Intellectual property
Protecting the name, the work and the invention: in that order of urgency for most businesses.
Trademark registration. Search, classes, filing, objections and opposition. Usually the first thing a business should protect.Copyright registration. Automatic protection, but registration is what you can put in front of a court.Patent registration. Provisional and complete specifications, and the disclosure mistake that destroys novelty.
Contracts, transactions and disputes
The documents a business runs on, and the proceedings when they fail.
Legal drafting and agreements. Commercial contracts, shareholder and founder agreements, employment documents.Mergers and acquisitions. Diligence, structuring, and the indemnity terms that get litigated.Insolvency and bankruptcy. Section 7 and 9 applications before NCLT Chennai, and defending them.Debt recovery. Where the IBC threshold is not met and recovery runs through other forums.Notary and affidavits. Attestation and apostille, including documents for use abroad.
People and compliance
Employment exposure is the most commonly underestimated risk in a growing business.
Industrial and labour disputes. Termination, retrenchment, contract labour and Labour Court proceedings.POSH compliance and complaints. Internal Committee constitution, inquiries, and annual reporting.White collar defence. Where directors and officers face personal liability.
The cheapest month to fix a compliance gap is the month before someone complains. An Internal Committee that exists only on paper, or an employment contract copied from the internet, is a liability rather than a protection.