A Journey of Enthusiasm and Professionalism
The journey of Legal Tree – Law Firm began in 2015 with an aim to bring straight forward, simpler and business-centric approach to the field of law. Legal Tree is a term which deals with various branches of law, which overall denotes the aim of bringing more certainty to the legal solutions being provided to Litigants, businesses and individuals and empowering them in taking right strategic and legally appropriate decisions.
With a cumulative experience of over 12 years, our partners carry a vision strengthened through handling complex legal issues for their clientele. Our team represents a coalition of specialised skills that is geared to offer sound legal solutions and services tailored to suit your specific needs. Although rooted at Bangalore, with a branch office at Dubai, we have associations across the major cities of the country to provide you services that can match global standards.
Our strong background in businesses like information technology, healthcare, e-commerce, energy, infrastructure, start-ups, and in litigation, helps us advice you successfully on Civil, Criminal matters, international and domestic contractual aspects; be it towards its creation, its interpretation or its related disputes. Our commercial areas of practice include acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and various other types of commercial transactions, project finance, intellectual property rights and their enforcement, commercial litigation and arbitration and mediation. Right from providing you support in incorporating a new company, to setting up of right processes, policies and being your collaborators in your on-going business activities, Legal Tree can be your reliable support.
The Team represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, the District and Consumer Courts, the Company Law Board, Income Tax Tribunals, Advance Ruling Authority, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Consumer Courts, the Debt Recovery Tribunals, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunals, the Labour tribunals and the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR).
The firm has expertise in handling and dealing with a variety of matters including but not limited to suit for permanent and mandatory injunction, suit for declaration, suit for specific performance, suit for damages arising out of breach of contract or otherwise, claims for damages arising upon the wrongful termination of distributor or other agreements, defamatory suits, recovery claims, enforcement of secured assets and guarantees, property and rent disputes, proceedings relating to restrictive and unfair trade practices, complaints of oppression and mismanagement of companies before the Company Law Board and the Securities & Exchange Board of India, winding-up proceedings against companies, complaints before the Consumer courts, proceedings relating to prosecution for dishonor of cheque under the Negotiable Instruments Act, claims on behalf of secured and unsecured creditors before the Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, execution proceedings relating to arbitration award and judgements passed by various courts and labour disputes.
The firm also has substantial experience in disputes relating to intellectual property rights such as, copyright infringement, trademarks infringement, counterfeiting and passing off.
The firm also represents its clients in investigations and proceedings initiated by various Governmental departments and authorities in relation to matters relating to income tax, customs duty, excise duty, sales tax, service tax, etc. and filing of writ petition against such Government authorities and departments before the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.
Apart from the aforesaid, the firm has a niche practice in disputes involving resolution through conciliation and arbitration in India as well as abroad. The arbitration practice involves invocation of arbitration clauses and initiation of arbitration proceedings, preparation of arbitration notices, statement of claims, replies, leading of evidence and final arguments. In addition, the firm’s arbitration practice involves representing clients before appropriate High Courts in arbitration petitions for interim measures, appointment of arbitrators, reference of disputes to arbitration and enforcement of awards.
The arbitration matters handled by the firm involve disputes arising out of all kinds of agreements with private parties such as, joint venture agreements, marketing agreements, sale agreements, construction contracts as well as claims against the Government departments or Government companies arising out of supply contracts, construction contracts, etc.
