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DIRECT TAXATION

Our law firm’s direct tax practice includes assisting companies in planning and optimizing their fiscal obligations, while complying with relevant domestic and foreign regulations. We advise our clients on the regulatory compliances and coming to terms with frequent changes in tax regulations. We have provided opinion to construction companies and automobile companies.

INDIRECT TAXATION

We are one of the leading taxation law firms in India. We, at ASR Legal, provide assistance and comprehensive advice on Indirect Taxes viz., Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Sales Tax/ Value Added Tax, Entry Tax, Service Tax, Octroi Duty etc. We advise our clients such as FALCON Exports, Abhishek Aircon Appliances, Brandcravy etc. in matters of taxation laws and add value to their business and transactions. Our tax attorneys and consultants have a great deal of experience in varied range of tax issues, from complicated cross-border transactions to tax exemption qualification.

We represent our clients before Government Taxation Authorities, Appellate Authorities, High Courts, the Supreme Court of India and other Tribunals. We also represent our clients before the Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise and Customs and other appropriate authorities.

Our law firm’s services include :-

  • Assisting clients in matters relating to tax aspects of commercial transactions, sales, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reconstruction.
  • Advising on offshore tax issues, Value Added Tax (VAT), service tax,,Customs procedures, import and export levies, valuation planning, classification, warehousing, duty entitlements etc.
  • Assisting clients in a wide range of issues relating to Service tax on cross-border transactions.
  • Assisting clients with documentation relating joint ventures, mergers, asset purchase agreements, shareholders agreements and documents relating to financing and employment.
  • Assisting foreign companies seeking to distribute their products in India to ascertain customs, countervailing and other duties applicable on their products.
  • Advise clients Advance Tax Rulings in respect of a Transaction
  • Handling Litigations with regard to excise, customs, service tax, sales tax
CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL & RESTRUCTURING LAWS

Lawyers in the Firm have substantial experience in advising clients on all legal aspects of business and commercial activities. They provide advice on legal aspects of undertaking business activities in India covering corporate, commercial, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance aspects. The Firm provides assistance in :-

  • Evaluating business options
  • Due diligence
  • Acquisition of real estate for new establishments
  • Permissions and sanctions from concerned state authorities
  • Incorporation and registration of companies, limited liability companies, partnerships, proprietorships
  • Corporate restructuring, negotiating and establishing commercial arrangements.

The Firm also provides day-to-day advice on commercial transactions, contractual matters and technology transfer. The Firm assists a diverse range of clients in negotiating with and setting up corporate entities and rendering advise on all aspects of company law and general day to day corporate and company matters. The Corporate and Commercial Law practice of the firm primarily comprises of :-

    Establishing Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures

    The Firm has expertise in assisting its foreign clients in establishing their presence in India in the form of liaison, branch and project offices, joint ventures or wholly owned subsidiaries. The Firm has been assisting clients in negotiating and establishing risk-free and secure foreign collaborations and joint ventures in India.

    Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures

    Members of the Firm have considerable experience and expertise in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures including mergers and demergers through the Court process.

    The Firm has expertise in assisting its foreign clients in establishing their presence in India in the form of liaison, branch and project offices, joint ventures or wholly owned subsidiaries. The Firm has been assisting clients in negoti

    Corporate Governance & Compliance

    The Firm assists clients' in matters relating to corporate governance, legal and regulatory compliances and business ethics. In particular it provides assistance in establishing code of corporate governance, bringing awareness of corporate governance to the board of directors and financial stakeholders, provides assistance in benchmarking of current practices with global practices thereby adding value to the company and its stakeholders. It carries out compliance audits and reviews of all laws applicable to the legal entity in pursuing its business activities, initially to enable them to assess the level of the compliances and later to provide assistance in implementing or improving areas of concern.

    Transfer of Technology

    The Firm is involved in assisting its clients in transferring technology to Indian businesses by negotiating and finalizing technology transfer agreements that afford protection of Intellectual Property Rights and the observance of confidentiality, as well as compliance with regulatory laws.

    Revival of Sick Industrial Companies

    The Firm advises clients on all areas of the law relating to Sick Industrial Companies. Lawyers from the firm regularly appear before the Board and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction and handle rehabilitation of sick companies.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Firm provides assistance in setting up and developing infrastructure projects. We can represent principals, developers, contractors, equity investors, and multilateral agencies in airports, power, coal, wind, roads, highways, oil and gas, fertilizers, cement, ports, special economic zones (SEZ) and telecommunication sectors.

We provide assistance in structuring contractual arrangements and formation of special purposes of companies for bidding. The Firm has expertise in providing assistance in preparation and finalization of documentation such as EPC contracts, concession agreement, power purchase agreement, project development agreement, equipment supply contract, joint development agreement, production sharing agreement, service agreement, fuel supply agreement, gas purchase agreement, oil and gas transportation, storage and distribution agreements, consortium agreement, collaboration agreement, alliance agreement and operations and maintenance agreement.

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE

Lawyers in the Firm have considerable experience in advising clients on all aspects of real estate transactions ranging from land acquisition proceedings to commercial property transactions. They have been assisting clients in the title search, due diligence, purchase, leasing, sale and lease-back arrangements of commercial property and advising them on the procedure of registration.

MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION LAWS

Members of the Firm are well-conversant with all aspects of Information Technology, Cyber and Telecommunication Laws including drafting of IT agreements and documents and all aspects of Cyber Laws and Ecommerce. The Firm assists clients in setting up and distribution of television channels and value added services such as mobile, multimedia, satellite telecommunications, internet services, e-commerce and broadcasting. Lawyers of the Firm deal with telecommunication adjudicatory matters before the concerned state authorities and regularly appear before the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS

Lawyers from the Firm specialize in competition and consumer protection laws. They regularly appear before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission and various consumer courts including the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, various State Commissions and District Forum. The Firm has successfully prosecuted and ably defended significant competition, anti-trust and consumer proceedings of all kinds.

CUSTOM CLEARANCE

Our law firm has renowned CHAs to provide transaction of any business relating to the entry departure of conveyances or the import or export of goods at a customs station. We also provide car and transportation services, rail cargo transportation services, railways transport services, transportation services, car by car service, domestic road transportation services, safe cargo handling.

INDUSTRIAL, LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LAWS

The Firm advises clients on all aspects of labour, employment and service laws, including the setup of various beneficial trusts in accordance with social securities and tax laws. The Firm assists clients in framing voluntary schemes and structuring various employment regulations and contracts.

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The Firm has an active International and domestic ADR practice. Members of the firm have been involved in resolution of major disputes between private corporate giants as well as between the private and public sector and in handling international commercial, maritime and domestic arbitrations.

The Firm supports and actively works towards expeditious settlement of disputes, which facilitates and promotes business development. The Firm supports resolution of commercial disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution

LITIGATION

The Firm has a fully developed litigation practice in all spheres of civil and criminal law including corporate and commercial litigation, tender disputes, insolvency, debt recovery, intellectual property, constitutional and environmental litigation, competition and consumer protection and direct and indirect taxation. Our firm represent clients in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and District Courts and before various quasi -judicial Tribunals and Commissions including the Debt Recovery Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals, the Advisory Board for Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities, National and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions, District Consumer Forum, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, the Company Law Board, the Board and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, the National Human Rights Commission, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange Management, Trade Marks and Copyright Registries, the Controller of Patents and the Telecom Tribunals. The Firm has an in-house Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India.