions under SEBI takeover code.
• Asset Acquisition through De-mergers and Legal Proceedings.
• Acquisition through Court Proceedings and in Bankruptcy or Liquidation
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring
UKCA is one of the leading advisors to public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions.
The firm’s results-oriented lawyers seek innovative solutions that make transactions faster,
smoother, and less costly. The firm employs an integrated cross-disciplinary approach that spans
many of the firm’s numerous practice areas, from tax, securities, corporate governance and labour
to real estate, intellectual property, environmental, antitrust and other regulatory fields. For
leveraged transactions or those involving refinancing of debt, the firm’s attorneys o_er experience
in a wide range of vehicles, including unsecured and secured lending, senior and mezzanine
lending, derivatives, and securitizations.
UKCA has represented a wide variety of institutional, company and entrepreneurial clients,
including public and private corporations and investment groups, in strategic and financial
acquisitions, divestitures and investments. The Firm’s clients and experience span every major
industry, real estate, banking, biotechnology, defence and energy to information technology,
telecommunications and utilities.
The Firm has done considerable pioneering and innovative legal work for several transactions in
this rapidly expanding area. We at UKCA specialize in the following branches of M&A:
Dispute ResolutionCORPORATE LITIGATION
The firm has handled corporate litigation involving mergers and acquisitions, shareholders
disputes, corporate disputes, corporate insolvency and restructuring, economic offences,
contractual disputes, public offerings etc. The firm is renowned for their work before the National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), erstwhile
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), erstwhile Appellate Authority for
Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR), Competition Commission of India (CCI), Reserve
Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Securities Appellate
Tribunal (SAT) etc.
LITIGATION
The firm’s litigation team consists of lawyers who have requisite experience in solving legal
problems, i.e. preventive litigation and also specialize in original and appellate civil and
commercial litigation. The firm’s lawyers have been appearing regularly before the Supreme
Court of India and various High Courts apart from various specialised Tribunals and are credited
with assisting the courts in cases where authoritative propositions of law have been laid down. The
firm’s lawyers have made appearances before various governmental authorities including the
Reserve Bank of India, the National Stock Exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange and other
Exchanges in India at Delhi, Chennai, Kanpur, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ludhiana. The
firm is also equipped for representing clients before all judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative
authorities in India.
ARBITRATION
We at UKCA possess vast experience in the field of commercial arbitration. The firm has
substantial expertise in the law of arbitration and has successfully represented Indian corporations
in domestic arbitrations arising from contractual disputes, license agreements, security
transactions, real estate projects, IPOs, power and infrastructure projects, insurance contracts, etc.
The team at UKCA has also represented clients at international arbitrations in various countries
and is well versed with all the legal, procedural and regulatory compliances needed for various
arbitral forums and chambers.
MEDIATION
We at UKCA understand the need to provide comprehensive private or court directed mediation
services to help resolve conflicts as e_ciently and cost e_ectively as possible. We provide mediation
services for all kinds of disputes. As lawyers, we draft all of the paperwork necessary to finalize a
settlement agreement between parties. Our goal is to assist you to most e_ectively, comfortably, and
confidently represent yourself in mediation.
Bankruptcy & InsolvencyThe firm has expertise in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code and is a go-to name in the field. The firm work closely with Corporate Debtors, Financial and Operational Creditors, Resolution Professionals and Resolution Applicants, with the sole intention of making the availability of bankruptcy and insolvency services more efficient, cost effective and achieve targets in a time bound manner.
The firm in the last 3 years since the introduction of the code, has been involved in over 100 matters pan India, and has represented various stakeholders from the initiation of the litigation until the implementation of the resolution plans. The firm is a pioneer in many propositions of the IB Code and setting helpful precedents.
The firm’s lawyers are equipped with both litigation experience and behind the scene working of the code including but not limited to negotiations, preparation of plans for the resolution applicant, advise to resolution professional, advise to committee of creditors and safeguards for the corporate debtor. The diversity of the cases handled by the firm has led the firm to achieve optimization in insolvency and bankruptcy.
The firm lawyers have in-depth experience in dealing with securities law and capital market matters. The firm has acted as issuers’ and underwriters’ counsel in equity and debt offerings. Further the firm has:
Securities Law
• Advised on substantial acquisition of shares and takeover open offers.
• Defended hostile open offers.
• Advised on lifting regulation, listing and delisting.
• Advised on buy back of shares.
• Advised on AIF, FII and other SEBI regulations.
• Advisory on Security Law matters, preferential issues and QIP
Capital MarketFDI & FEMA UKCA provides specialized services under foreign exchange law. With a dedicated team to look into the matters of foreign investments in India the firm serves with customized updates on investment opportunities in the Indian subcontinent. The Firm offers whole range of legal, consulting and procedural services for foreign investment through financial and technical collaborations, joint-ventures, capital market and private/ preferential placement which comprises negotiations with Indian counterpart, drafting of instruments, getting required approvals from Governmental Agencies in establishing and organizing wholly-owned subsidiaries, Joints-ventures and/ or Branch/ Project/ Liaison Offices on behalf of foreign investors under exchange and corporate laws in India.
FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS The firm actively assists and guides various individuals, institutional and multinational agencies in the area of investment in India. The firm has the requisite infrastructural facilities to advice clients on the essential area of investment and the regulations pertaining to such investments.
We advise and assist clients on their representation before designated authorities. We work with
client in preparing reply to exporter - importer questionnaire, working out the pricing, price
undertaking, applicability of provisional duty and appeals. Our services include: -
• Providing Legal Advice and sophisticated insight into the international best practices on competition law.
• Services on specific issues - supply and distribution, pricing and marketing, promotional materials, mergers, acquisitions, amalgamation, licensing, joint operation and research, joint buying, dominant-firm status etc.
• Providing Audit and Due Diligence for developing appropriate guidelines for employees, distributors, agents, franchisees etc.
• Drafting claims, counter-claims, replies, rejoinders, representations etc. on Competition Law and related legal issues.
• Providing Strategic policy on anti-competition market practices and trends.
• Providing Legal Due Diligence on anti-competition, unfair and restrictive market practices, and
Policy due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures with appropriate anti-trust safe-
guard measures and policy.
The firm’s capabilities spun across gamut of services on competition law matters. Representing clients
in issues relating to cartelization, dominance, predatory pricing and anti-competitive agreements,
combination, mergers and acquisitions.
UKCA scope of services on Competition law includes:
• Representation before CCI and COMPACT on matters related to combination, abuse of dominance and anti-competitive agreements.
• Application filings with CCI for combination (merger)
• Advisory on Competition Law on combination matters including:
• Acquisition of shares and control.
• Merger or amalgamation.
• Assistance in defending client in Investigation by CCI.
• Drafting of agreement case laws impact of competition
Competiton Law(Anti-trust)
Featured by Silicon India Magazine as the “10 Most PromisingCorporate Legal Consultants, 2018”
• Advising on Loan Agreements/ Bridge Loan Documents.
• Advising on Debenture Subscription Agreement. • Advising and Drafting Debenture Trust Deeds. • Advising and Drafting of Share Pledge Agreements. • Escrow Agreements. • Due Diligence• Inter Creditor Agreements. • Drafting of Concession Agreements Advising. • Advising, Drafting and Negotiating BOT Contracts• O&M Agreements
LOAN TRANSACTIONS AND DEBT RECOVERY
The firm further has expertise in advising on all aspects of banking and financial services including
advice on syndication and other loan arrangements, facility letters, security documentation, letter of
credit and financial services regulations, project finance, ship finance, guarantee arrangements,
performance bonds and bonding facilities. With the added advantage of an un derstanding of the
issues of legal systems in the region, we are able to utilize a high level of technical and practical
knowledge to deliver what our clients need efficiently and effectively each time. Our reach is further
widened and enhanced by our ability to draw upon the resources of our network of associate firms in
the region. The clients served by our banking & finance teams are generally “relationship” clients
whom we have cultivated and maintained through the years. They include corporations, domestic and
International banks. We represent our clients both individuals and banks before the Debt Recovery
Tribunal and its Appellant Authority as well. We have successfully, helped many of our clients to settle
matters which have been pending for long in these forums, thereby reducing the cost of litigation and
time.
Banking & Finance
PROJECT FINANCE & INFRASTRUCTURE
The Firm, keeping in view India’s focus on liberating investments in infrastructure, is well entrenched
in regulatory and advisory services to facilitate the same. The firm has been rendering its services to
different sectors of the economy like the railways, electricity, ports roads and highways, power projects
and technological parks in India.
A substantial part of this practice involves advising clients on the legal and regulatory aspects of
project finance, preparation of commercial and legal risk matrix, drafting of venture documents for
setting up of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), and reviewing various financial & implementation
agreements including those relating to identifying risks of promoters and investors.The infrastructure and project finance practice of the Firm is well recognized for its outstanding
practice in:
Real EstateUKCA represents developers, contractors, builders, consultants, flat purchasers etc. The firm advises its
clients and prepares legal documentation for the purchase, leasing, sale, mortgage of real estate proper-
ties including commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential property.
The firm advises real estate giants and other clients on the Real Estate (Regulation and Regulation) Act,
2016, applicable local laws, such as stamp duties and requirements for registration. As an integral part
of this area of practice, we also advise on licensing and regulatory approvals required from government
and statutory agencies.
The firm also represents clients in litigation filed against government bodies such as DDA, MCD, L&DO
before various legal forums, in wide range of matters relating to land misuse disputes, land acquisition
proceedings, sale of property, leasing matters, house tax issues, and municipal rules and byelaws. The
firm also assists the clients to identify, negotiate and finalize deals for hire or purchase of immovable
properties and obtain necessary approvals. The firm is renowned for negotiating successfully for its
clients. It is well versed with the legal issues and commercial objectives underlying large transactions
and is credited with two of the world’s largest real estate companies as its clients
TelecommunicationUKCA offers the National and International Telecom Players a clear insight and understanding of
the regulatory, legal and technological aspect, for the purpose of the launch and operations of
services by them. UKCA has a special knowledge board comprising of individual professionals
who brings with them rich experience of over two decades of their associations with the telecom
industry and whose knowledge and expertise in this budding sector is unmatchable. The Services
offered by UKCA are listed below: -
• Assistance to acquire various Telecom License issued by the competent authority. From
filing of Application for license to final issuance of the same, we take care of every aspect
of the matter.
• Specialists and game theorists: UKCA provide necessary guidance for investments and
commercial exploitation and also aid in relation to the Emerging Technologies like VoIP,
IPTV, MOBILE TV, WiMAX and other wireless broadband technologies.
• UKCA expertise in dealing with issues related to spectrum and severe disagreements
between Government (Spectrum Allocation Authority) and telecom operators and within
operators.
• We advise on timing, suitable partners and finalize necessary agreements in relation to
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO).
• We provide safeguards for the content owners and the services providers using their own
network or someone else’s network in relation to the Contents & Digital Right
management.
• We front end such delicate negotiations and finalize deals with companies to which an
operator has to collaborate in providing interconnects and share infrastructure both
passive (towers, repeaters, shelters and generators) and active (antennas, feeder cables,
nodes, radio access network, transmission and backhaul system).
• In the Field of law related to telecom Industry, we cover all the areas i.e. Telecom Laws and
Policies, Cyber Laws, Corporate & Commercial Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, Dispute
Settlements (Between Licensor and licensees, between operators and between service
provider and a group of Consumers), Arbitration, Consumer Laws.
We at UKCA take immense pleasure at being the forerunners in helping some of the prominent
start-ups set up shop. We advise our start up clients on the best organisational structures, suited for
their business. We help the start-ups draw up their initial documents including Non-Disclosure
Agreements, Share-Subscription Agreements, Partnership Deeds, Merchant Agreements,
Marketing Agreements etc. to help them have an easy start. We also make funding documents for
seed funding, venture capital funding and for sale of the start-ups via mergers, asset sales etc.
Start Ups
Legal Auditing ServicesLegal Audit can be compared to preventive laws initiated with abundant and discreet prudence
and caution to dispense with any litigations arising in future like getting sued, fined or
prosecuted or penalty imposed in avoidable litigations due to deficiencies/ lacunae existing in
the written documents/ agreements/ undertakings/ statutes/ by laws executed by the
individuals, partnerships, Companies, Corporate Undertakings, Banks and Governmental
Undertakings and so on, in transgress of the laws and regulations of the Organization/
Company/ Governmental Enterprises.
The Firm’s Legal Audit Team comprises of talented and proficient experts with specialization in
various branches of law, is well acquainted and interacts and engages in discussions/
consultations with the Company’s top Management and after studying the documents/ papers
readily made available to them for initial scrutiny find out the Company’s Corporate goals,
mission and objectives in di_erent parameters of operational activities and the projected growth
of the Company in the right perspective for successful implementation of its goals/ objectives in
accordance with the internal Rules and Regulations of the Company itself – as well as in strict
adherence to the laws of the land based on enactments and acts in force.
Entertainment and MediaThe firm’s lawyers are adept at providing conventional skills combined with a commercial and
practical approach across the full spectrum of media, entertainment and leisure laws. The firm’s
practice encompasses all major industries within this ever-growing area of law, i.e. music, sport,
theatre, film, television, radio, publishing, photography, online media and advertising. Our team has
assisted with strategies and policies for our clients’ operations both within India and
internationally, considering broadcasting, publication, intellectual property, taxation and ancillary
laws, and regulations in India. Further, the demand for entertainment and the rapid growth in
Internet has spawned immense opportunities for creators and distributors of content. The
scenario demands sophisticated and insightful legal expertise. Businesses need advisors with an
in-depth understanding of the industry and we offer just that.
Legal Process OutsourcingLegal process outsourcing consists of various processes from research and analytics to drafting, paralegal
services, Wills and Living trusts and Legal research. UKCA with its dedicated team of lawyers is keen on
entering this growing field of business. The firm has the requisite infrastructure and experience to
provide cost-effective and most efficient legal services to leading international and domestic law firms,
corporate houses, and government agencies. Some of the services that an LPO can offer are:
• Legal Documents Review
• Management, Drafting and Review of Various Contracts.
• Due Diligence Services.
• Legal Research and Drafting of Opinions.
• Legal Transcription.
• Litigation Support.
• Proof Reading of Legal documents such as petitions, appeals, revision petitions etc.
• IP Support services
• Market Research
• Finance and Accounting
• Legal and Financial Document Services
• Filing and Representation before various forums.
• E-Discovery
Pro BonoAs a Firm and as individuals, the firm’s goal is to continue our long-term commitment to serve the unmet
legal needs of disadvantaged individuals, and of organizations who cannot afford to pay for legal services,
by providing a wide range of sophisticated, specialized and high quality legal services.
UKCA has a long tradition of providing pro bono services. Our pro bono policy strongly encourages all
attorneys to devote time to pro bono legal matters, including legal assistance to the poor and to the
charitable, community, or other organizations that serve the indigent, who would otherwise be unable to
afford legal representation.
In addition to actual pro bono legal work, our lawyers have been active in a wide variety of charitable
endeavours, working with, sitting on boards of, and even running, many types of civic, community,
cultural, governmental, educational and medical organizations, a number of which seek to improve the
lives of the less fortunate.
The Firm would be happy to provide legal aid/ pro bono work to deserving causes, especially in relation to
environment, women and children or to any deprived or vulnerable sections of society.
New Delhi
E-2, Kailash Colony,
New Delhi – 110 048
+91 11 410 35 343
+91 11 410 35 342
www.ukca.in
