Chadha & Co

India

Analysis

Overview

Chadha & Co is a mid-sized full-service corporate and commercial law firm based in New Delhi. Its client base spans SMEs to international Fortune 500 companies from all business sectors, such as automotive, food and beverage, and hardware and electronics. The partners are involved in every matter, working for the client in a hands-on manner to ensure high-quality delivery throughout. A unique offering is that the firm has several foreign desks with Japanese and European staff. Managing partners Rahul Chadha and Namita Chadha, and corporate partner Neeraj Prakash and labour specialist Savita Sarna are key contacts.

Client feedback

They are most knowledgeable and truly service-minded.” – Corporate and M&A

Ashish Gupta

“He is extremely knowledgeable, tenacious and always safeguards our best interests.”

Labour and employment

Work highlights

Assisting numerous clients including STMicroelectronics, ITFAS India Fashion and Envalior India on their compliance under the country’s sexual harassment of women at the workplace law.

Advised a European client against its employees to investigate the allegations raised by their management of violation of the company’s policies.

Key clients

Bufab, DSM Nutritional Products, Komori India, Raygroup.

Dispute resolution

Work highlights

Representing a Japanese multinational in an arbitration proceeding before the ICC Arbitral Tribunal pertaining to an infrastructure project.

Acting for a BVI company in a money recovery suit filed before the Indian court. The dispute is the first of its kind where a foreign bankruptcy trustee, also director of the client company, has initiated a civil recovery suit in order to secure the assets of the bankrupt.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Advised for Pajoara Industria E Comercio in relation to a prospective joint venture and joint development deal with the client’s proposed Indian counterparts, focusing on the production of animal feed products, which would be a first-of-its-kind venture in India.

Acted for Cognivity AI Sweden on its collaboration with an Indian company for the joint development of technology and software in the EV batteries sector.

Represented Hitachi on its joint venture partner’s issues and insolvency.

Key clients

Agardsdotter & Co., Ciena International, Denso, DFS Group, DIAB, DSM Nutritional Products, Electronic Arts, GE Industrial Systems, Hitachi, Honda, Italferr, JETRO, JICA, Kawasaki, KIABI, Kobelco, L’Occitane, Long Arc Capital, BASF Group, Mitre, Mitsubishi Corporation, NSG, Oppo, Panasonic, Pinkerton, Roland, Sacyr, Savills, DB Schenker, SEB, Securitas, Shindengen, Skyworth, STMicroelectronics, Sumitomo Electric, Talgo, Toyota Material Handling, Vestergaard, William Grant & Sons.