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S&A Law Offices is a full-service law firm headquartered in Delhi NCR. The firm has 300+ professionals, including experienced lawyers (with advocacy expertise and dual qualified professionals), chartered accountants, company secretaries, patent and trademark agents, engineers, industry experts, and specialized paralegal staff. With strategically located offices across Gurugram, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad and associate offices across India, the firm is fully equipped to provide legal services on a pan-India basis to both domestic and international clients.

S&A practice groups have been broadly divided into the following practice groups: Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), Litigation, Corporate and M&A, Restructuring and Insolvency, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Taxation (Direct and Indirect), Customs & Trade, Real Estate and Energy.

What sets us apart:

·         Single Point of Contact for cohesive, end to end coordination

·         State of the art Technology with ERP backed knowledge systems

·         Excellent Turnaround Time and Execution Discipline

·         Research & Innovation, supported by in-house publications

The firm aims to provide its clients (both domestic and international) with top-quality counsel and legal insights, combining its innovative approach with comprehensive expertise across industries and a broad spectrum of modalities.

S&A, through its highly skilled teams and enabled by robust technology, delivers innovative solutions to challenging complex legal issues. S&A is backed by the exhaustive experience of key team members to tackle varied legal challenges in the complicated array of scenarios. S&A takes pride in being known for providing effective solutions with a quick turnaround time. Further, the research wing is complemented by the in-house publications: Indian Legal Impetus, S&A IP-Tech Insolvency Round-up and Indirect Tax Newsletter. S&A’s practice groups collaborate seamlessly in providing end-to-end solutions making S&A the go-to-firm for businesses across industry sectors.

S&A is aligned with world class legal standards being solution oriented and giving practical advice to indigenous businesses and multinational conglomerates alike. Our mission is to continue to ensure that we resolve efficiently, intelligently and successfully.

Expertise: Practicing in various sectors including infrastructure and real estate, energy, foreign investments, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, mining, shipping, pharmaceutical and drug laws, food and beverages, professional services, industrial engineering, education, financial services, healthcare, construction and materials, consumer products, telecommunications, publishing, real estate, manufacturing, automotive, etc.

Brief profile of various practice groups of the firm are mentioned below:

  • The litigation and ADR practice group
    With seasoned management and over a hundred associates and litigators, S&A has a well-developed litigation and ADR practice group that assists clients with strategic decision-making in litigation and ADR matters. The practice group comprises of experienced advocates with in-house advocacy expertise representing clients at varied forums including the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, and Tribunals across the world. Our wide experience across various practice groups has enabled us to gain an in depth understanding of various law areas. The practice group focuses on commercial disputes, recovery proceedings, property disputes, infringement of intellectual property rights, constitutional matters, service matters, banking claims, insolvency, white-collar crimes and other disputes. The S&A litigation and ADR team prides itself on its diversity and depth of experience and members are more than often acknowledged by our esteemed clients for consistently delivering results.

  • Intellectual property rights practice group
    IPR being a dynamic regime requires a specialized skill set and in-depth knowledge of the subject. S&A’s intellectual property practice group assists clients in all types of IP work such as registrations, enforcement, commercialization, licensing/assignments, maintenance and evaluation of intellectual property rights in India. Our firm’s proprietary ‘knowledge management system’ with ERP and well-defined processes are utilized to accurately manage due dates and actions in IP prosecutions and litigation cases of its clients.We cover a complete spectrum of intellectual property services in the fields of patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, domain names, and geographical indications. Services offered are searches, watch service, registration of applications, investigations, litigation, interferences, alternative dispute resolution, negotiations, settlements, licensing, assignments, portfolio management, corporate transactions, registered user agreements, transfer agreements and IP due diligences.Our IPR professionals also assist clients in issues arising out of franchising, advertising, internet and e-commerce, and outsourcing including managed services by third parties. The firm also looks after the litigation matters arising out of these issues.We provide the IP litigation or alternate dispute resolution services conducive to enforce our clients' rights against violations by devising practical and swift legal action against infringements and/or passing off attempts by the third parties. The IP and litigation team is well versed in negotiation, settlements and assignments/licenses/arrangements between the parties. Our IP professionals have spoken at various fora and have published articles, white-papers, news-updates, etc. The firm is often involved in conducting and participating in awareness programs organized to sensitize the public on importance of intellectual property rights in today’s time and age. At S&A we provide a robust intellectual property strategy to implement effective solutions.

  • The corporate and allied laws practice group
    S&A handles domestic as well as international clients and renders services such as corporate advisory, company formations and tax structuring, mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, project finance, venture capital, issues relating to banking, equity markets, foreign direct investment, exchange control, stock and asset purchases and restructuring. We also work with clients to fulfil their needs pertaining to private equity, venture capital investments, foreign investments, regulatory approvals, investment structuring, import-export, securitization, due diligence, feasibility studies, corporate legal audits, liability analysis, retail and direct marketing etc. We also have extensive experience in taxation laws and regularly advice and assist our domestic and international clients concerning taxation laws.

  • Indirect tax, customs and trade practice group
    Every commercial transaction has taxation aspects, and businesses need to identify them to fulfil their tax responsibilities. The firm’s highly qualified indirect tax practice team (including lawyers and chartered accountants) works with Indian and international businesses and advises them on all aspects of indirect taxation in India, including GST, customs and trade laws.S&A’s team provides a broad spectrum of services under indirect tax, customs and trade group with a specialized team having extensive experience across varied sectors such as manufacturing, real estate, pharma, infrastructure, oil and gas, defence, media, IT ITES, retail, hospitality, banking and financial services, e-commerce, etc. The indirect tax practice offers the entire range of services to multinationals and domestic corporations in designing, implementing, and defending their overall indirect tax strategy.

  • Valuation practice group
    Valuation:
    S&A’s valuation services aims to help clients prevent compliance issues triggered by gaps in any processes or by someone’s mal-intention or due to loopholes in technologies implemented in businesses. The service aims to detect the discrepancies at an early stage to minimise financial and reputational loss/damage. We create solutions to prevent, detect and act on any compliance-related issues. While acting on prevention, the service also offers legal representation, through our legal experts, where required. Our expertise coupled with the use and development of sophisticated valuation methodologies help in fulfilling even the most complex financial reporting requirements.

  • Commercial transactions group
    Eliminate manual data entry entirely and automate the creation of shipments, consols, declarations, bookings, and other manual processes.

S&A team: The firm has 300+ professionals including experienced lawyers (with in-house advocacy expertise), chartered accountants, company secretaries, taxation experts, patent agents, trademark agents, trademark attorneys, engineers, pharmaceutical industry experts, specialized paralegal staff – representing and assisting clients on litigation, ADR, transactional works, advisory, regulatory, labor and employment, tax, IPR and related matters - and support professionals.

Office and infrastructure: S&A has offices across India, each strategically located from a geo tactical point of view. S&A has offices in New Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai and Bengaluru. S&A has developed a state-of-the-art technology enabled facility at S&A Tower in Gurugram, where a floor area of 1,20,000 sq. ft. (ground plus five floors) with world-class IT infrastructure. At the new office facility, technology is the backbone driving the legal services by running safe and secure processes.

Differentiators: S&A stands tall and firm on its commitment to its clients. The firm’s five key differentiators are:

  • Ability to provide complete spectrum of legal and allied services

  • In-house advocacy

  • One point of contact policy

  • Competitive fees

  • Technological support

Awards and accolades: S&A has received countless awards and accolades. A few notable and most recent ones are:

• Recognised by Chambers and Partners in its Chambers Global Guide 2026.

• Recognised for Intellectual Property (Prosecution) in the IAM Patents 1000 – 2026 rankings.

• Recognised by Chambers and Partners in its Asia-Pacific Guide 2026, 2025 & 2023.

• Recognised by Legal 500 across its 2023, 2024 and 2025–2026 editions for multiple practice areas, including Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Litigation), Intellectual Property, Projects and Energy, and Tax, and has been acknowledged as a Tiered Law Firm.

• Ranked by AsiaLaw 2025 as a Notable Firm for its Tax practice.

• Recognised by ITR World Tax 2025 for its Indirect Tax practice.

• Ranked by Asialaw in its 2024 and 2025 editions across multiple practice areas, including Energy, Infrastructure, Dispute Resolution, Construction, Intellectual Property and Tax.

• Recognised by IFLR1000 in its 2025 rankings, including recognition for Project Development.

• Ranked by Benchmark Litigation in its 2024 and 2025 rankings across multiple practice areas.

• Recognised by IBLJ in its 2024 and 2025 rankings and has also been awarded as an Award-Winning Law Firm.

• Recognised by Forbes as a Top Law Firm in 2022, 2024 and 2025, including recognition Arbitration/ Mediations and Tax.

• Recognised by ET Legal 2026 for Excellence in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution- Law firm.

• Recognised by ET Legal in 2024 and 2025, including awards for Top Law Firm – Excellence.

• Recognised by ASSOCHAM at the Bharat Legal Conclave 2023 and National Legal Excellence Awards, ranked among the Top 50 Law Firms with a Top 10 position, listed among the Top 10 Largest Law Firms in India.

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Memberships

  • Supreme Court Bar Association
  • Delhi High Court Bar Association
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
  • Confederation of Indian Industries
  • The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
  • Bar Council of India
  • International Bar Association
  • Alliance of Business Lawyers
  • International Trademark Association
  • Indo-American Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • Indo-China Chamber of Commerce
  • Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
  • Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • New York State Bar Association

Staffing Figures

  • 300 Professionals
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