ALMT Legal : Experts in Labour, Employment, Tax & Patents Services

 

In Candid conversation with TBF, Ms. Kruti Desai, Partner of ALMT Legal gave some insightful answers highlighting the influences made by her business law firm that has carved a special niche in the Indian legal market by the high-quality of its legal service.

Q. Briefly tell us about the Partners/Founder of the Lawfirm:

ALMT Legal is a dynamic and progressive full-service Indian law firm that provides high quality expertise with approximately 70 lawyers and 20 partners across offices in strategic commercial centers like Mumbai and Bangalore.

Our practice areas encompass all aspects of Indian law ranging from corporate, commercial to tax, employment, dispute resolution, shipping, aviation and even immigration laws.

We have consistently received accolades across practice areas by global legal publications like Legal500, Asia Law Profiles, Chambers and Partners, IFLR 1000 amongst others and are recognized as one of the top bracket law firms in India.

Asialaw Profiles 2021 Edition recommends ALMT Legal for banking and finance, capital markets, construction, corporate and M&A, energy, infrastructure, dispute resolution, labour and employment, private equity, real estate, tax and technology and telecommunications.

Asia Pacific Legal 500 2021 Edition has recommended several of our partners and designated some as leading lawyers in various practice areas such as banking and finance, capital markets, corporate & M&A, data protection, dispute resolution, private equity and investment funds, labour and employment, real estate & construction, technology, media & telecommunications (TMT) and tax.

Corporate Intl Magazine has named us the ‘Employment Law Firm of the Year (India) 2021’ and the ‘Cross Border Tax Law Firm of the Year (India) 2021’.

M&A Global Award 2021 has awarded ALMT Legal for Employment law in India.

Global Law Experts Awards has awarded ALMT Legal as ‘Employment Law Firm of the Year in India’ and ‘Cross Border Tax Law Firm of the Year in India’ in 2021 and 2020.

Asian Legal Business 2020 has recognized ALMT Legal for Intellectual Property (Patents) and M&A.

2020 International Advisory Experts Award has awarded ALMT Legal as winner of ‘Employment Law Award – India’.

Legal 100 Asia 2020 Awards has awarded ALMT Legal as ‘Law Firm of the Year Employment – India’.

Lawyer International Legal 100 Awards 2020 has awarded ALMT Legal for Tax.

Several of our partners are recognized as leading lawyers and experts in their field of practice by global and Indian legal publications:

Our Senior Partner, Mr. Aliff Fazelbhoy is recognised as one of India’s leading lawyers by India Business Law Journal (2020-21 and 2018-19) and Asian Legal Business in 2020.

Our Senior Partners; Mr. Aliff Fazelbhoy is recognised as ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ for Labour and Employment and Corporate M&A; and Mr. SR. Arun and Mr. Sameer Tapia are recognised as ‘Notable Practitioner’ for Corporate M&A and Dispute Resolution respectively and our Partner, Ms. Kruti Desai is recognised as ‘Notable Practitioner’ for Labour and Employment by Asia Law Profiles 2021 Edition.

Our Partners, Ms. Ryna Karani and Ms. Statira Ranina are recognised as ‘Highly Regarded Lawyers’ by IFLR 1000 for Banking and Finance, M&A and Tax.

Several of our partners are recommended by Legal 500 2021 Edition and our Senior Partner, Mr. Aliff Fazelbhoy is also featured in the prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’ for Tax.

The Enterprise World Magazine featured our Partner, Ms. Kruti Desai as ‘The 20 Prominent Women Lawyers to Watch in 2020′.

Q. Kindly brief us about the initial journey and your contribution towards the upliftment of the Lawfirm?

I was inducted in the firm in 2005 through the placement committee of Government Law College immediately after passing out of the 5 years course of BLS/LLB. Since then, there has been no looking back and in 2012, I was made a partner of the firm.

As a Partner with ALMT Legal, I have almost 16 years of experience in advising Indian and international clients on corporate and employment laws. I specialize primarily in labour and employment laws, commercial contracts, PE investments, JVs, M&As. I am also a POSH trainer and have an expertise in dealing with POSH complaints. Besides this, I also advise on exchange control laws, IPR, data privacy, winding up and restructuring matters. I advise extensively on labour & employment laws involving hiring and firing policies, employee handbooks and policies, regulatory compliances, payment of statutory benefits, retirement policies, dealing with sexual harassment complaints, framing POSH policy, conducting POSH training for employees and ICC members.

Happy to share that I was recently featured in The Enterprise World Magazine as one of ‘The 20 Prominent Women Lawyers to Watch in 2020′. I have also been consistently recognised by global legal publications like Asia Law Profiles, Chambers and Partners amongst others. Recognised by Asia Law Profiles as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ for Labour and Employment and Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 Edition. Recommended by Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific) 2019 as a ‘Recognized Practitioner’ for Employment and by Legal 500 2021 Edition as ‘Other key lawyer’ for Labour and Employment.

I have also been on the speaking panel of several conferences, webinars, and prestigious events. Recently, I was given the honour to be one of the expert panellist on the webinar “Sustainabil-Tee A Feminist Take on Fashion” hosted by Girl up Delhi Coalition, a global campaign launched by the United Nations Foundation. In view of the confusion caused in the industry on the interpretation of multiple government notifications and case law developments pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have also conducted multiple virtual Master Classes as a trainer hosted by International Business Intelligence on “Termination & Pay cuts of Employees during COVID-19” and “Drafting of Employment Agreements post COVID-19” and also on “Data Protection Laws in India”. In the past, I have also been a guest lecturer at NMIMS University, ICFAI Business School, IBS Business School and Indian School of Design & Innovation (Parsons). I have also done trainings for All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA) and VC Circle. I have also co-authored the Indian Chapter of ‘The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Recovery & Insolvency’ 2013 edition published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.

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