He advises on acquiring, holding and developing property in Karnataka, and represents clients when title or possession is challenged. Transactional work starts with title verification. Disputes are assessed early for limitation and maintainability, which often decide them.

• Title verification and due diligence
• Sale deeds, agreements to sell and conveyancing
• Joint development and lease agreements
• Suits for declaration, injunction and partition
• Challenges to sale deeds and limitation defences
• RERA complaints and builder–buyer disputes

This is the core of the practice. He takes matters from strategy and drafting through to oral argument, and briefs senior counsel on higher-court matters where needed. He appears before the High Court of Karnataka, the NCLT, trial courts, arbitral tribunals and regulatory authorities.

• Commercial and civil suits
• Writ petitions and challenges to regulatory action
• Insolvency proceedings under the IBC before the NCLT
• Domestic arbitration and related court proceedings
• Society, trust and election disputes
• Appeals and Supreme Court matters

He acts as ongoing legal counsel for businesses in education, construction and media. Work covers how the entity is set up, the contracts it signs and the regulatory requirements it has to meet.

• Corporate structuring and restructuring
• Shareholder and partnership agreements
• Commercial contracts and vendor terms
• Regulatory compliance
• Governance of trusts, societies and educational institutions
• Succession planning for family-run businesses

He runs transactions from negotiation to closing. He drafts the purchase and governance documents and coordinates signatures and approvals across all parties. Past work includes a multi-party transfer of an educational institution's assets and operational control, and a film production joint venture with a distribution partner.

• Legal due diligence
• Share and asset purchase agreements
• Joint venture agreements
• Revenue-sharing and intellectual property terms
• Transfer of institutional control and management
• Closing coordination across multiple stakeholders

He represents individuals and businesses at every stage of criminal proceedings, from before an FIR is registered through trial and appeal. He regularly handles criminal complaints that grow out of commercial disputes.

• Anticipatory and regular bail
• Petitions to quash FIRs and proceedings
• Cheque dishonour cases under Section 138 of the NI Act
• Economic and white-collar offences
• Trial defence and criminal appeals
• Private complaints and victim representation

Qualified in India and Texas, he advises Indian businesses dealing with U.S. counterparties and U.S. clients doing business in India. He drafts contracts to hold up under both legal systems and advises on where and how any dispute will be resolved.

• Cross-border commercial contracts under Indian and U.S. law
• Governing-law and jurisdiction clauses
• International arbitration clauses
• Inbound and outbound investment structuring
• Foreign exchange (FEMA) and foreign investment compliance
• Distribution, licensing and services agreements