Our Expertise

From individuals to foreign investors and corporations, our foundations are built purely on honesty, transparency and trust towards our relationships with our clients, which is the hallmark of our dispute resolution services. Our ethos makes us push boundaries of sincerity for the greater benefit of our clientele and with the object of speedy resolution of their disputes

We at Seven Seas Partners advise our clients on the changes in regulatory framework and compliances relating to banking and finance in respect of domestic as well as cross border transactions. Our lawyers have experience in handling legal issues relating to financing of projects, acquisitions, assets and securitisation transactions and are also adept at preparing documents including security trust deeds, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, loan agreements, inter-creditor agreements, assignments and guarantees.

Legal issues pertaining to insurance is a regular feature in various sectors such as marine, aviation, technology, consumer, medical, director liability, corporate, goods, infrastructure and real estate. Our team specialises in offering legal advice on legal issues such as regulatory, compliances, dispute resolution, risk transfers, complex cross border claims and ensuring compliance for new insurance products to all our clients.

We possess in-depth knowledge on a wide variety of regulatory and other legal and environmental issues relating to energy, oil, natural gas, natural resources, infrastructure and documentation. Our team can efficiently provide legal assistance on a broad range of issues which energy corporations generally face such as, regulatory, logistics, financing, dispute resolution, tender documentation, supply contracts, licenses, operation and maintenance agreements, environmental clearances, land acquisitions amongst others

Our clients benefit from an array of legal services required in setting up businesses in India as well as overseas, ranging from obtaining approvals and regulatory permissions to ensuring compliance with Foreign Exchange Rules and Regulations and tax laws. Our team represents a diverse client base consisting of corporates, partnerships, high net worth individuals and governmental entities in legal matters pertaining to foreign investment.

Our lawyers advise insolvency professionals, creditors, debtor companies, guarantors, banks, directors, shareholders, trustees and employees in insolvency and restructuring of businesses including cross-border insolvencies and parallel proceedings. We also advise our clients in preparation of resolution plans, commencing insolvency processes, rights and obligations of concerned parties, negotiating and preparing restructuring plans and regulatory compliances for restructuring.

With possibly the broadest spectrum of issues ranging from carriage of goods by sea, marine insurance, ship financing, ship sale and building contracts, ownership and registration of ships, manning, mortgages, collision, salvage, towage, pillage, liens and claims, marine pollution and laws of Customs and Ports Maritime and Shipping laws is by far one of the most complex and intricate branches of commercial law involving aspects of private as well as public law. Our lawyers possess expertise in the laws of multiple nations as well as treaty laws to provide sound legal assistance to our clients seeking legal advice in such issues.

Our expertise when it comes to mergers and acquisitions is wide, and we provide legal advice to our clients in various nations, on share and asset purchase transactions through a wide range of activities including due diligence reports, drafting documentations including term sheets, NDAs, share purchase agreements, employment agreements, assets transfers and stock swap agreements, we also are capable of ensuring legal compliances and obtaining regulatory approvals and permissions from concerned authorities as well as provide advice on the legal aspects of structuring and negotiating deals.

We advise clients on corporate international tax and transfer pricing. The firm also provides support on goods and services tax, customs and trade. It provides strategic insights and legal advice on complex tax issues, including foreign direct investment policy, business reorganizations, cross-border tax structuring, tax controversy and regulatory policy. Our lawyers have extensive experience of pre-litigation, litigation support and representation. We also work with a network of law firms and professionals around the world so as to provide services across jurisdictions.

A vital source of economic development for States as well as private investors, Foreign Direct Investment or FDI is an essential facilitator in almost every facet of international trade and commerce. Owing to their in-depth knowledge and understanding of the substantive protections in Bilateral and Multilateral Treaties between nations, as well as other sector specific legislations, our highly networked group of professionals are adept at supporting businesses and venture capitalists in making legally sound investment decisions in India as well as abroad. We are also highly proficient at providing capable dispute resolution services to investors as well as sovereign States in these highly complex investment disputes under all the prominent arbitration rules, including those administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, UNCITRAL, ICSID amongst others. Apart from arbitral proceedings we are also capable at helping clients reach negotiated settlements as well as can assist them throughout the arbitration process as well as in enforcement of awards.

From player representation contracts to complex multiparty contracts for endorsements, our team of experts can handle the most Daedalian contracts which are atypical to this industry as well as assist in their negotiations, with ease. Our track record at assisting our valuable Clients spread across continents in this Industry is unblemished, and we endeavour to provide the most reliable and efficient legal services in this branch of law.

Across various countries in the world from individuals to corporates, we specialise in advising on legal issues relating to protection of intellectual property including trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents and geographical indications, registration of IP in India and other jurisdictions, licensing, operations and risk, rights and obligations of owners of IP and preparing documentation for these. We represent our clients across various jurisdictions before regulatory authorities, tribunals and courts in contesting IP litigation, counterfeit claims, infringements, and objections.

Our experts have a profound understanding of this highly complex yet interactive branch of public law and though our highly distinguished collaborators, some of whom are prominent authorities globally on the subject, our capabilities in the backdrop of our exemplary professional standards, truly sets us apart in this area of practice.