Private Practice

- Issued advisory opinions on information technology law and intellectual property rights to startups providing information technology services in the logistics, e-commerce and EdTech sector of Pune and Mumbai. Drafted software agreements, vendor agreements, employee contracts and entity formation documents for these IT companies.

- Conducted a commercial arbitration.

- Drafted family settlement documents, conveyance deeds, real estate documents, and assisted clients in their execution and registration.

- Conducted criminal trials, cheque bounce complaint cases, civil suits, testamentary matters and family disputes before the various courts in Pune.

Advocate

MZM Legal

- Drafted transactional documents, service agreements, and intellectual property rights licensing agreements for MNCs.

- Appeared in criminal inquiries, trials, cheque bounce complaint cases and miscellaneous criminal applications before the criminal courts in Mumbai.

- Appeared in civil suits, testamentary disputes, applications and writ petitions before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court, suits and applications before the civil courts of Mumbai, debt recovery proceedings before the DRT, and company petitions before the NCLT.

- Appeared in commercial arbitrations, mediation proceedings and before the Hon'ble Charity Commissioner.

- Provided advice to victims of crime to help them register FIRs and to assist the State in prosecutions.

- Conducted research on issues pertaining to debt recovery claims, company law, cheque bounce cases, anti-money laundering laws, white collar crimes, family law, international and domestic arbitration, sports law, intellectual property law and civil and criminal procedure.

Associate

The Chambers of Adv. Advait Sethna

- Drafted legal notices, documents / filings pertaining to writ petitions, civil and criminal applications, testamentary matters and suits before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court, civil suits before the Hon'ble City Civil Court, Mumbai, and criminal inquiries and trials before the Hon'ble Magistrate Courts of Mumbai.

- Drafted documents / filings for petitions before the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, CESTAT and Registrar of Societies and appeared before these authorities.

- Assisted a Ld. Arbitrator in conducting arbitral proceedings.

- Provided consultation and conducted research on matters pertaining to the law on prevention of money laundering, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Hindu personal laws, society debt recovery proceedings, bail and cheque bounce complaints.

Hariani and Company

- Conducted research and drafted a civil appeal for filing before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, pertaining to a real estate dispute.

- Drafted documents / filings connected to disputes before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court, including writ petitions, and civil suits before the Hon'ble Small Causes Court, Mumbai.

- Conducted extensive research for issues pertaining to real estate laws in Maharashtra, company law and arbitration.

Intern

EduLegaL

- Drafted the model format for conducting a legal audit of an educational institution and carried out the audit.

- Conducted due diligence for preparing title certificates of agricultural land.

- Drafted title search reports and title opinions for agricultural land, legal notices, replies and documents / filings connected to civil disputes before the Hon'ble Pune District and Sessions court.

- Conducted research on issues pertaining to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Phoenix Legal

- Conducted research on issues pertaining to debt recovery laws, company law, violations of intellectual property rights and tort claims.

- Conducted due diligence for the purchase of agricultural land and the setting up of an energy project in Maharashtra.

Advocate Jayant V. Pande and Associates

- Drafted various documents / filings connected to civil and family disputes before the Hon'ble Pune District and Sessions court, legal notices and show cause notices.

- Issued advisory opinions and conducted research on issues pertaining to criminal offences and real estate disputes.

I provide legal consultancy services to individuals and corporate entities on issues pertaining to: 

- information technology services and intellectual property rights (entity formation, transaction structuring, document drafting and regulatory compliance);
- dispute resolution strategy (civil suits, labour disputes, mediation and arbitration proceedings); and
- real estate transactions (transaction structuring, drafting and registration of conveyance deeds).

I have appeared before various courts and tribunals in Maharashtra, to tackle criminal inquiries, trials, civil suits, commercial arbitrations and family disputes.

Parvaz Cazi

Vidhikrit Legal

We are a full service firm which provides expert legal services to a vast range of clients. Our clients range from businesses, individuals and banks to public sector organisations, property companies, education establishments and utilities providers.

Founding Partner

Brambles

Brambles is a US$5.6 billion pooling solutions company specialising in the provision of reusable pallets, crates and containers and associated logistics services through the CHEP and IFCO brands. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Brambles operates across multiple industry supply chains in 64 countries. Through its operating brands, Brambles provides pallet and container pooling solutions to the fresh food, consumer goods, general manufacturing, automotive, aerospace and chemicals sectors.

I provide legal support to Brambles' companies in India, Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. In addition, I have also worked on various assignments in the UK, the USA, Canada, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Qatar, among others.

I am on the board of Brambles' companies in India, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand & Taiwan.

My key responsibilities are:
Corporate Governance;
Strategy Formulation and Counsel to Board of Directors, CEOs, CXOs;
Market Entry Strategy;
Cross Border Transactions; Amalgamation, Merger, Demerger, Divestment;
Customer and Supplier contracts, IT/ SaaS contracts;
Corporate Secretarial, Board restructuring, Board and Share Holders’ meetings, Director’s appointments and resignations, convening AGMs;
Civil and Criminal Litigation and Dispute Management;
Statutory and Policy Compliances;
Employment and Labour;
Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings;
Intellectual Property Rights;
Risk Management and Mitigation.

Director & Regional Counsel, India, Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Southeast Asia

I provided legal support to Brambles' companies in Asia including India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. 
My key responsibilities were:
Corporate Governance;
Strategy Formulation and Counsel to Board of Directors, CEOs, CXOs 
Business and Market Entry Strategy;
Corporate Transactional Matters, Cross Border Transactions;
Commercial Transactional Matters;
Corporate Secretarial, Board Restructuring;
Dispute and Litigation Management;
Statutory and Policy Compliances;
Employment and Labour;
Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings;
Intellectual Property Rights;
Risk Management and Mitigation.

Director & Regional Counsel, Asia Pacific

End to end legal support comprising:
Contracts;
Litgation & Disputes Management;
Compliances;
Corporate Governance;
Risk Management;
Intellectual Property Rights.

Head Legal, CHEP India Pvt. Ltd.

Tata Motors Ltd.

•	Drafted, vetted and negotiated various international as well as domestic agreements including 
        joint venture agreements, shareholding and share subscription agreements, term sheets, 
        Teaming Agreements and Technical Alliance Agreements for supplies to Ministry of Defence, 
        purchase and import agreements, product license agreements, engineering services 
        agreements, supply agreements with various inland and international parties, Loan agreements, 
        Channel financing agreements with banks, body building contracts for commercial vehicles, 
        MOUs, LOIs, AMCs etc.
•	Registration of patents, trademarks, trade names and copyrights and file oppositions etc. 
        (interim period).
•	Handled arbitration proceedings and civil and criminal litigations across India including cases 
        before Supreme Court and various High Courts.
•	Advised various subsidiaries of Tata Motors on legal issues.
•	Briefed Counsels and Senior Advocates on several high-stake matters.

Senior Manager Legal

airtel

•	Drafted, vetted and reviewed variety of commercial contracts such as inter operator 
         infrastructure sharing agreement, various kinds of service agreements and sale agreements.
•	Managed civil and criminal litigations, consumer disputes in High Court, district courts, 
        consumer fora etc. 
•	Handled regulatory issues, liaised with government departments such as Department of 
        Telecom, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, respective state police.

Assistant Manager Legal

Tata Power-DDL

•	Handled litigations in respect of theft of electricity before the Special Courts under the 
        Electricity Act, 2003. Prosecuted persons identified indulging in theft of electricity before the 
        Special Courts under the Electricity Act, 2003. 
•	Reviewed and improved processes for inspections and raids in respect theft of electricity.
•	Trained officers on obtaining and preservation of evidence during inspections and raids to 
        detect theft of electricity.
•	Co-ordinated and liaised with Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) and police 
        authorities on issues and cases related to theft of electricity.

Executive Legal

Delhi High Court and other courts

•	Worked as a Junior Lawyer with Sabharwal & Associates in the chambers of Mr. Jagmohan 
         Sabharwal, Senior Advocate and Mr. Rajan Sabharwal, Advocate. Extensively trained as a 
         litigating lawyer in practice and procedures of the High Court of Delhi.
•	Worked with Lawyer’s Inc., (Managing Partner, Mr. Rajeev Agarwal) as a Senior Associate. I got 
        extensive exposure in litigation and drafting of lawsuits and petitions. Argued cases in various 
        courts and tribunals and led evidence in trials. Briefed Senior Advocates and assisted them 
        during arguments, trials, and negotiations.

Counsel Practice

Belpage [A Division of Beltron Telecommunication Ltd.]

•	Managed customers and handled direct selling of pagers. 
•	Extensively trained in the nuances of door-to-door and institutional sales.
•	Awarded for exceeding monthly sales targets on multiple occasions.

Sales Executive

I am a senior legal counsel with more than two decades of experience across 25 countries, and several industries including Aviation, Beverages, Power, Telecom, Automobile, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, FMCG, Chemical and Gas, IT. 

I have successfully led several high value multimillion-dollar, complex transactions and M&A deals across the globe. 

Having founded Vidhikrit Legal, my aim is to assist businesses and startups through my domain expertise and strength in Corporate and Board Restructuring, Board Directorships, Secretarial matters, complex high value Corporate and Commercial transactions, In-Country and Global contracts, Negotiations, Risk Assessment and Management, large scale, high value and complex Litigations and Arbitrations, Corporate and Statutory Compliances, Government and Regulatory affairs.

I can be reached at ritesh@vidhikritlegal.com for work queries.

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