Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors

The firm:
Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors (C&M) is a leading full service law firm in India, providing our clients with high-quality and bespoke legal services across practice areas. Given our experience in domestic and foreign markets, we support some of the largest domestic and international corporations, government organizations, restructuring and insolvency specialists, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, and promoter groups.

Our clients describe us as Incisive, Innovative and Responsive. We always strive to go above and beyond the client expectations. Our teams are known for high-quality output, creative mindset and meticulous attention to detail.

The ethos of our firm is providing the most feasible solution to the client, which is mobilised through the efforts of attorneys who work together to bring in their cross-functional perspectives to help the business achieve their client's goals.

Areas of practice: 

1. Insolvency & Restructuring
2. Corporate Commercial
3. Litigation & Alternate Dispute Resolution.
4. Mergers & Acquisition
5. Banking & Finance
6. Anti-Trust Competition
7. Data Privacy
8. Capital Markets
9. Aviation
10. Private ClientInsolvency & Restructuring: We are one of India’s pre-eminent R&I law firms, recognized for our in-depth knowledge and ability to deliver practical and thorough advise with short turnaround time. What distinguishes our R&I practice is the seamless integration of advisory services with litigation and dispute resolution services, covering full spectrum of R&I services. We advise creditors, resolution professionals, liquidators, investors, and debtors on both contentious and non-contentious matters including resolution and liquidation under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (“IBC”) as well as outside IBC resolutions and debt restructuring.

C&M routinely advises and represents clients, both domestic and international, in various proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. The firm advises clients on a range of issues – both contentious and non-contentious - relating to resolution and liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) and also debt restructuring outside the IBC. C&M routinely acts for acts for lenders, investors, insolvency professionals, liquidators, creditors, promoters, and guarantors and is known for out of box solutions and quick turn-around advice. We regularly work on cases with matters exceeding the billions of USD.

Antitrust and competition: Recognised as one of the leading firms for the competition law practice in India, we are renowned for our extensive proficiency on leniency mandates, legal issues pertaining to abuse of dominance and guidance on merger control processes. We have represented our clients in some of the most high-profile and ground-breaking proceedings.

The representative client list of the practice group ranges from blue-chip companies like Google and Intel to Global100 conglomerates (Samsung, Honda, and Hyundai) and Fortune500 companies (HP Inc., Clariant AG, Whirlpool, and Goodyear), which demonstrates the level of excellence and trust that C&M has and continues to achieve.

Disputes (litigation and arbitration): In the decade of being in the business, Chandhiok & Mahajan (C&M) has established itself as a trusted name for dispute resolution in India. With offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, we routinely appear in the Supreme Court and various High Courts all over the country. Our Pan India presence ensures quality representation to clients at various local forums, coupled with seamless integration within various departments, good-friend relations with market-leading law firms, and global professionals, the practice area provides commercially viable solutions to its clients wherever they operate.

The practice area aggressively pursues its client’s interests in complex disputes. Our ability to think on our feet and our solution-oriented approach are what set us apart. We advise leading global conglomerates, financial institutions, and government bodies and have handled disputes having a value of more than USD 1.1 billion in the recent past.

Corporate Commercial: Our corporate practice team is lauded for extending an all-encompassing, customised and financially sound solutions. We cover the entire gamut of corporate regulations and offer guidance on every facet of conducting business in India. Our corporate practice has seen rapid growth over the past few years, and we have had the opportunity to work with some of the finest minds in the business.

Capital Markets and Securities Law Practice: At C&M, we aspire to provide the highest quality of service to all our clients in a timely manner. We believe our key differentiator is our awareness of the strain a fund-raising transaction can cause on the resources of the issuer. To this end, we aspire to perform our role in such a manner as to cause minimum disruption to the day-to-day business obligations of our clients and allow our corporate clients to focus and grow their businesses while conducting such transactions. We view ourselves as allies in shouldering the responsibilities with the clients and facilitating the process to our best possible capabilities without limiting ourselves to fixed roles. We hope to customise our services for each client to suit and support their structure and style of operation.

Privacy & Data Protection Practice: Our team has extensive and comprehensive experience in providing legal advice in the face of evolving information technology and privacy laws. This involves advising clients on compliance with information and technology laws, data protection laws, cyber security, implementing robust privacy policies, and addressing emerging issues like data protection, data mapping, InfoSec, and cybersecurity.

Aviation: Our team has extensive experience in advising lessors, airlines, airport operators, and investors in the aviation sector.