Corporate legal services in Kolkata

Most disputes we see trace back to an agreement that was never written, or one downloaded from the internet and never adapted. The clauses that matter are unglamorous: scope, payment terms and interest on delay, intellectual property ownership, confidentiality, limitation of liability, termination and the dispute resolution route.

Dispute resolution deserves particular thought. Naming arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 with a seat, a language and an appointment mechanism is very different from a vague clause that leaves you litigating about where to litigate.

We draft in plain language wherever the law permits, because a contract your project manager can read is a contract that gets followed.

Founders agreements, vesting arrangements, shareholders agreements and share subscription documents decide what happens when someone leaves, when a founder underperforms, or when an investor and a founder disagree about a sale. Writing them while everyone is friendly is considerably cheaper than negotiating them later.

Employee stock option plans need documentation aligned with the Companies Act 2013 and the resolutions to support them, not just a spreadsheet of promises.

Employment documentation covers appointment letters, confidentiality and assignment of work product, notice periods, and the policy and internal committee required under the law on prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace, which applies well below the headcount most employers assume.

Terms of service, privacy policy, refund and shipping policies and acceptable use terms are legal documents, not page filler, and generic templates frequently misstate what your product actually does with data.

Privacy documentation now has to reflect the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules notified in November 2025, which require notice in clear and plain language, an accessible consent withdrawal route, a grievance mechanism and a named contact for data principals to reach.

Ecommerce operations carry additional duties under the consumer protection framework, including disclosure of seller details, country of origin and a grievance officer, and marketplaces have obligations distinct from inventory-model sellers.

Where a customer will not pay or a supplier will not perform, a properly drafted legal notice setting out the facts, the obligation, the demand and the consequence resolves a large share of matters without any filing.

For registered micro and small enterprises, the MSME Samadhaan mechanism under the MSMED Act 2006 provides a conciliation and arbitration route for delayed payments that is faster and cheaper than ordinary civil litigation, and it is underused.

We coordinate with advocates for matters that require court appearance or specialist litigation. We are candid about the boundary between documentation and advocacy, and we tell you when you need counsel rather than a consultant.