What we do
We advise businesses, promoters, financial institutions, and resolution professionals across six practice areas — each grounded in decades of corporate and regulatory experience, and each shaped by an understanding that good legal counsel must be commercially practical, not merely technically correct.
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Advisory & transactions
We structure corporate transactions with a focus on regulatory precision and commercial viability. Our advisory practice covers the full lifecycle of a transaction — from initial structuring through board and shareholder approvals to regulatory filings and post-completion compliance.
What this includes: Demergers and schemes of arrangement under Sections 230–232 of the Companies Act 2013 · SEBI LODR and PIT compliance for listed entities · NBFC (ICC, Base Layer) structuring and RBI compliance · Board resolutions, audit committee reports, and CA certificates · Share capital restructuring, reduction, and buybacks · SEBI undertaking documentation and LODR Regulation 37 filings · Promoter family arrangement and asset segregation structures.
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Insolvency & restructuring
Prakash K. Pandya is a registered Insolvency Professional with the IBBI, with hands-on experience as Interim Resolution Professional, Resolution Professional, and Liquidator. We bring a practitioner’s perspective to every insolvency engagement — whether advising creditors, corporate debtors, or resolution applicants.
What this includes: CIRP representation before NCLT and NCLAT · Voluntary liquidation under Section 59 of the IBC · Creditor advisory and Committee of Creditors strategy · Resolution plan evaluation and bid structuring · IBC enforcement and execution proceedings · Reply to ROC reports and third-party audit coordination · NCLT applications for extension of liquidation period · Real estate CIRP matters including Part OC, deemed conveyance, and secured creditor strategy.
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Mediation & ADR
As an accredited mediator empanelled with the Bombay High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Prakash K. Pandya mediates commercial, business, and family disputes. We also act as advocate-mediators in court-referred mediations, bringing a practitioner’s understanding of both the legal framework and the human dynamics that drive disputes.
What this includes: Court-referred and private mediation in commercial disputes · Business and partnership dissolution mediations · Family and property mediations · Pre-litigation negotiation and settlement structuring · Mediation under the Mediation Act 2023 and Bombay High Court ADR & Mediation Rules 2006 · Multilingual mediation sessions (English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati).
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Litigation
We appear before the Bombay High Court, NCLT, NCLAT, TDSAT, and metropolitan magistrate courts across Mumbai. Our litigation practice spans corporate disputes, income tax prosecutions, SEBI show-cause matters, and housing society disputes — often drawing on our transactional and regulatory knowledge to strengthen courtroom strategy.
What this includes: Writ petitions and PILs before the Bombay High Court · Income tax prosecution defence — criminal applications under Section 528 BNSS, discharge applications under CrPC/BNSS · SEBI adjudication proceedings and SAT appeals · NCLT company petitions and interlocutory applications · TDSAT proceedings in telecom disputes · Co-operative housing society disputes and deemed conveyance applications.
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Real estate & housing society
Mumbai’s real estate ecosystem involves layers of regulation — the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, MHADA, BMC, RERA, and increasingly the IBC when developers enter insolvency. We advise co-operative housing societies, individual members, and developers on the full range of issues that arise at this intersection.
What this includes: Deemed conveyance applications under the MCS Act · MHADA lease rent revision advisory · Redevelopment legal documentation and developer agreements · GST structuring for societies with commercial income (telecom towers, hoardings) · Associate and nominal membership structuring · Co-operative society unit transfer compliance · BMC property tax assessment challenges.
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Regulatory compliance
With 25+ years as a practising Company Secretary before transitioning to advocacy, Prakash K. Pandya brings deep governance fluency to regulatory compliance work. We advise listed and unlisted companies, NBFCs, and promoter groups on ongoing compliance monitoring, remediation of past defaults, and regulatory engagement with SEBI, RBI, and MCA.
What this includes: Advisory and monitoring – SEBI LODR compliance and SOP fine resolution · SEBI PIT regulations — trading window management, structured digital database · RBI compliance advisory for NBFCs (ICC, Base Layer, and Middle Layer) · Advisory on Companies Act 2013 ongoing compliance and annual filings · Vetting Directors’ reports, board report drafting · NBFC governance enhancement programmes for bank funding readiness · Regulatory submissions and comments on IBBI, SEBI, and RBI discussion papers.