White Forest represents domestic and global businesses and individuals with dealings in the global marketplace. Our team has experience in handling a broad spectrum of matters, including commercial and financial transactions, company formation in India and abroad, joint ventures, acquiring patent and trademark rights for clients, patent and know-how licensing, trade issues and commercial arbitration.

We maintain a wide network of consultants both, in India and overseas.

Our services include:

• Equity Joint Ventures
• Foreign investments in Indian enterprises
• Foreign investments in India
• Foreign subsidiaries of Indian companies
• Technology transfer
• Investment overseas
• International banking transactions
• International sales representative and distribution
• International franchising
• International sourcing
• Export licensing
• Letters of Credit and other international trade finance mechanisms
• Licensing, Patent, Trademark, Know-how and other rights
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposition of companies
• Registration of Intellectual Property worldwide
• Strategic Alliances

We design appropriate strategy and definite work models to achieve maximum protection of all the forms of Intellectual Property.

We have extensive experience in Intellectual Property licensing assignments and other commercial transactions. We strategize worldwide registration of trademark for our clients and suggest methods for global brand protection.

Our services are often engaged for transfer of intellectual property rights in India and in various foreign countries. We routinely prepare and file applications for trademarks and copyrights in all parts of the world in association with our partner firms.

White Forest has the capability to provide the following services in India and in foreign markets:

• Trademark availability searches
• Trademark registrations
• Industrial designs
• Geographical indications
• Certification marks
• Patent licensing and assignments
• Copyright registrations
• Copyright sharing agreements
• Contract negotiations
• Licensing agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• IP Enforcement/Litigation/Arbitration

Our advice is sought on tax savings, tax law compliances, especially relating to transfer pricing and other international transactional matters. We handle tax disputes before all authorities. We represent our clients in tax appeals, hearings and tax litigation in courts and tribunals.

White Forest offers the following:

• Transfer pricing-related advice
• Direct and Indirect taxation advice
• Tax disputes before tax department
• Appeals against assessment orders
• Tax litigation in High Court

We have a dedicated team for servicing legal requirements of technology companies. We have experience in drafting various business commercial agreements.

Our services include:

• Software/Hardware Outsourcing Agreements
• Outsourcing Agreements
• International Marketing-related Agreements
• Technology License Agreements
• Partnership and Limited Partnership Agreements
• Joint Development Agreements
• Manufacturing and other Supply Agreements
• Preparation and vetting of Commercial Contracts
• Technology Service Agreements
• Software Licensing Agreements
• Website User Rules and Regulations
• Website Development and Design Contracts
• Hosting and Co-location Contracts
• On-line Agreements
• Contract Documentation relating Acquisition and Divestiture of Businesses

White Forest works with a wide spectrum of clients – from start-up enterprises to large businesses.

We work as outside general counsel to their clients, rendering advice and delivery of legal services across all aspects of business and corporate law.

We provide legal advice on:

• Company formation: We advice on the choice of entity – Public/Private Limited Liability Company, Partnership
• Joint Ventures
• Company Law compliances
• Mergers and Acquisitions-related Corporate Law Due Diligence
• Business Financing and Acquisitions
• Structuring control arrangements among the owners of closely held businesses
• Designing corporate finance packages that include a mix of equity and secured and unsecured debt instruments, and resolving control and management disputes
• Capital Markets entry
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Venture Capital funding

Indian labor and Industrial laws are framed keeping the socialistic model of society envisaged in our constitution. There are several labor welfare and protecting legislations in force.

Our services include:

• Drafting employment contracts and policies
• Attending in-court and administrative actions
• Advising on labor laws and policies

We represent our clients in various litigation matters. However, our emphasis is more on the following areas:

• Representing our clients in Arbitration proceedings
• Appellate Advocacy
• Intellectual Property Infringement matters
• Intellectual Property Appellate Board matters
• Tax Assessment appeals
• Company Law matters including winding up
• Company Law Board matters

We function as an independent legal evaluator of your company’s performance on various legal requirements, statutory compliance relating to company law, foreign investment laws, foreign exchange laws, periodical returns filed with various agencies, quality and risks attached in signed commercial contracts, risks attached to overseas contracts, status of intellectual property right protection, tax returns and documents, employment-related documentation and practices, advertisement practices and other relevant legal requirements.

We ask many questions, collect information, review documents, interview key personalities of your company, and finally provide you with a comprehensive report informing you where you are positioned on all aspects of business legal compliances. We also suggest desirable improvements to be implemented to achieve better performance.

This is generally done as a preliminary step before venturing into mergers, amalgamations, and cross-holdings. Few of our clients do this on a regular basis at periodical intervals. They do this as an independent evaluation from an outside agency to assess their performance in this aspect of business.

Our service is intended to supplement the legal department of the companies and enable them to perform well.