Where we act.

Themis Partners has a strong dispute resolution practice. Its founding partners have represented clients — including well-known business houses and high net worth individuals — in complex disputes across the country.

We have represented clients in numerous arbitrations seated in India and internationally, with wide-ranging experience in construction, energy, investment and other contractual disputes. We have appeared in various Indian courts in proceedings arising out of arbitration, and have procured high-value arbitral awards for our clients against instrumentalities of the Indian state and public sector undertakings.

The firm has participated in arbitration proceedings at a pan-India level and has appeared before the Supreme Court and various High Courts in arbitration-related matters. Arbitration in India often runs in parallel with proceedings before courts and specialised statutory tribunals; the firm is equipped to handle both, providing strategic and legal advice in addition to drafting pleadings and representing clients before tribunals and courts.

The firm represents clients in high-profile matters involving bribery, corruption, conflicts of interest, financial statement fraud, Multilateral Development Bank sanctions and other irregularities with consequences across contract, criminal law and public law.

Working with forensic accounting and forensic technology specialists, the team advises on and conducts internal and regulatory investigations — including complex cross-border matters — into financial statement fraud, bribery and corruption, kickbacks, vendor fraud, workplace misconduct and data theft.

The firm has significant domain expertise in real estate. It regularly advises developers, investors, individuals, corporate houses, contractors and tenants on all aspects of property law, including legal and regulatory issues.

We provide end-to-end services so that clients’ commercial goals and reputations are protected, using the latest legal technology. We also collaborate with and project-manage a select group of high-quality independent local counsel across India, enabling us to advise on hyper-local regulations and practices nationwide.

Environmental law regulates human activity in our natural environment and its linked ecosystems — protecting water, air, forests and other natural resources, and ensuring that individuals, governments and organisations do not destroy them.

Themis Partners has advised a wide array of clients on environmental law, offering robust advice on diverse issues so they can account for a large number of compliances, with constant updates on this rapidly evolving area.

Themis Partners has extensive experience advising start-ups and new ventures in India, providing multifaceted guidance through every phase of growth — formation, financing, intellectual property and beyond.

A robust practice in a sector that has seen rapid, wide-ranging reform. Having worked closely with both lenders and borrowers, the firm takes a 360° view of the market and is equipped for complex, nuanced deal structures spanning financing, securitisation, restructuring and advisory.

Our interaction with stakeholders across the sector has given us an in-depth understanding of regulatory issues and expectations, enabling us to address client requirements within an evolving regulatory framework.

The firm also has a nuanced understanding of debt recovery legislation, having represented corporate and individual borrowers before the relevant forums and tribunals under the RDDBFI and SARFAESI Acts.

Advisory and litigation support, grounded in core commercial and corporate law and an understanding of business sectors, for holistic guidance through insolvency.

The firm has acted in several matters under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, representing both creditors and debtors before company law and appellate tribunals. It has represented creditors in power, heavy industries, tourism and the financial sector — with particular emphasis on advising creditors on issues arising from the interplay between the Code and other laws — and has initiated insolvency resolution processes and sought relief before the NCLT on behalf of clients.

A wide spectrum of intellectual property services — advising on copyright and trademark law, acting in IP licensing matters, and helping clients leverage their IP and unlock the value of their intellectual assets.

The firm has particular expertise acting for clients in the entertainment, media and pharmaceutical sectors.