Dua Associates
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Mohd Iqbal Butt
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Work Department
Dua Associates
Position
o FDI Policy;
o Foreign Exchange Laws;
o Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Subscription Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements;
o Due Diligence on Target companies;
o Corporate and Commercial laws involved during day to day affairs of businesses;
o Employee related issues;
o All kinds of commercial contracts;
o IPOs, Offers for Sale, Public Offers;
o Acquisition, sale, lease of residential and commercial properties;
o Legal audit of businesses to ensure compliance;
o Corporate Social Responsibility;
o Representing before the authorities.
Career
Year of qualification: 1993
Chambers of Mr. D.D. Thakur
Junior 1993
After graduating started career in the office of Late Mr. D.D. Thakur Senior Advocate and former Governor of Assam and Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir where learnt Supreme Court Procedure by appearing along with him in many writ petitions, special leave petitions before the Supreme Court.
Orr, Dignam & Company 1993 - 1996
Associate 1993 to 1996
Drafted writ petition the decision in which was the basis for laying the policy for cable TV cables in Delhi; Drafted suits, complaints, appeals, writ petitions; Drafted commercial contracts; Briefed counsels; Appeared before courts.
Chatterjee Associates, New Delhi, India 1996 - 2000
Senior Advocate 1996 to 2000
Worked for around three months in the overseas office of an IT client in Michigan, USA; Prepared applications for around 50 candidates seeking H1B visa for working in USA; Advised on: FDI Policy; Foreign exchange laws and regulations; Incorporation of companies; Immigration to USA on H1B visas; Acquisition, sale, lease of immovable property; Commercial contracts; Employee matters.
Suri and Company, New Delhi, India 2000 - 2003
Senior Associate heading Corporate Practice 2000 to 2003
Advised on: Banking laws and regulations involved in day to day affairs of banks and NBFCs; Drafting of loan documentation for consumer banking including car loans, personal loans, property loans; Securitisation and enforcement of security; Drafting complete document package including terms and conditions for the first credit card with a smart chip in India for an MNC bank.
Dua Associates, New Delhi, India 2003 - Present
Partner; 2003 to Present. Practice Area of Corporate & Commercial
Advising on: FDI Policy; Foreign Exchange Laws; Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Subscription Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements; Due Diligence on Target companies; Corporate and Commercial laws involved during day to day affairs of businesses; Employee related issues; All kinds of commercial contracts; IPOs, Offers for Sale, Public Offers; Acquisition, sale, lease of residential and commercial properties; Legal audit of businesses to ensure compliance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Representing before the authorities.
Languages
Read, write and speak: English, Hindi, Urdu.
Speak: Kashmiri.
Read: Arabic.
Memberships
Memberships:
India Habitat Centre Centre for International Relations and Community Well Being (also member of the Governing Body) Amcham Committee on Medical DevicesBar Council of Delhi Supreme Court Bar Association
Education
University of Delhi, Campus Law Centre, 1992
Bachelor of Laws- 1992
University of Jammu, 1986
Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry-1987