Key practice areas: Antitrust & competition, aerospace & defence, anti-dumping, banking & finance, bankruptcy & insolvency, capital markets & securities law, commercial law, corporate restructuring, e-commerce, data privacy, dispute resolution (arbitration & litigation), energy law, environment law, employment & industrial relations, fintech, foreign investment, infrastructure & project finance, insurance, intellectual property, Islamic finance, international trade & WTO, mergers & acquisitions, oil & gas, private equity & venture capital, POSH practice, privatization & disinvestments, real estate, shipping & maritime, startups practice, taxation (direct & indirect), technology, media & telecommunications (TMT) and white collar crime.

Our services: Kochhar & Co is one of the leading and largest corporate law firms in India. The firm enjoys the distinction of being the only Indian law firm with a full-service presence in the six prominent Indian cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram and Hyderabad. It also has four overseas offices in Dubai, Singapore, Atlanta and Jeddah (affiliate office).

Kochhar & Co is the first Indian law firm to have conceived a “client satisfaction program” and has been a pioneer in this field. The firm takes pride in providing high quality, responsive, solution-seeking and business-oriented legal support to clients – consistent with global standards of excellence. In a survey of Indian law firms, Kochhar & Co was ranked as the top full-service law firm on parameters of client satisfaction, responsiveness and quality.

Kochhar & Co offers a wide range of legal services in the areas of corporate and commercial laws and specializes in representing major foreign and domestic corporations with diverse business interests in India. The firm is the preferred Indian counsel for multinational corporations doing business in India and represents more than 75 of the global Fortune 500 companies, including some of the largest corporations from North America, the Middle East, South-East Asia and Japan. Kochhar & Co also serves as counsel to many large and prominent Indian corporations, including several Maharatna and Navratna companies (public sector undertakings).

UAE presence: Kochhar & Co is the first pan-Indian law firm to have established a full-service presence in Dubai where the firm is licensed by the Dubai Legal Affairs Department of the Ruler’s office to practice local UAE & DIFC law.

Awards & recognition: During the past few years, Kochhar & Co has been one of the most decorated Indian law firms. It has received numerous awards for excellence in corporate law, including but not limited to the National Bar Award, the International Council of Jurists Award conferred by the prime minister, the Rajiv Gandhi Award and the National Pride Award.

Among other practice areas, Kochhar & Co has been ranked as India’s top-tier firm in corporate & M&A, litigation & arbitration, employment & industrial relations, real estate, TMT, aviation & defence, IP and projects & energy by leading global publications including the Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers and India Business Law Journal.

The firm was a winner of India Business Law Journal’s 2017-18 Indian Law Firm Awards in the categories of employment & industrial relations and TMT.