Our Practice Areas
BNCS offers a broad spectrum of legal and corporate services encompassing civil and commercial laws. Key practice areas include litigation, arbitration, intellectual property prosecution, acquisition and strategic initiatives, corporate advisory and regulatory work. Additionally, the firm handles matters related to insolvency and bankruptcy laws, competition and consumer laws, labour, industrial and service law, sports law, and matrimonial law.
Dispute Resolution
LITIGATION
Our litigators specialize in civil and commercial dispute resolution services including pre-litigation mediations, strategizing, court proceedings, settlement negotiation etc. We not only conduct numerous trials every year but also argue appeals before Supreme Court, different High Courts in India and Appellate Tribunals. Our litigation practice has a very wide base which includes matters ranging from special commercial laws like Intellectual Property Law, Arbitration Appeals, Contractual disputes, Taxation and Insolvency & Bankruptcy to general litigation like writ petitions, property disputes, matrimonial matters. We also represent many corporates before the labour and consumer forums.
Our team specializes in Arbitration matters and enforcement of Arbitral Awards across various sectors of the country. We have successfully obtained Arbitral Awards in arbitration matters with stakes of over Rupees 500 Crores. We are currently handling arbitration matters which are worth more than Rupees 20 Billion. Our partners have also been appointed as Arbitrators for adjudication of disputes between parties. We also have international association in countries like UK, Europe, UAE and Singapore to handle international arbitrations.
MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION
We have experience in advising and negotiating settlements for clients through alternate dispute resolution mechanisms like mediation and conciliation.
At our firm, we pride ourselves on offering comprehensive counsel across a spectrum of commercial, contractual, enforcement, procurement, and transactional matters, with a particular focus on both general and intellectual property issues. Siddharth, along with his adept team, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to assist clients from various industries and business sectors.​
KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRACTICE
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Diverse Expertise: Siddharth and his team provide guidance on a wide range of commercial and intellectual property matters, including clearance, approval, enforcement, and procurement, catering to clients operating in diverse industries.
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Global Perspective: We advise clients pursuing global business and IP strategies, managing large and small portfolios through the intricacies of the clearance and approval process.
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Litigation Advocacy: With a robust track record, Siddharth's team has effectively enforced and defended commercial and IP rights before courts, tribunals, and regulatory bodies.
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Transactional Proficiency: Our practice extends to handling transactions involving the acquisition, disposition, and commercialization of IP assets, coupled with thorough due diligence.​
NOTABLE ENGAGEMENTS
1. Trademark Protection for International Insurance Giant: Siddharth advised and assisted an international insurance giant in securing trademark protection during their expansion into the Indian market.
2. Enforcement of IP Rights for Distilleries and Sugar Mills: Successfully representing a listed company in the distillery and sugar mill business, Siddharth demonstrated prowess in enforcing IP rights.
3. Strategic IP Management for Pharmaceutical Conglomerate: Handling the IP portfolio of a prominent generic pharmaceutical company valued at ₹1500 crores, Siddharth's team oversees prosecution, enforcement, and protection of trademarks.
4. Litigation Representation Across Industries: Siddharth has been retained by various companies spanning automobile, FMCG, publishing, and education sectors, to handle complex litigation matters.
5. Strategic IP Acquisition for Avon Agro Group: Siddharth orchestrated the takeover of the entire IP rights portfolio of Mawana Group's cooking oil business by his client Avon Agro Group.
6. Successful Enforcement Action for Leading European Multinational in India: Siddharth's team achieved a landmark victory by effectively enforcing IP rights on behalf of a leading European multinational operating in India, demonstrating our capability to navigate complex international IP disputes.
7. Counterfeit Enforcement for Leading Chinese Bearing Manufacturing Giant in India: Siddharth led a successful enforcement action on behalf of a leading Chinese bearing manufacturing giant operating in India, combating counterfeit products and safeguarding their intellectual property rights in the region.
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8. Regular Enforcement Actions for Leading Luxury Fashion Brand in India: Siddharth and his team have consistently executed enforcement actions on behalf of a leading luxury fashion brand in India, protecting their intellectual property rights against infringements while also managing worldwide prosecution efforts.
The lawyers of the Firm regularly advise clients on various general corporate advisory and regulatory matters ranging from advice on complex commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, investments, contract law and other sector specific regulations.
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The partners have been part of advisory for various acquisitions & strategic initiatives like acquisition of fintech startups, strategic partnerships with major networks and banks in the payments space within India and Southeast Asia. The partners have also worked with lawyers across the globe to advice on regulatory landscape in India, UAE and Southeast Asia.
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Advisory on regulatory licensing in the fintech space
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Structuring of fintech products in a compliant manner
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Software and Saas - advising on the purchase and licensing of software, SaaS, open source, cloud services, licensing, copyrights, and patents.
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E-commerce & Payments – Structuring and licensing and general corporate issues
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Government Representations
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Regulatory & Policy Analysis
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Policy Thinking & Development
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Legal audits
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Research and Strategy assistance for foreign counsels, designated senior advocates (India), and other independent lawyers
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Corporate Retainer services
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Enforcement, procurement and prosecution both general and intellectual property matters covering a variety of industries and business areas
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Advisory, drafting commercial agreements, assisting client is negotiations and structuring business transactionsgeneral and intellectual property.
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Drafting of Claim Statements, Defence Statements and other pleadings in Arbitrations, as well in seeing through matters from the stage of entering reference to execution of the Award.
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Drafting, filing and appearance in Courts in applications under sections 9, 11, 17 and 34 as well as appeals under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
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Providing advice and strategizing with clients with respect to the legal options available prior to the onset of litigations in various forums.
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Drafting, filing and appearance in civil, corporate and writ matters before the Supreme Court and various High Courts.
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Undertaking preparation of pleadings, filing and appearing before the District Courts.
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Advising, preparing and filing as well as appearing in matters before the NCLT in matters relating to oppression and mismanagement as well as in share transfer related disputes.
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Drafting, filing and appearance in recovery proceedings before the Debt Recovery Tribunal/ Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal.
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Drafting, filing and appearance in proceedings before the District as well as State Consumer Forum.