Chamber
Practice is a platform that provides the
gamut of legal professional services
accentuating on strategic planning and
legal advice in the areas of corporate and commercial;
oil & gas; mining; energy; infrastructure projects;
banking & finance; capital markets; intellectual
property rights; information technology; media &
entertainment; taxation; mergers and acquisitions; foreign
direct investments in india and international and domestic
arbitration in these areas. Our service also includes drafting
documents, pleadings, notices, replies,
filing of trade mark, copyright, patent
applications, negotiating, liasoning with
authorities such as Reserve Bank of
India, Registrar of Companies, MMD, Trade
Mark Registry and other authorities etc by a team of qualified
Indian advocates, solicitors, counsels,
chartered accountants, management
professionals & law firms to provide
service to foreign and local clients
including foreign law firms. Chamber
Practice is a platform of Indian Law
Firms and qualified Advocates, Solicitors
& Counsels who are affiliated with
the bar for not less than five years
including chartered accountants and
management professionals practising for
not less than three years. All strategic
planning for legal advice, drafting of
documents, opinions etc are provided
through the platform Chamber Practice by
their qualified team of advocates,
solicitors, counsels, chartered
accountants, management professionals or
law firms.
Presently the team
consist of qualified lawyers having work
experience on varied subjects and who
have been or are presently associated
with reputed law firms like Brus Chambers;
Khaitan & Co; Dua & Associates;
Little & Co; Mulla & Mulla,
Craigie, Blunt & Caroe; Crawford Bayley & Co; Rajani Associates; Desai &
Diwanji; Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; AZB & Partners; Pravin Mehta and Mithi & Co;
Hariani & Co;
Singhania & Co; Singhania & Partners; P.H. Parekh & Co;
Bhatt & Saldanha; Jawahar Thakkar, Titus & Co, J Sagar & Co etc...including
advocates & counsels of Indian High
Courts, chartered accountants and
management professionals.
Legal Eagles the existing
consortium of advocates, solicitors,
counsels & law firms has merged with
Chamber Practice .The merger has taken
place in mid-December 2000 with the
entire team of Legal Eagles being
retained by Chamber Practice.
These qualified lawyers /
firms, chartered accountants &
management professionals are the members
(on retainer basis) of the platform and
they share retainer fees. Reserves are
also provided for future provisions and
development of the platform. Provisions
for overheads and other expenses are
made. Members attending to the
file/matter are entitled to additional
percentage from the Profit Cost as
retainer fees. Provision is also made for
the co-ordinators.
NON
LITIGATIONS MATTERS
The Purpose of the
platform is to provide quality
non-contentious legal service mainly
in the areas of corporate, commercial, business and trade
laws; contract conditions; infrastructure; oil and gas;
power projects; mining; telecommunication; banking;
finance; capital markets; property and real estate;
foreign investments and regulations; maritime and
shipping; intellectual property; indirect and direct
taxation; entertainment and media; aviation; construction;
government contracts; insurance; international law;
international trade; internet law; merger and acquisition;
securities; transportation; trusts; will and probate;
joint ventures, partnership; ports, strategy
planning, etc. including
pleadings,drafting of notices,replies et
al through a panel of counsels or
advocates . Selected Arbitration matters
are also accepted and attended to by
Chamber Practice. The platform is formed
to give efficient and effective service
thereby giving value for money to clients
and to utilise the intelligence and
expertise of reputed advocates,
solicitors, counsels, chartered
accountants, management professionals or
firms or in combination.
LITIGATION
MATTERS TRANSFERRED/ASSIGNED
All contentious /
litigation, including certain arbitration
matters are assigned or transferred to
the law firms or advocates/solicitors
filing vakalatnama in the court and
having experience and knowledge of the
subject matter. This is to enable the
attorney's to file their vakalatnama and
to avoid conflict of interest. No charges
will be levied by us for assigning /
transferring the matter. The Professional
Charges of such member advocates,
solicitors, law firm depends on their
policy, which varies from US Dollar 99 -
500 per hour per lawyer + Disbursements on actual,
while in some cases charges are on lumpsum depending on their policy.
Strategy
Planning, Advising and drafting for litigation is
also done by our panel of counsels, advocates,
solicitors, law firms for US Dollar 99 - 150 per
hour + Disbursements on actual.
If client
desire that we initiate with strategy planning, sending notices,
replies, co-ordinate with the law firm or the advocate on record
for the litigation and monitor and report to clients the same is
also undertaken at a reasonable fee of US Dollar 99 - 199 per hour + Disbursements on
actual.
ARBITRATION
MATTERS
Certain International and Domestic
Commercial Arbitration
matters are attended by us. The
Professional Charges for arbitration
matters are US Dollar 99 - 199 per hour +
Disbursements on actual, depending on the
complexity of the matter.
OUR
PROFESSIONAL CHARGES
All non-contentious
matters for advises, drafting,
negotiating et al are attended by us.
The Professional Charges
are:
*US Dollar 99 -199 per
hour + Disbursements on actual (
Litigation strategy planning, sending
notices, replies, co-ordinating with
advocates on record, monitoring the
matter and reporting )
*US Dollar 99 - 199 per
hour + Disbursements on actual (
Arbitration matters )
*US Dollar 99 - 500 per
hour + Disbursements on actual ( for all
other non-contentious matters such as
drafting or vetting of documentations,
strategy planning, opinions, advising, et
al depending on the complexity of the
matter )
*Certain matters are
charged on lumpsum which depends on the
complexity of the matter and should be
discussed before assigning the work to
Chamber Practice.
All works are commenced
strictly on receiving advance payment as
may be agreed upon.
INITIAL
FIFTEEN MINUTES ADVICE IS NOT CHARGED
The initial advice or
work done for fifteen minutes in the
matter will not be charged and the same
will be adjusted in the final timesheet
and the Memo of Fees.
MODE OF
PAYMENT
The mode of payments are
to be made as instructed by Chamber
Practice which will be either by
irrevocable Telegraphic Transfer to Bank
Account or by Bankers Cheque or as may be
agreed upon.
TIMESHEET
Clients will be provided
with an updated timesheet for the work
done and time consumed for the given
work. The timesheet will be provided from
time to time either weekly, fortnightly,
monthly, bimonthly, quaterly or annually
depending on the client's wishes and the
matter, until the work is concluded.
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
[ Advice, Drafting or
Vetting of documents, pleadings, notices
& Negotiating etc ]
Corporate
& Commercial
Business
& Trade
Contract
conditions
International
Arbitration
Domestic
Arbitration
Oil
& Gas
Infrastructure
Projects
Mining
Projects
Power
Projects
Entertainment
& Media
Information
Technology
Maritime
& Shipping
Banking
& Finance
Capital
Markets
Foreign
Investments
Corporate
Finance
Entertainment
& Media
Aviation
Construction
Government
contracts
International
law
International
trade
Internet
law
Mergers
and Acquisition
Securities
Transportation
Trusts
Will
and Probate
Joint
ventures
Ports
Strategy
planning
Company
Formation
Insolvency
Intellectual
Property
Environmental
Insurance
Partnership
Privatisation
Real
Estate & Property
Taxation
Telecommuniactions
MEMBERSHIP
FOR ADVOCATES, SOLICITORS, COUNSELS & LAW
FIRMS
Apply
now to become an Chamber Practice legal expert.
We are building the network of intellectual
capital in the history of legal experts. High -
caliber Indian advocates, solicitors, counsels,
chartered accountants, management professionals
& law firms are invited to apply. Once
accepted, you can turn your knowledge into
retainer fees by being on our priority panel list
and attending to the matter assigned by Chamber
Practice.
How does it work ?
Chamber Practice Legal
Experts are a rare breed - the best of
the best in the field of legal,
accountancy and management. When you
apply our panel will review your
credentials, work history and relevant
skills to see if you qualify. If you do,
you will receive a confirmation mail
within 60 days of your application and
you'll be in our priority panel list for
work as retainer. Your membership of our
priority panel list will be valid for one year from the
time of acceptance. All applicants will have to renew their retainer/membership
on expiry.
Accepting
retainership is permissible for professionals
under their respective professional ethics
without violating any law.
Applications are invited
from advocates, solicitors, counsels,
chartered accountants, management
professionals & law firms having
access to telephone, fax, internet
account, email willing to deliver prompt
service to Chamber Practice. He/She
(/partners of law firm) should have
excellent overall acadamic background and
should be enrolled with the bar and
practising for atleast five years as an
advocate while chartered accountants and
management professionals should have
experience atleast for three years. To
become a Chamber Practice legal expert,
please email us your name, address,
telephone number, fax number, email id,
your sanad/COP number & date, your
qualifications, additional degrees, work
experience and your areas of
specialisation. The names of retainer
member will be kept confidential and the
same will not be displayed unless so
requested by client, but if you wish that
your name should kept completely confidential and not to be disclosed under
any circumstances the same will not be
disclosed at all while you are associated
with Chamber Practice and thereafter.
Only the
most qualified applicants will be
accepted, so please take time to list
your skills, credentials and work
experience in detail.
This
application takes about 60 days to
complete.
Chamber
Practice will review your qualifications
in detail and email you a decision within
a 60 days of your application.
The
member / retainer may operate from their own
environment. Applications (giving complete
profile along with their areas of specialisation)
should be forwarded by email ( info@chamberpractice.com
).Telephone or personal calls are not entertained
for the purpose of membership
Litigation matters are
recommended to advocate on record/ law
firms filing vakalatnama in court and
having knowledge and experience of the
pertinent subject matter to our
retainer-member but if none of them have
the relevant experience then only the
matter will be recommended to other
non-member law firms having relevant
experience in the subject matter. For
such recommendation to law firm/ advocate
on record for litigation matters Chamber
Practice does not charge the client
neither any referral charges are levied
on the law firm/ advocate on record.
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