Dua Associates

Dua Associates

Partner, Corporate & Commercial, M&A, Real Estate, Non-Profit Organisations. Advising on:  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.

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.

Read, write and speak: English, Hindi, Urdu.

Speak: Kashmiri.

Read: Arabic.

Memberships:

India Habitat Centre Centre for International Relations and Community Well Being (also member of the Governing Body) Amcham Committee on Medical Devices

            Bar Council of Delhi             Supreme Court Bar Association

University of Delhi, Campus  Law Centre,                                                                                                                                   1992

Bachelor of Laws- 1992

 

University of Jammu,                                                                                                                                                                         1986

Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry-1987