Partner
Gurugram
+91 124 4390 642
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Labour and employment
Minu has work experience of 19 years.
Her practice area is General Corporate and Commercial with special focus on Labour and Employment, White Collar Crimes, FCPA, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery, Disciplinary and Other Workplace Investigations, POSH, Ethics, HR, and Corporate Governance. Additionally, she also advises on specialized areas such as Food laws, Drugs and Cosmetics, Statutory and Operational Compliances, Foreign Direct Investment, Environment, Biodiversity, Legal Metrology, FCRA, and Impact Investment work.
She is adept in leading matters for a wide spectrum of domestic and international clients across diverse sectors including IT, Professional Services/Multinational Consulting Firms/Delivery Centers, FMCG, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Energy, Telecom, Healthcare and Pharma, Hospitality, Tourism and Retail, Education, NGO, Logistics and Transportation.
She is actively engaged in assisting clients on workplace policies and processes, statutory compliances, compensation and benefits structuring, onboarding and off-boarding support, employment agreements and handbooks, corporate investigations, boardroom dispute resolution, HR audits, implementation of retirement/retention schemes, immigration, mobility and other international employment issues, industrial relations, trade unions and labour welfare measures, risk mitigation, litigation, separation strategies, employment law issues within an M&A or other transactional context, training on inclusion and diversity, anti-discrimination, POSH and the new Labour Codes.
Minu has provided industry feedback and reform suggestions to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Government of India under the aegis of Invest India as a Member of the Labour Law Working Groups and assisted the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India on, amongst others, the new Labour Codes to address multiple issues and loopholes.
She serves as a day-to-day legal advisor and supports the HR departments of multiple clients at various stages of their employment process, from initial hiring and background checks to sensitive termination decisions and the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants, confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-disparagement obligations.
She specializes in conducting investigations in the context of FCPA, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery, and Disciplinary Matters, including conducting in-person interviews with the relevant individuals, preparing and reviewing documentation pertaining to the investigation, preparing a detailed report on the investigation findings, recommending corrective measures and assisting in their implementation.
Her work in the Education sector includes advising on matters relating to collaboration with foreign universities, establishment of global schools with international affiliation, grant of deemed to be university status, conduct of non-core educational activities, outsourcing of educational infrastructure, restructuring/merger of educational societies and trusts, fee-fixation, reservation of seats and creation of corporate quota in engineering colleges.
Minu’s experience in Food laws includes assisting clients in obtaining food licenses under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, advising on food retail business in India, contract farming arrangements, mandatory packaging/labeling requirements, and prescribed standards for imported food, production, and quality control of vegetarian food products in India and on-board sale of food and beverages to flight passengers.
Previously, as part of the Infrastructure Litigation team, Minu had been involved in several high-value and precedent-setting litigations affecting private DISCOMs (Distribution Companies) in NCT of Delhi, worked on diverse regulatory issues pertaining to the Power sector including tariff appeals on behalf of clients and represented clients at different judicial and quasi-judicial forums.
