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Legal Process Outsourcing & Offshore Law Services Trustman & Co. http://trustman.org March 20, 2014 1 Copyright2010 Trustman&Co.

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Profile of PartnersKaviraj Singh is the founder partner of Trustman & Co that he formed in the year 1998. Mr. Singh has essentially practiced in the areas of commercial laws with specialization in Banking and Real estate, Commercial and Regulatory compliance laws. Mr. Singh is the founding Chairman of India Chapter of New York State Bar Association, International Section. International Section of New York State Bar Association conferred the title of Chapter Chairman Emeritus on Mr. Singh Mr. Singh is presented with memento by the Consular General of United State of America Consulate at New Delhi. Mr. Singh also worked as a Director, India Office, New York State Department of Economic Development to promote the investment into New York and export from New York State to India.

Mr. Axel Heck, a partner, has been a member of the New York and German Bars since 1978 and from 1992 to 2006 served also a member of the Paris Bar. He specializes in complex transnational transactions & corporate practice, international private dispute resolution & its alternatives, strategic legal counseling & crisis management. Mr. Heck is a member of the Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, of the International Panel of the International Dispute Resolution Center of the American Arbitration Association, New York City & Dublin, and of the Indian National Bar Association panel of arbitrators.

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Pooja DuttaShe has gained prior experience at large, local and international law firms,including renowned firms such as Martin F. McMahon & Associates,Washington DC, USA which is the first law firm to file a criminal case againstthe Government of Syria in the United States of America. She has also workedwith Barkats & Associates, Washington DC, USA. Pooja is a visiting faculty atthe K.C. Law College, Mumbai for IPR and contract law. Additionally Poojaserves as the Executive Director of Global Vision India Foundation, a NGOthat’s works towards providing excellence in legal education and holds theposition as Of Counsel for ITAG, a Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) firm.Pooja, skilled in Trademark and Copyright prosecution, IP, Software andTechnology Licensing has extensive experience in IPR. She not only heads theIntellectual Property department, but additionally also handles litigation andcorporate work at the firm. Being committed to serving society, Pooja isinvolved with the crime enforcement department of the Mumbai Police intheir anti-drug and cyber crime initiatives, and provides pro bono services toseveral charitable institutes. LL.M., George Washington University, USA

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UTTAM DATT

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Uttam Datt graduated in law in the year 1995 and got enrolled with the Bar

at New Delhi. He largely practiced commercial law and Arbitration, Litigation

and has essentially practiced in the area of International as well as national

commercial litigation & arbitration in the area of Power, Corporate, Real

Estate, Banking, Industrial dispute and constitutional law. Besides litigation,

Mr. Datt has been advising leading private equity funds operating in the

country for their domestic funds and FDI based investments including

structuring of investments and handled FDI investments made by leading

private equity funds in large real estate projects including land due diligence

assignments.

Subramanya Sirish Tamvada

Sirish enrolled as a lawyer at the High Court of Delhi in the year 2007. Hewon many scholarships and accolades. He was one of the few Indiansselected for the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to pursueMasters Degree in Global Studies. He received full tuition scholarship topursue his Masters of Laws degree from American University, WashingtonCollege of Law, Washington D.C., USA. Sirish primarily practicescommercial laws especially, Company Laws, Mergers and Acquisitions,Competition Law, drafting contracts and has experience in Litigation andArbitration. In addition to practicing law he also undertakes teachingassignments from time to time.

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LPO Services Offered

I. General ServicesLegal Process Outsourcing (LPO) are any regular services that can be supported remotely for your law firm or for your clients, e.g., legal database update, notices on mortgages, cease & desist, online notices having standard formats, legal magazine/ journal support to law firm clients.

II. IP Support

TRADEMARKS Trademarks searches, drafting application, filing and prosecution at USPTO;

PATENTS Patent Preparation, Searches, Invalidation searches, Portfolio mapping, Prosecution at USPTO, Figures as per USPTO specification.

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LPO Services Offered

III. E-DiscoveryLitigation Readiness advise, Strategizing , Data Collection, Data Processing, Document Reviewing, Producing.

IV. Litigation Support Preparing Date and Event Schedule, Case summarizing, judgment validation and collecting information from client, Summarizing, online filing of writ, documents, notice of attachment etc before the court. Drafting of pleadings and filling the forms etc.

V. Legal research Preparing memos and researching for relevant judgments (of a particular US circuit court) on Lexis database.

VI. Paralegal Support • Document Management Services, US Court Judgment Validations, Online

• Managing Attorney Calendars, Docketing Systems, Backup Management

• Services.

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Offshore Law Firm Setup• Absolute control over Indian Operations, including

hiring and promotions

• Exclusive IT-network, Computers and Facilities provided

• Experienced support in terms of setting up entity, offices, hiring and training of Attorneys and paralegal in India.

• Direct (or dotted) line reporting structure to U.S. or Europe managers.

• Only payroll and general administration functions controlled by Trustman (with supervision of outsourcing partner).

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Recommended Engagement Model

LPO MODEL OF ENGAGEMENT

• A team of Attorneys & paralegals work on your cases, from our offices/ facilities in New Delhi.

• These are dedicated staffs who work only for your projects/ cases.

• The staff is trained both by you and Trustman management.

• If required, the Attorney/ Paralegal based in India will visit your office to get appropriate training for 1 week or so.

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Recommended Engagement Model

OFFSHORE LAW FIRM ENGAGEMENT MODEL

• Standard Agreement for Set-up, Run and transfer basis.

• A dedicated Trustman team to assist in a) Renting Facilities, b) IT-networks set up and c) Hiring Candidates d) Entity Set-up.

• No “No-Hire” Clause for clients.

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Why Trustman?

1. CONFIDENTIALITY • Employees bound by strong confidentiality and IP contracts, applicable both under the

India and United States laws.• Employees cannot work for competitors on the similar projects• Strong policies and technical firewalls among teams working in India.• We never give out your name or your client’s names to anyone.

2. HIGH HIRING STANDARDS FOR CANDIDATES • Hiring from Campus, the Bar and Placement Consultants.• Written Test, Drafting Test, Interviews and Group Discussion for candidates.

3. INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT• Trustman provides extremely great facilities and infrastructure for employees in India.• Computers, Faxes, Air-conditioning, Conference call facilities, Software's such as Windows• Acrobat Standard, Norton are provided free of cost to employees. • Free of costs lunch and snacks are provided for office employees.

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Why Trustman?

4. HIGH RESPONSIVENESS

• We offer High Responsiveness and Single Point of Contact with weekly updates on the project;

5. TRAINING • We provide weekly in-house training to employees on different subject

matters - IP, Contracts, E-Discovery, Database handling, Litigation Support, etc.

• For certain projects, Trustman provide for tickets & stay of employees to US to get training.

6. NO RISK & EASY EXIT • Flexible Engagement Models;• Act as back office on fixed fees. This arrangement helps our customers to

retain their margins and commitments with their customers.

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Thank You

Q & A?

By Kaviraj Singh

Founding Partner

[email protected]

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