Our government and regulatory team advises and represents a range of clients across sectors on a variety of matters before different regulators and government bodies, including inter alia the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

In particular, our team advises clients on:

• Sector-specific legal reforms and policy making

• Stakeholder representations before government and regulatory authorities on existing and proposed legislation including in relation to IT and Data Security laws, Payment and Financial Technology laws, and laws regulating the consumer internet sector generally

• Industry impact analyses across sectors

• Business restructuring due to changes in law

• Environmental and health and safety regulation across sectors 

• Legal frameworks relating to public private partnerships (PPPs) and the tendering of services to the private sector

• Overall regulatory frameworks governing specific sectors including e-commerce, travel, and hospitality

• RBI regulations across different business sectors including in relation to equity investments, foreign debt financing and Indian overseas direct investment by way of debt or equity

• Obtaining business-related approvals and authorisations from regulatory bodies