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activities in a safe and secure market environment.
With rapid entrepreneurial and corporate growth, industry
law also evolved to cope with the changing times. These
changes can be seen in corporate law firms’ sophistication,
dynamism, and diversification.
Today, corporate and commercial lawyers are providing
their legal counsels to all the India inc. They strategically
attend to every business's legal need in a competent
professional manner, whether contracts, deals, agreements,
signing leases, assistance in mergers and acquisitions, IPR,
or advising firms in legal compliance and litigation cases.
They establish their trust, reliability, and credibility by
protecting business entities from every legal challenge
arising during functioning and in their exit if such a
scenario emerges. For the past two years, the entire legal
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industry faced its biggest challenge in the form of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The lockdowns and subsequent restrictions tested every
legal professional personally and professionally. It affected
not only their ongoing contracts, deals, agreements, and
trials but also their future prospectus. But lawyers,
advocates, attorneys, judges, courts and all the firms have
risen to the challenge and overcame the worst phase with
renewed hope.
Learning from these turbulent times will set the course for
the legal profession’s future.
Technological adoption, specialisation, strategising, and
client-centric approach is gaining popularity amidst the
industry.
With the change in corporate expectations, demands,
agendas, and priorities, legal counsellors are also changing
their approach towards everything. Still, it is always
challenging to get the best match for all your business’
lawful demands.
There are several corporate and commercial law firms to
choose from. And many of them boast of their credentials.
Yet choosing the right pick remains a difficult task.
Insights Success’ latest edition titled ‘The Most Trusted
Corporate and Commercial Law Firms’ makes it easy for
you by listing some of the best and compassionate law
firms. Read on to find one that will create the safest legal
environment for your business.
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Management Brief
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Nilesh Tribhuvann
Managing Partner
White and Brief Advocates & Solicitors is a multi-service law firm,
headquartered in the commercial hub of Mumbai, with a global
clientele and offering the entire gamut of legal services.
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Akshat Vikram Pande
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Rajan D Gupta
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Alpha Rajan & Partners (“Firm”) is a premier full-service law firm
headquartered in New Delhi with an additional office in Bengaluru.
Alpha Partners
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Sumes Dewan
Managing Partner
Lex Favios is a full-service law firm with the office(s) in Delhi and
Mumbai. It is a multi-disciplinary law firm providing a wide range of
corporate advisory and legal services.
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Ranganath Mysore
Founder
Roots Cyber Law Firm is formed to protect all its clients to be
compliant in there day to day operations and adhere to compliance.
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Advocates and Solicitors

The future of the legal landscape in India is stirring
with exhilarating possibilities with the specialized
expertise brought forward by boutique law firms to
meet complex legal requirements. Newer practice areas are
developing to fulfil demands posed by digital realities and
cross-border commercial operations.
The law firms are being receptive towards modern
challenges and driving the legal industry towards a
decentralized global order requiring standardized, efficient,
and easy legal solutions. They are also making the legal
industry more client-oriented and approachable by adopting
a collaborative approach that facilitates a productive
feedback loop and free flow of necessary information.
White and Brief - Advocates and Solicitors is recognized
amongst the leading law firms in India for providing
efficient legal solutions to a diverse clientele. The firm is
headquartered in the commercial hub of Mumbai, and its
operations are managed by Mr. Nilesh Tribhuvann,
Founder and Managing Partner, together with the
expertise of 65+ associated legal professionals.
With efficient and easy legal solutions, White and Brief has
been recognized for continually exhibiting professional
excellence in its decade-long operations.
Comprehensive Expertise White and Brief is a multi-
service law firm headquartered in the commercial hub of
Mumbai, having a global clientele and it is competently
driving effective change for its valued patrons.
They are among few law firms to have an empanelled
advisory board comprising legal dignitaries such as former
judges and revenue officers to continually guide their legal
enterprise.
The new-age law firm derives its expertise from the
underlying Tier-1 law firm experience of its accomplished
team, which has a cumulative experience of 45+ years.
As trusted legal advisors, White and Brief assists
multinational companies and banks amongst other highly
reputed organizations who have their presence in India as
well as overseas. They also advise emerging start-up
companies to provide a complete package of legal services.
Some of the reputed clients of this law firm include Apple,
Interglobal (Indigo Airlines), Godrej, Reliance Retail,
Reliance Brands, Adani Capital, Adani Power, Welspun,
Vedanta, Hyundai, Gangar, Syska, LED, Alkem, Flamingo,
Ajanta Pharma, Hiranandani, amongst several others.
They are also trusted legal advisors to reputable financial
institutions such as SBI, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI
Bank, Bank of India, Doha Bank, IREDA, Citi Bank,
HSBC, etcetera.
An Eminent Leader
Nilesh Tribhuvann is the Founder and Managing Partner of
White and Brief and he heads the dispute resolution and
litigation practices. Nilesh has over 15 years of experience
in the Indian legal arena and has managed some of the most
high-stake and high-profile litigations, dispute resolutions,
and white-collar crime matters.
Trained under the tutelage of senior counsels, Late Mr. Ram
Jethmalani and Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Nilesh has an all-
around exposure in all the fundamental aspects of litigation.
Nilesh has been the trusted legal advisor for several reputed
brands such as Apple, InterGlobe (Indigo Airlines), Godrej,
Reliance, and Hyundai.
Throughout his eventful career, Nilesh has managed 6000+
cases and 3000+ arbitration matters. Nilesh has also
represented eminent personalities and a diverse set of
prestigious organizations in famed matters by representing
reputed business houses, multinational corporations,
international law firms, ministers, political dignitaries, high
net worth individuals, bollywood celebrities, media houses,
and government bodies.
As a boutique law
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to take the legal
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with our proven expertise
and an agile,
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He has also been retained on the panel of legal experts with
several reputed conglomerates, aviation companies, real
estate giants, and mass communication corporations.
An Ardent Advocate
From an early age, Nilesh was inclined towards reading and
writing, which further culminated into a natural passion for
research, current affairs, and public speaking.
Additionally, being raised in a dynamic family of three
generations of lawyers which included his mother, who also
happens to be his idol, Nilesh was captivated by the world
of law as it directly affects public life and resolves real-life
social and commercial problems.
This felt like a rewarding career for Nilesh and hence the
vital family association and personal interest naturally led
him to choose the path of being an advocate.
Niche Legal Services
White and Brief generates continuous value for its clients
by fulfilling all their legal requirements with multi-
dimensional legal solutions.
Its niche practice areas include:
• Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Taxation, Trade, and Customs
• General Corporate & Commercial Advisory
• Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Capital Markets
• Banking and Finance
• Telecommunications, Media & Technology, and
Intellectual Property (IPR)
• White Collar Crimes - Compliance and Investigation
• Regulatory and Consumer-centric laws
Withstanding Challenges
Crafting a name and repute in the legal domain is extremely
difficult due to the highly competitive nature of the industry.
At the beginning of Nilesh's career as a young legal
professional, the challenge was to find the right mentor and
nurture his court craft.
Due to sheer arduous work and perseverance, he was
fortunate to have the opportunity to assist Mr. Ram
Jethmalani and Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani. Under the able
tutelage and after rigorous personal training for over 10
years, Nilesh secured recognition and widespread industry
acceptance.
Drawing from early lessons of personal struggle, Nilesh
continues to be resolute and enthusiastic about providing
dynamic solutions to his clients for overcoming complex
legal difficulties.
Surmounting Adversities of the Pandemic
The pandemic impacted businesses everywhere, and even
the legal industry was severely impacted. The challenges
were all-pervasive. But the automated and technology-led
operations of White and Brief made it agile enough to
counter new challenges, and they quickly adapted to remote
working. With focused efforts and continuous learnings,
they steadily aced the digital justice dispensation system.
Additionally, the inherent moral building helped them to
personally motivate each other and extend support to their
teams to ease the apprehensions and anxieties
accompanying the public health crisis. To this date, they are
the champions of remote working and allow full flexibility
to their team for working comfortably and delivering their
best, no matter where they are.
The unwavering team spirit and the performance continues
to reinforce the faith of clients in the firm's renowned
calibre which led them to score some very promising
projects during the pandemic.
White and Brief
plans to advance
their operations across
India and overseas
through consistent
efforts and trusted
legal advisory.

The firm also aims to effectively participate in India's
growing entrepreneurial ambition by skillfully supporting
the domestic industries and services sector.
At the heart of their litigation practice, there also lies the
will to fight social injustices for affected stakeholders and to
make the legal industry more accessible.
Promising Innovations in the Legal Space
The legal domain is going through a revolutionary
transformational phase with the integration of innovative
technology into everyday legal functions and the
introduction of newer practice areas such as blockchain,
cyber security, data privacy, cryptocurrency, artificial
intelligence, space law, internet rights, and newfangled
investment structuring for the financing requirements of the
corporate world.
The public justice dispensation system is also becoming
decentralized and digitalized, while commercial conflicts
are increasingly inclined towards non-adversarial dispute
resolution. This provides a space for law firms such as
White and Brief to innovate and accelerate their operations
in the right direction for excellent synergies.
White and Brief
generates continuous
value for its clients by
fulfilling all their legal
requirements with
muti-dimensional
legal solutions.
Inspiring and Advising Aspirants
The young generation stepping into the world of law has
immense potential to make the legal domain more
accessible. Nilesh encourages them to drive the legal
domain to a more regulated but secured position that
respects personal freedom with the correct balance of
regulations for social and commercial life.
Nilesh advises the aspirants to inculcate the deep-seated
values and qualities like; patience and diligence and to read
extensively while assimilating current affairs and the
changing court culture with a special focus on newer
practice areas.
He would also like to encourage young practitioners to be
empathetic about the client's cause, retain the humane
approach in providing legal services and be determined to
achieve the client-oriented end goal.
The Future Strategies
White and Brief plans to advance its operations across India
and overseas through consistent efforts and trusted legal
advisory. They want to foster the employment of legal tech
in their operations to meet the next generational digital
requirements, and they seek to diversify the existing
operations by branching out to newer practice areas.

Alpha Rajan
& Partners
Revolutionizing the Legal Niche
Exhibiting Excellence
Akshat Pande is the Co-founder and
Managing Partner of Alpha Rajan &
Partners. Akshat is a corporate and
commercial lawyer by profession. He
has experience of 18 years in corporate
and commercial law, specializing in
corporate transactions, private equity,
venture capital, M&A, and corporate
restructuring.
He completed his law graduation from
Delhi University (2005) and post-
graduation from the University of East
Anglia, Norwich, UK (2006). He is also
a member of the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India (2002). Akshat’s
practice focuses on private equity,
venture capital, M&A, joint ventures,
exchange control advisory, and
investments. Akshat advises clients
in healthcare, hospitality, real
estate, eCommerce (start-ups),
and technology.
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The legal profession has undergone substantial
changes because of the recent economic crisis due
to the pandemic, the evolution of the legal industry,
and the market. This has given rise to a new breed of clients
empowered to set the terms and conditions in the
procurement of legal services.
However, one thing cannot be overlooked: captive clients
don’t exist anymore. A company works with a law firm
because it has the required expertise, trusted advisors, and
fees that align with the added value the company or
business is seeking.
Alpha Rajan & Partners ‘Firm,’ a premier multi-
disciplinary law firm, specializes in advising and
representing large foreign and domestic corporations with
diverse business interests in India.
The firm has been set up for providing corporate and
commercial legal advice as a service by lawyers with rich
experience in their respective fields of practice.
Headquartered in New Delhi with an additional office in
Bengaluru, Alpha Rajan & Partners was established from
the merger of two law firms, Alpha Partners, Chambers of
Rajan, and Indraneel.
Primarily, the firm assists Indian companies in fund-raising
(private), inorganic expansion, and growth through M&A,
Corporate restructuring, insolvency, contract, and
compliance management and assists foreign companies in
setting up or doing business in India, undertaking cross
border transactions. It works with foreign law firms in
advising their clients for Indian laws.
The firm has also established itself strongly in dispute
resolution practice where it advises and represents its
clients for various commercial dispute resolution through
arbitration, mediation, litigation, employment law disputes,
regulatory litigation, white collar, and cybercrimes. It
advises on international arbitration as well as represents
clients in corporate disputes, shareholder disputes and
liquidation, and insolvency.
Rajan D Gupta is the Co-founder and Managing
Partner of Alpha Rajan & Partners. Rajan is a rank
holder chartered accountant turned Corporate and
Tax Attorney and is also a registered Insolvency
Resolution Professional. Rajan has a formidable
professional experience of around 25 years working
as a corporate and tax lawyer.
Rajan has been in senior positions and partners
with many respectable consulting and law firms
such as Vaish Associates, PWC, Khaitan & Co.,
and Fox Mandal. Rajan is also a member of IAG
Global, an international network of law firms in
over 65 countries, and enjoys excellent working
relations with law firms in jurisdictions such as
Japan, Germany, and Southeast Asia.
‘‘Alpha Rajan & Partners has been
set up for providing corporate,
commercial legal advisory
as a service, by lawyers
with rich experience in their
respective fields of practice
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Shedding light on venturing into the legal industry, Akshat
expressed, “I had studied law as part of the course of
Company Secretary, and I found it to be extremely
interesting and decided to pursue it after graduation. Many
well-wishers told me that setting up a successful law
practice for the first-generation lawyers is challenging.”
“Probably, I should reconsider my decision. However, as I
continued with the law course, I felt more and more
connected and found it to be my calling.”
“To date, I find it both emotionally gratifying and
intellectually satisfying at the same time. I also feel very
fortunate to have received the support of my seniors, peers,
and clients who have helped me at various stages of my
professional journey and contributed towards my success as
a professional so far,” he added.
With a spark to do things differently, Rajan stated, “I
commenced my career as a tax consultant with a leading tax
law firm. Subsequently, I worked as a senior-level tax and
regulatory consultant with PWC for approximately seven
years. I realized that there was an acute dearth of lawyers
who could provide holistic legal advice covering all aspects
of law and tax in transactions.
“Thus, having developed a niche (through my focused
experience) in both direct and indirect taxation, I acquired
necessary skills and expertise in areas of corporate and
commercial laws, and have handled several M&A
transactions so far.”
“These factors helped me to develop my corporate practice,
focusing on providing holistic advice (covering legal and
tax aspects) to the clients,” he added.
Ennoblement in Legal Services
Alpha Rajan & Partners provide legal advisory, assist in due
diligence, counsel, and represent clients across courts,
appellate tribunals, and other quasi-judicial bodies on legal
issues pertaining to the following practice areas:
 Corporate, M&A
 Commercial advisory and contracts
 Private Equity, Venture Capital, and
Funds
 Insolvency and Restructuring
 Employment Laws and Industrial
Relations
 Infrastructure (Energy, Highway, Road,
Railways)
 Project Finance and Banking Laws
 Real Estate and Construction
 Competition Law and Anti-Trust
 International Trade Laws and WTO
 Food laws, legal metrology, product
liability, and consumer litigation
(Defense)
 Intellectual Property
 Taxation – Direct and Indirect
 Litigation and Dispute Resolution,
Arbitration, White Collar Crimes
Overcoming the Hardships
The legal profession is still seen as extremely
individualistic and person-based, and it hasn’t developed or
probably institutionalized like other professions.
Hence, being a first-generation lawyer and trying to build a
successful law practice is challenging enough, given that
the industry is people-driven and requires one to have deep
relationships. It takes time, patience, deep focus, and client
commitment.
Besides having to keep pace with a very dynamic legal and
regulatory regime because of the ever-evolving Indian
economy, there is a huge disconnect between academics and
practice in the legal field. In other words, the
commencement of a career as a legal professional in India
poses tremendous challenges because the law graduation
course does not focus on preparing students to become
practicing lawyers.
Thus, a lawyer must learn everything on the job. Hence, a
lot depends upon the exposure and learning opportunities a
person gets. This situation is more accentuated in fields of
transactions and corporate practices, wherein even the
theoretical subjects relating to such practice areas are not
adequately covered by the law graduation course.
Surmounting the Adversities of the Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the partners shared, “We
were much busier with most of the companies rushing to
close their ongoing deals. Thus, with increased M&A and
PE/VC activity, we always needed hands on the deck. We
also saw an uptick in litigation and arbitration matters, and
since the courts were initially closed until the online
hearings started, most disputes were mediated and settled.”
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“Our Labour and Employment and Real Estate practices too
had a steady flow of work throughout the period involving
advisory and compliance-related work.”
“Personally, the phase was a bit challenging and
demotivating to see few of our lawyers and their families
getting affected by COVID both physically and mentally.”
“The idea of getting used to the “Work from Home”
situation was initially testing for our clients and us.
However, considering the safety and health concerns, we
adapted quickly and integrated technology to ensure smooth
functioning and seamless communication amongst our
clients and us.”
However, they felt fortunate to have clients who
understood, co-operated, and supported them throughout
the pandemic.
Pearls of Wisdom
As advice for the young aspirants who are willing to step
into the legal industry, Akshat said, “Pursue legal profession
only if you are in love with the subject, are intellectually
intrigued, and have a problem-solving attitude. It’s not a
job, and hence do not join this profession with an employee
mindset. Treat your law firm/organization as your client and
therefore, do your very best.”
Rajan added, “Remember, there are no shortcuts; a
thorough approach will yield results – be it researching or
preparing for matters. Technology can only reduce the effort
in some ways; picking up books before accessing Google is
always advisable.”
Team Alpha Rajan & Partners cautioned, “Understand that
your earnings will be low in the beginning. Take the first
three-four years as an extension of your college. Go for
LLM only when you have spent at least five years in the
profession, if at all.”
Industry Sagacity
Given the increasing interplay of emerging technologies
and law, the current industrial scenario is extremely
exciting and is looking upwards and onwards.
With the advent of crypto-currencies and other forms of
digital currencies, the fintech sector has grown
exponentially, transforming the way of doing business
and/or securing investments/funds for growth.
New Age instruments and methods, including ICO’s, IDO’s,
web 3.0, is pushing us to rethink, design, and implement
appropriate legal regime and regulatory framework to
safeguard the interests of the key stakeholders.
The rapidly changing economic scenarios across sectors,
including legal, requires businesses to adapt, innovate, and
implement sustainable business models. As law firms and
lawyers, Alpha Rajan & Partners is re-learning and adapting
to stay relevant and be ahead of the curve.
Alpha Rajan & Partners’ vision is to establish and sustain
one of the most sought-after law firms providing quality
advice meeting the highest professional and ethical
standards. The firm is committed to expanding its horizons
across sectors and increasing its footprints in at least three
new jurisdictions in the next two to four years while
catering to a global client base.
As part of its growth strategy, Alpha Rajan & Partners is
looking to build up its team to strengthen its corporate and
tax practice (with 30-50 lawyers on board). It also plans to
invest heavily in creating a robust technology infrastructure
for secure and seamless interaction with clients, lawyers,
and other industry stakeholders.
The firm is also looking to grow its presence mainly in the
MENA region through an overseas office in UAE.

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Digital Tech
egal Industry deals with humongous paperwork
Lcontinuously. All the members of the legal field, be
it advocates, attorneys, associates, interns,
paralegals, or secretaries, could be seen spending most of
their time adding, reviewing, and organising incoming
pieces of papers to a case file.
In many cases, huge binders are created to keep everything
in order so that concerned people can access any and every
document whenever needed. This is documenting. And any
expert would tell you that a significant chunk of their billing
hours contains mostly administration and documentation of
the legal paperwork.
Before the digital revolution, this was the most
cumbersome task faced by the legal profession. The advent
of digital documentation came as an enormous helping hand
in terms of data collection, recording, storage and anytime
anywhere access.
It is not only saving time for the legal expert providing
counsel to their clientele but also saving that clientele their
hard-earned money. Thus, digital documentation is not only
the present but also the legal profession’s future for
streamlining their counselling process and making it more
efficient, effective, timely, and economical.
Digital Data and Records: A Revolution
Digital documentation is like a revolution for the legal
industry, as everybody associated with it knows that even
the simplest of legal matters create a substantial amount of
paperwork. And collecting, maintaining and accessing
physical records is an arduous task.
But with digital, all the discomfort is eliminated. There are
many benefits, but the most important ones are given below.
Recordkeeping and Maintenance
With physical documents, the cost of storage, transfer, and
Perksof
Maintaining
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access is enormous. But with digital, all you need is a
desktop PC, or a laptop, or a tablet or nowadays a
smartphone because a modern smartphone can carry
libraries of legal documents digitally. No need for huge
physical spaces. No need for traditional transportation.
E-records saves legal professional not only time and space
but also money. In today’s information technology and
communication era, recordkeeping, maintaining and sharing
is as easy as touching a screen with fingertips.
Accessibility
And the biggest advantage of turning legal documents into
digital copies is accessibility.
Anyone anytime and anywhere can access the PDFs
(Portable Document Formats). They can also search it for
information like names, titles, dates or keywords.
They can further duplicate, share, and edit it easily
according to their needs. The best benefit is that it
eliminates the necessity of maintaining physical copies and
reduces the time for simple searches to find missing or
misplaced documents.
Remote access is another benefit that helps legal
professionals in transit or working from home, as is the
norm nowadays.
Research
Secondary research is the first research carried out by
lawyers to begin legal cases. The secondary research is for
similar cases in the past, which they have come across or
worked upon.
This is where digital documentation can help them
immensely. It gives them access to already stored in-house
digital records for searching and referencing specific case
laws, legal arguments, key points, offering the entirety of
their previous research and work at their fingertips.
In general, lawyers spend one-third of their time in research
and with digital documentation, they can minimise their
time-spend considerably, increasing their overall
productivity and efficiency.
Collaborations
The legal sector is increasingly becoming a space for
collaborations. And digital documentation provides a
common platform for people from the same or different
offices, law firms, industries and experts around the globe to
come together and easily co-counsel and collaborate.
As for sharing, editing, and preserving the records becomes
easy; team members can collaborate irrespective of their
physical location.
Maximum Data Security
Digital documents can be easily encrypted or password-
protected, thus maintaining confidentiality, secrecy, safety
and security. Similarly, access to any document can be
restricted as per the need of the case, ensuring that it can be
accessed by the authorised persons only.
Another benefit of digital documentation is that it can be
backed up to ensure their safety and permanency. Physical
documents can be lost to any unforeseen events like fire or
flooding. But digital records eliminates such risks.
Sustainability
Less physical papers mean more trees. Thus digital
documentation is helping the environment immensely by
reducing our dependence on physical papers. Cutting on
paper waste, digital recordkeeping is reducing the carbon
footprint of the legal profession.
Eliminating paper and ink is the best way the legal industry
can contribute to a cleaner and greener environment.
Digital Technology is the Legal Future
Coronavirus pandemic pushed the legal profession,
including supreme courts and high courts, to adopt digital
technology at the earliest. And they too found embracing it
to their immense advantage.
Online trials are now common. Though they are still very
few compared to physical trials, many local courts are also
accommodating them.
Similarly, suppose these highest administrative and judicial
bodies make digitalisation mandatory criteria for all the
functionaries of the legal profession. In that case, it will
make the legal industry up to date with the changing times.
Digitalisation is the future. Society has understood it and
adopted it with open minds and arms. It is up to every
conservative mind in the legal industry to open their minds
and outlook so that the entire judiciary can transform itself
into a modern law implementing entity because digital tech
is the best legal course for society’s future.

Lex Favios
Ardent Advocacy with Proficient Legal Services
The legal sector is experiencing a drastic
transformation over the last few years. Legal
practice in India has been evolving since its
inception, as a field, and as a profession. There is a
paradigm shift in how the legal industry works today. Laws
in India have advanced and have reached greater heights in
various specializations such as Cyber Laws, Competition
Laws, Insolvency Laws, etc.
Additionally, with the advent of technology, advanced tools
and apps are available at the fingertips and as a result, the
face of the legal system has had a makeover.
On the flip side, the substantial and consistent growth in the
number of lawyers has resulted in legal professionals
focusing on legal entrepreneurship. Lawyers these days
concentrate on providing efficacious service to their clients
and making them feel at ease service-wise and value for
money.
On the other hand, due to the changing economic times,
there has been a constant effort by the legal firms to find
new ways to attain and retain their clients, ultimately
making this sector more effective, efficient, accessible, and
reliable. This is where Lex Favios excels in the limelight of
the legal industry.
Lex Favios is a full-service law firm in India, the firm has
offices in Delhi and Mumbai and represents clients across
sectors including Manufacturing, Telecommunications,
Education, Banking, Housing Finance Companies,
Hospitality, Information Technology, Consumer Products,
Media and Entertainment, Real Estate, Retail and
Franchising, and Taxation.
The Journey of a Start
Mr Sumes Dewan is Founding, and Managing Partner of
Lex Favious, and he is one of the few lawyers in India to be
admitted as an ‘Honorary fellow of Association of Fellows
and Legal Scholars.’

Mr Sumes have always been enthusiastic about being a
lawyer and it is one of the few professions that offer
challenges and variety that fulfil both personal aspirations
and offers career development. The motivations for
becoming a lawyer have been a sense of personal
achievement, meaningful, and satisfying work.
He started his journey in litigation in the year 1996 and then
moved to be a Corporate Lawyer. The initial foundation
years as a litigator, assist in handling transactions. He
started his legal career with Singhania and Co. in the year
1996 and then continued his journey as a Partner with Law
Firms such as K.R Chawla and Co., Fox Mandal, Desai and
Diwanji.
As an ardent advocate, Mr Sumes comprehends twenty-four
years of experience and specialization in Foreign
Investment in India, Corporate Laws, Banking and Finance,
JVs, Cross Border Taxation Issues, Banking and Finance,
Real Estate and SEBI Takeover Regulations. Later, Mr
Sumes founded Lex Favios in 2014. Apart from several
other honourable memberships, Mr Sumes was nominated
by the ‘Asia Law Leading Lawyers’ survey consistently
from 2007-2014 as one of the most highly acclaimed legal
experts in Asia-Pacific in Capital Markets and Corporate
Finance.
Setbacks- A Part and Parcel on the Way to Success
One of the key challenges of Lex Favios has been to
provide sector-specific advice and cater to the needs of the
clients and on the other hand, the biggest challenge has
been retaining the legal talent in the Firm determined to
seize the skyrocketing outbound investment opportunities.
Growing rapidly, the firm already has offices in Delhi and
Mumbai and plans to now establish an additional office in
Bangalore within next year and is also looking to spread out
to other cities.
Lex Favios is determined to expand into new practice areas
of intellectual property and indirect taxation.
Value-added Services and Quality Offerings
Lex Favios has a diverse area of practice and includes
Foreign Investment in India, Mergers and Acquisitions,
Private Equity, Corporate Commercial Laws, Capital
Markets, Cross Border and Non-Resident Taxation Issues,
Banking and Finance, and Litigation and Dispute
Resolution.
The key services provided by Lex Favios is as follows:
• The Firm assists its clients in formulating entry
strategy in India including setting up Liaison Office,
Branch Office, and Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
Lex Favios is dealing
with several
international tie-
ups and affiliations,
where it provides
services in different
jurisdictions with
seamless cross-
border transactions
Mr Sumes Dewan
Founding and Managing Partner
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• Advice on setting up joint ventures in India or
overseas, including issues that are of critical
significance to a joint venture,
• Advising clients on issues relating to the acquisition of
both Indian and overseas companies including the
foreign exchange and other governmental regulations
applicable to such transactions.
• Private Equity Investments- Lex Favios’ expertise
oversees complex private equity transactions, advising
on suitable structure, and advising on legal, regulatory,
tax implications, drafting, negotiating, and reviewing
documentation related to the investment.
• Advise on several types of domestic and cross border
syndicated lending (both secured and unsecured), asset
sales and debt trading, private banking, corporate
financing and refinancing and public sector financing.
Surmounting the Adversities of the Pandemic
COVID-19 was a tough time for business; however, Lex
Favios has a diverse area of practice ranging from advising
on equity investments, debt investment and strategy.
The Firm advised clients on issues ranging from laying off
employees, work from home policies, and dealing with key
issues of renegotiation of contracts.
The Firm adopted work from home policy for its employees
and put in place, the requisite infrastructure and technology
tools required to ensure that the process was seamless and
enabled Lex Favios to provide service to its clients,
seamlessly.
Pearls of Wisdom for the Aspirants
As a piece of advice for the young aspirants, Mr Sumes
said, “Keep a clear vision, as it is easy to get distracted with
so many things and that the struggle, is always part of any
new beginning.”
Embracing the Future Roadmap
Apart from establishing a strong client base, delivering
exceptional services, and exceeding expectations, Lex
Favios has had to overcome challenges that have arisen
within its respected industry.
For instance, one of the key challenges is that foreign law
firms are not permitted to set up a practice in India, and the
same policy does not enable Indian law firms to be part of
large multi-jurisdictional transactions.
As a result of this, Lex Favios has become part of the
‘Legal Netlink Alliance consortium of European and US
Law Firms,’ which enables its clients to offer services in all
global jurisdictions and be part of transactions in multi-
jurisdictions. The same has helped Lex Favios to overcome
one of the key challenges the Firm has faced.
Moving forward, the team at Lex Favios are keen to expand
its global footprint, looking at ways of setting up additional
offices in other cities throughout India.
Currently, the Firm is hiring legal experts in different areas
of practice, to offer services to both new and existing clients
in diverse areas of practice. Finally, the Lex Favios team
hopes to offer new areas of practice to its clients in the
years to come and the Firm looks to have a bright and
promising future ahead of it.

Intellectual property (IP) is a crucial business asset that
could be the primary competitive edge in a developing
market like India. Companies that export to or operate
in India, or even contemplating India as a possible market,
should have an IP management strategy that identifies and
protects their intellectual property.
Intellectual property is an essential asset for any business. If
you plan to do business, or even if you are already doing
business, it is critical to understand how to use, protect, and
defend the rights to intellectual property that an individual
or his firm holds. Intellectual property refers to the
production of tangible assets related to a company’s
operations.
In India, intellectual property refers to a person’s or
company’s trademark, idea, design, or any other type of
creation over which they have legal control. Almost every
company owns intellectual property, which can be
considered a corporate asset.
Benefits of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Ÿ Intellectual property rights safeguard not only company
ideas or concepts but also true commercial assets that
are critical to products and services. These intellectual
Changing
Scenarioof
Intellectual
Property
Rights

At a Glance

Ÿ property rights are critical to the company’s
development and profitability.
Ÿ It increases the market value of your company.
Intellectual property rights (IPR) can help you earn
revenue by allowing you to license, sell, and even
commercialise your products and services.
Ÿ Turn your thoughts and ideas into profit-generating
assets. While ideas have little value on their own,
registering them under intellectual property rights can
assist you in turning them into commercially viable
products and services.
Ÿ Promote your goods and services. Obtaining intellectual
property rights can assist your company in developing a
mage.
Ÿ Obtain or raise capital for your company. Individuals
can monetise their assets by selling them, licensing
them, or using them as collateral for loan financing.
Ÿ Increase the business’s export opportunities. India’s
intellectual property rights might also boost the
country’s market competitiveness.
Ÿ Some intellectual property rights are automatic, while
others require a formal application and registration
before they can be claimed. As understanding
intellectual property law grows, there has been a
significant increase in intellectual property registrations
in India recently.
Engagements and Developments in IPR Until Now
India has been a part of the World Trade Organization
(WTO) since 1995, and if anyone does business with them,
they will notice that local IP law and enforcement
procedures are comparable to those in place in the UK.
India is also a signatory to a few international IP treaties.
Furthermore, registration can be used to protect rights such
as trademarks, designs, patents, and copyright. These rights
are enforceable through Indian courts, which can promptly
offer interim remedies like injunctions in the event of an
infringement. The courts can also order violators to account
for any gains made due to their violation.
India published its comprehensive National IP Policy in
2016, with a key focus on raising awareness and
strengthening administrative capability. Copyright and
Semiconductors were transferred to the Ministry of
Commerce’s Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion, later renamed the Department of Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). A Cell of IP Promotion
and Management (CIPAM) was established within DPIIT
and is responsible for implementing the IP Policy as well as
interagency coordination. Their main aim, however, appears
to be raising citizen awareness.
CIPAM held the first-ever all-India enforcement workshop
for police officers in 2017 and released a toolkit to help
officers enforce IP rights. Following this move, the Ministry
of Home Affairs announced that all police training
academies would be required to teach IP.
To address the threat of online piracy, the state of Telangana
established India’s first IP Crime Unit in 2016. Maharashtra
followed suit in 2017, establishing the Maharashtra Digital
Crime Unit (MCDCU), which has taken down several sites
that contain copyrighted content. In India, the MCDCU is
the country’s first public-private partnership unit for law
enforcement.
They have prohibited approximately 250 sites that primarily
contain copyrighted content until now.
Mizoram became the third state to establish a Digital Crime
Unit to tackle digital fraud and copyright theft in 2018.
The IPO produced proposed Copyright Rules and a second
Patent Rules Amendment in 2019, which are still being
considered and will not be finalised.
Final Thoughts
One should make sure that everyone in the company is
responsible for protecting intellectual property. Many
companies rely on the integrity of their intellectual
property, which is typically one of their most valuable
assets.
As a result, both management and staff and other
organisations with which you have interactions should pay
close attention to it.
It might be good to choose a manager responsible for
knowing and safeguarding individuals’ and professionals’
intellectual property rights.
A legal-trained manager would be a suitable fit for a
company having a legal department. It will help the
business mitigate any subsequent risk in the future in the
area of IPR.
- Rahul Thakar

Roots Cyber
Law FirmPassionately Creating Legally
Safe Environments
Ranganath Mysore,
Founder

From his childhood days, Mr
Ranganath Mysore was
fascinated with the law and had
an immense passion for science fiction.
Hence, he always wanted to explore
software technology and combine
software with legal aspects. And when
cyberspace was brought into the ambit
of law, cyber privacy laws emerged.
It was the time to follow his lifelong
passion and Mr Ranganath Mysore, the
Founder, decided to practice full time
as an Advocate in the Cyber space.
And it is his passion towards the law
that made him venture Roots Cyber
Law Firm, to create legally safe
environments for all of its clients.
"Believing that prevention is better
than cure in cyberspace, the word
'Roots' emerged, telling our clients, we
will fix issues and provide legal
solutions, by finding out the root of the
issues," Mr Ranganath Mysore
divulged to our team of Insights
Success, who were on the quest to find
out 'The Most Trusted Law Firms in
India, 2022'.
Roots cyber law firm was formed to
protect all its clients, to be compliant in
their day-to-day operations, and adhere
to compliance. Onboard of Roots are
the leading cybercrime lawyers in
Bengaluru. They suggest privacy by
design, secure coding, providing
awareness for the larger population to
keep them safe and much more. While
the Roots team is passionate about
each stream of operation, Mr
Ranganath Mysore is their trump card.
Ace of the Agency
Mr Ranganath Mysore comes with a
unique educational combination and
experience in computers, management,
and law with degree/s in MBA,
PGDCA & LL.B. And he has a post-
Graduation degree in Cyber Laws and
Cyber Forensics from National Law
School of India University (NLSIU)
and has also undergone CHFI (Cyber
Hacking and Forensics Investigator)
form EC-Council, PMP (Project
Management Professional) from PMI
(Project Management Institute) and
certified as a DCPLA® (DSCI
Certified Privacy Lead Assessor) from
DSCI (Data Security Council of India).
He is an Ex-IBMer with over 20 years
of industry experience, a strong leader
who works well under pressure. During
his industry tenure he has handled
master service agreements, SOW,
contracts, project management,
managed large projects, developed
software, etc. With his varied roles and
responsibilities, he understands
business transaction and the
complexities of the legal system and
fill the GAPs for compliance.
He has been part of many panels and
media discussions on the subject of
cyber laws. He is on the panels of
leading Banks and caters to over fifty
start-ups and corporates for cyber
corporate compliance. And he had also
handled numerous cases related to
cyber laws.
"He was a visiting faculty at NLSIU
and Cyber forensics to post-Graduation
students during 2020-2021"
The Leading Cybercrime Firm
Predominantly, the agency provides
services related to cyber, privacy laws
and corporate compliance such as
drafting terms and conditions, cookie
policies, privacy policies and vetting
contracts, agreements, and all other
allied services to the corporates. It also
represents its clients, in the court of
law, in various cases.
For individuals, it helps in lodging
cyber fraud complaints in police
stations and also handles cases related
to the Information Technology Act
(ITA) in the court of law. It provides
awareness programs related to
cybercrimes, through online and offline
modes.
Solving Issues
The agency's first challenge was how
to get clients and answer the question
why should clients come to it? The
firm solved it, by providing online
solutions which reduced turnaround
times. It further innovated the way
those solutions are offered and
specialized its other cyberlaw
offerings, which made clients believe
in the agency and they started to
engage with it more and more.
The next challenge was to understand
various legal processes, build a team
that can deliver with passion and
understands cyberspace, that is, how
the technology and legal aspects go
hand-in-hand.
Another big challenge was getting
adjusted to the paper culture, after
coming from a paperless corporate
culture. In corporate offices, the team
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Roots want to
secure all of its
clients with
preventive
measures and
minimize litigation.
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was used to working paperless and all
approvals, communication, meetings
etc. would take place over email,
conference/video calls.
But in courts and advocates offices
there were no emails, no online filings,
not much use of technology. Almost
everything required physical presence
and hard copies. In short, the Roots
team met with bundles and bundles of
papers.
At that time, Mr Ranganath Mysore
felt that the courts can operate online.
They can have video calls for hearings.
Filing new cases can be online.
According to him, getting scanned
certified copies to email rather than
prints, service of summons via
WhatsApp, email etc. will save a lot of
time and money for all stakeholders.
Because currently, to get a summon
served to an accused in a cheque
bounce case it takes a minimum of
two-three months from the date of
filing the case.
He says that when he suggested this to
his colleagues, they laughed at him
saying it will not happen here, as it is
only for corporate offices. In fact, Mr
Ranganath Mysore wants to pen down
his thoughts for easing the current
process of cyber law for various cases.
Winning Over the Pandemic
According to Mr Ranganath Mysore,
pandemic time was both a curse and a
boon. A curse because it had affected
many lives globally and businesses
went for a total loss. The economy
collapsed and courts were also shut
down for a considerable time and they
were not able to attend courts as well.
Of course, their profession was
affected with no income or a minimal
income. It was a horrible situation and
the Roots team lost a few of its
member's nearest and dearest friends,
colleagues, and family members.
But it was also a boon because the
pandemic forced courts to adopt to
online filings, virtual hearings etc.
Somewhere it had started, and the
courts are changing their processes to
use the technology more. And at this
juncture, Mr Ranganath Mysore said
that the firm had an upper hand with
technological know-how. During this
time, the firm was able to help many
advocates in filing online cases, helped
them in online hearings, and also
conducted online arguments.
With its corporate clients being
onboard, the firm was able to minimize
its damages. It had worked towards
executing and setting up many of its
client's business from offline to online,
drafting terms and conditions,
executing online contracts etc.
"Moreover, we can't forget our
corporate clients who kept us as a
retainer and helped us survive by
reducing the damage," Mr Ranganath
Mysore pointed out.
The Legal Advice
As per Mr Ranganath Mysore, there is
a saying that 'legal profession is a
noble profession' and he witnessed it
first-hand after going in as a practising
advocate at the Bar. Thus, his advice
for the young generation is to enjoy the
profession and understand that this is
the only profession which is 'jack of all
and master of none'. It means, as an
advocate, one needs to touch all the
subjects, based on the case, he/she
handles, like it may be medicine,
business, technology, engineering,
pharma etc. And the challenges here
will sharpen the individual's problem-
solving skills.
According to Mr Ranganath Mysore, in
legal space, there are many specialized
laws like ITA, POCSO, the Consumer
Protection Act 2019 etc. Commercial
courts are already functional for
commercial disputes. This introduction
makes it a specialized subject matter
and thus it narrows down to
specialization. Hence, he thinks that
one needs to learn at a quicker pace to
cope up with these new developments.
Roots Future Goal
Mr Ranganath Mysore also has no
doubt that this profession, which has in
the past created and, in the present, is
creating great leaders to lead the
human society, will keep doing so in
the future as well.
Roots Cyber Law Firm wants to secure
all of its clients, with preventive
measures and minimized litigations.
Mr Ranganath Mysore expects that in
the next ten years, the firm would be
serving globally, with its existence in
all the places. He concludes with the
belief that change is inevitable and
they are ready for that change, with a
technological edge.

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