Insurance Laws and Labour Laws

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Insurance Laws

Life and General Insurance is a sector that has channelized billions into the economy while offering a stable avenue for security to a vast section of the population. It still has vast potential for expansion and diversification. Foreign companies as well as domestic business houses have moved in to tap in to this potential and have succeeded also in these ventures. However the very expansion is impacted with various issues that need resolution from an experienced team of lawyers and paralegals. Legal representation at all levels of judicial forums is available at Legal Unicorn & Partners .

Labour Laws

We also represent management in the cases regarding the Labour laws before all the concerned authorities starting from Labour Office (Conciliation Officer) till Hon’ble High Court including the Industrial Tribunals and Labour Courts. Further, this is our major forte. We further take care of transfer and other administrative inter alia business decisions and take care of indisciplined employee/s and give legal service from consultancy to conducting the cases on advice rendered.

Infrastructure Laws

As India’s economy picks up steam after weathering the recessionary storms and is now aiming at a fast clip growth, its infrastructure sectors offer ripe picking for the investors and entrepreneurs especially at the higher end. However the road is not exactly paved with roses. Archaic laws, lots of regulatory control and strong pressure groups with own agendas muddy the waters and it takes a group of dedicated lawyers to clearly see it all.

Legal Unicorn & Partners possesses wealth of experience garnered over 5 decades. As a reputed firm of standing we can also tap into the specific talents of experts in almost all sub-domains of legal practice. We provide services such as Drafting of contracts, Licenses, drafting and vetting of power purchase agreements, BOOT contracts, Swiss Challenge agreements, personnel contracts and legal due diligence, securing governmental licenses, construction agreements and leases.

Real Estate & Construction Laws

India has a huge land bank for exploitation at its metros, urban and semi-urban concentrations and the vast rural hinterland. With projections for making of mega metros and corridors to house diverse industries and habitats for their workers, the real estate and construction industry has really taken off. But the sector is also beset with ancient revenue records, archaic laws for acquisition, non-uniform compensations, complex labour laws etc.

These offer daunting challenges to even the local entrepreneur not to speak of the foreigners wanting to invest here. Legal Unicorn & Partners ’ team can negotiate through this bewildering maze with relative ease and done so successfully for a host of clients.

Advice on Company Law & regulations, Government compliances, drafting and vetting of agreements & contracts, Environmental clearances, Labour law compliances, Land acquisition & compensation procedures, Land record appraisals, property liabilities & litigation, Legal due diligence, Municipal permissions and compliances, Zoning regulations and master plans along with legal advisory on land use planning.

IPR & Cyber Crime Laws

India is not only an information technology powerhouse but also a vast market for the marketers of the world. The huge domestic market with high spending power has given a boost to the ecommerce business. This has lead to formulation of sophisticated and comprehensive IT policies and laws.

There is a well recognized statutory, administrative and judicial framework to uphold Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR") in India, whether they relate to patents, trademarks, copyright or industrial designs. Well-known international trademarks have been protected in India even when they were not registered there.

The courts, under the doctrine of breach of confidentiality, have accorded an extensive protection to trade secrets. India is a signatory to the agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPS"), which came into force on January 1, 1995 as part of its acceptance of the GATT regime under the WTO. Indian laws protecting IPR are in line with the minimum standards for protection and enforcement as laid down by TRIPS.

Legal Unicorn & Partners has been advising E-Commerce, Startups and IT clients on compliances and provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 specifically in Trade Mark, Copyrights & Related Rights, Patents, Designs, Geographical Indications, Semiconductors Integrated Circuit Layout-Designs, Trade Secrets, Registration Renewal of trade/service marks, copyrights, patents and designs, Initial investigations into potential patentability of inventions.

License agreements, Merchandising agreements, Domain name disputes, Infringement, Counterfeit Product Investigation/Seizure, Advice relating to IPR, Data protection laws, Data protection breaches by employees, Breach of confidentiality and privacy, Tampering & hacking, Technology transactions, online defamation, cyber terrorism, spamming and cyber stalking.

Telecommunication Laws

Telecom is one sector that has seen exponential expansion and is a classic example of the success of liberalization of the economy and ushering an era of consumer oriented, competitive services. It is a sector that has literally touched the lives of the widest cross sections of the society right from the lower rungs to the highest tiers.

It has also brought in millions of customers in to the ambit of telecom services with the attendant issues of customer grievances, redressal procedures, cases in consumer courts, telecommunication tribunals, commercial litigation, IPR disputes, arbitration proceedings, competition litigation, and regulatory enforcement issues. Legal Unicorn & Partners ’ is fully equipped to deal with all kinds of cases in this domain.