ALMT Legal is a dynamic and progressive full service Indian law firm that provides high quality Indian expertise with an international capability. With approximately 70 lawyers and 21 partners across offices in strategic commercial centres like Mumbai and Bangalore, ALMT has an established reputation as one of India’s top bracket firms.
We realise that success is dependent on efficient and timely services. Easy and quick access to top quality service providers is crucial for clients and we strive to achieve this.
We pride ourselves in providing a practical and commercially sound approach to solving business issues to overcome the complex commercial, regulatory, legal and technical issues characteristic of doing business in India. We value our relationship with each client and ensure that our rigorous standards are maintained in all matters, large or small. A dedicated partner handles each matter.
Where we do not have our own offices, we rely on a responsible, dedicated and handpicked group of correspondents that enables us to service client requirements on the same basis and with the same quality assurance that ALMT Legal is proud to offer. At all times we retain the care, control and supervision of all matters referred to any correspondent offices that act under our guidance and instruction.
ALMT’s practice areas encompass all aspects of Indian law ranging from corporate, commercial to tax, employment, dispute resolution, shipping, aviation and even immigration laws.
Founded in 2000
50 people in their team
Our mainstream corporate practice includes company formations, international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, venture capital and issues relating to banking, equity markets, foreign direct investment and exchange control. The firm has been consistently recognised and appreciated for its work in this field. Corporate Law is one of the core practice areas of ALMT Legal and we advice a wide variety of clients both international and domestic. With the Ministry of Corporate Affairs turning more and more to E Governance, we have steadily developed expertise in smoothly navigating for our clients the electronic regulatory highway of Indian corporate compliances.
Our employment team is geared to advising clients on all legal and practical issues arising out of the employment or engagement of employees, directors and independent contractors. We provide practical solutions and resolve issues relating to employer-employee disputes.
With extensive experience in representing international employers and senior executives across a range of industry sectors, our employment lawyers offer a highly individual service to suit the requirements of each client.
Labour and employment law and practice have been evolving, aiming to keep apace with the influx of foreign investors, a foreign work force and attendant employment issues. Contractual issues governing relations between employers and their workforce need careful consideration. As employers increasingly seek to remunerate their employees with a variety of benefits as well as provide incentives through employee stock option schemes, it is becoming increasingly important for corporates to adopt well established and internationally accepted policies and procedures. Implications of providing stock option schemes, rules regulating insider trading, issues of confidentiality and protection of intellectual property must all be factored in when considering employment issues in India. Indian labour and tax laws also impose certain obligations on employers that must be considered and met.
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Our immigration specialists are renowned for their expertise in corporate immigration. Our well-established immigration team assesses each application on merits and advises clients on the optimum visa category to apply for. ALMT Legal has been providing advice to people and businesses from all parts of the world on a wide range of issues including inbound and outbound immigration to India. We can advise on appropriate visas for personnel based on client requirements.
Our responsiveness, pro-activity and delivery capability is appreciated by clients given several applications, both for inbound and outbound immigrants, are required to be made on an urgent basis with limited turn around time. Our integrity and responsibility in dealing with matters is also well recognised by immigration authorities in India which facilitates the processing of applications for clients.
We can assist with all categories of visa applications for extensions, exit and return visas, for foreign nationals relocating to India either on a temporary basis or long term.
Our immigration experience includes:
Inbound to India
Assisting with extension of visas, including employment visas/ business visas/ journalist visas/ long term visas/ tourist visas/ dependent visas and obtaining visas in these or other categories as may be required from time to time including Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card application;
Outbound from India
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Our insurance practice focuses on general insurance and insurance regulatory advice. On the contentious side, our practice relates to Marine Hull and Cargo and Aviation insurance. We are familiar with the workings and procedures of the London insurance market.
Intellectual Property Rights
ALMT Legal recognizes the importance of Intellectual Property (IP) in the growing global economy. The Firm has developed a focused and unique IP practice to meet the needs of innovation driven corporations and business. The firm provides its clients with real time resources to match client requirements to protect their intellectual assets globally. The IP team strives to ensure that clients are given clear legal advice whilst recognizing the importance of finding strategic and practical solutions in a commercial environment.
Our team assists and advises on obtaining a wide range of IP registrations for protecting and managing the IP portfolio of our clients. We assist clients to formulate a comprehensive and holistic IP Policy with the background of the business model of the client to enable effective management of the clients’ intellectual assets.
Our multidisciplinary team provides a depth of experience combined with recent up-to-date technical knowledge. The unique blend of technical, legal and commercial expertise helps us to provide strategic advice to our clients in India and around the world.
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ALMT Legal has extensive experience in litigation and alternate dispute resolution and has represented clients in various legal forums both in India and internationally.
The firm has been involved in the preparation, drafting and filing of pleadings, appearing and presenting arguments on behalf of clients, in proceedings both initiated and defended by the firm. ALMT has also established strong relationships with Counsel and has been instrumental in instructing several senior counsels to successfully appear for our clients. Our commercially oriented approach has helped clients to effectively navigate through the Indian legal and court system.
ALMT Legal has been involved in arbitration at a national and international level, and is a part of prestigious arbitration organizations including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) and arbitral tribunals in Singapore, Belgium and the United States.
With our in-depth knowledge and unparalleled experience in this field we are able productively serve the needs of present and future clients, individuals, corporations and leaders of world industry, meeting all necessary requirements with excellence of international standards
The Indian Real Estate market is attracting much international interest opening up opportunities in the sector for foreign investors.
A thorough understanding of the Real Estate sector and vast experience in dealing with corporations and individuals alike gives our team the expertise to advise clients on various aspects of property transactions in India. Our teams have experience in retail, investment, development, health, transportation, construction and public private partnerships.
We are considered one of the leading firms in India for advice on property matters and our comprehensive service encompasses all aspects, such as Construction, Development, Investment, Letting and Leasing, Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Litigation. Our clients come from a wide range of backgrounds, which include both foreign and domestic companies, public and private bodies and major developers, contractors, landlords and tenants.
Our property team works closely with other specialist departments within the firm to ensure that clients get the best possible timely advice and assistance. Documentation is carefully drafted bearing in mind the particular nuances of the Indian property market. Often clients are required to complete deals within tight deadlines; our teams are able to process documentation at speed without compromising on the quality of services provided.
