The Indian Contract Act
Older than most Indian courts. The spine of every commercial relationship still drafted today — offer, acceptance, consideration, breach, remedy.
Commercial Law, One Craft
From boardroom to courtroom — the same matter, drafted and argued.
Companies·Contracts·Intellectual Property·Real Estate·Insolvency·Arbitration·Regulatory·Disputes.
Advocate-on-Record · Supreme Court of India
Philosophy
A full-service commercial law firm, structured around four convictions.
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The lifecycle is one practice.
The firm covers the full commercial-law stack — Companies Act and corporate governance, contracts and transactional advisory, intellectual property, regulatory and compliance, real estate, insolvency, arbitration, and commercial litigation. Drafted, registered, defended, enforced — under one banner.
02
Counsel before crisis.
The most consequential legal work happens before there is a dispute. The clauses negotiated, the structures accepted, the registrations filed, the compliances kept — each becomes leverage or liability years later. The firm’s transactional and advisory practice is built to make those choices deliberately.
03
The forum chooses the strategy.
Whether a matter belongs before the Trademark Registry, the Competition Commission, SEBI, the NCLT, an arbitral tribunal, the High Court, or the Supreme Court is not a matter of preference. It is a matter of statutory architecture. The firm’s litigation, regulatory, and IP practice is organised around that fact.
04
Restraint is leverage.
Indian commercial law rewards measured advocacy. The contract clause that says only what it must, the trademark filing that claims only what is defensible, the brief that cites only what the bench will use — that is the discipline. Restraint, structure, and clarity are not aesthetic preferences. They are commercial advantages.
What we do
Practice Areas, navigated by problem, forum, statute, or client.
Search or filter the firm’s practice. Click any area to read the route, the documents that govern it, and the next reference inside the firm.
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The intellectual map
Pillars of Indian Commercial Law
Eight statutes that define the practice. The architecture under which every commercial relationship in India is structured, registered, contested, and resolved.
The dispute lifecycle
The path of a commercial dispute — and where the firm operates on it.
IAdvisory & DraftingPre-dispute
IINotice & Pre-InstitutionStatutory notice
IIITribunal ForumNCLT, RERA, Arbitral, Regulatory
IVCommercial Court & HCSuits, writs, appeals
VSupreme CourtAdvocate-on-Record
The firm operates across the entire arc — from the clause that prevents the dispute, to the appeal that closes it. Each stage carries its own procedural law, evidence rules, and remedies; each stage is handled with that specificity.
Matter Journey
Boardroom to courtroom, as a working strategy path.
Click any stage. The Live Brief on the right updates with the commercial objective, the documents that govern it, and the discipline that turns each stage into the next.
Forum Strategy Map
Where the dispute lives before the call is made.
A literal map of the Indian commercial-dispute landscape. Click any forum to see the route, the core papers, and the risk it carries.
Commentary
The shifting threshold for related-party voting in CoC decisions
A working note on recent NCLAT and Supreme Court treatment of related-party participation in resolution voting.
ReadSection 9 reliefs after the constitution of the tribunal
What survives, what migrates, and how courts in India have disciplined the post-constitution Section 9 application.
ReadAllottee remedies under RERA when possession is delayed
A practical map of withdrawal, refund with interest, and compensation, with the procedural pivots that decide each path.
ReadDoctrines that govern the practice
Maxims of Counsel
Six principles, articulated in Latin, that quietly govern every contract, tribunal, and judgment the firm engages with.
Portrait of the PrincipalAbout the Founder & Principal
Prashant Kumar Nair
Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and the firm’s founding principal. Practice spans insolvency and restructuring, arbitration and dispute resolution, real estate and infrastructure, and complex commercial transactions.
Doctoral research at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) on the arbitration-insolvency interface informs the firm’s approach to forum strategy, leverage architecture, and resolution planning under the IBC.
The Chambers
Counsel and associates
Matters are conducted by the principal with the support of counsel and associates engaged on a matter-specific basis.
PN
Prashant Kumar Nair
Founding Principal · AOR
Insolvency, arbitration, real estate, commercial litigation. PhD scholar (RGNUL).
SC
Senior Counsel
Engaged on Brief
Senior counsel briefed in matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts, and arbitral tribunals.
AC
Associate Counsel
Drafting & Research
Pleadings, written submissions, doctrinal research, and matter preparation.
OC
Of Counsel
Subject-matter Inputs
Inputs on cross-border, regulatory, and tax dimensions of complex matters.
PA
Practice Support
Filings & Coordination
Court filings, e-filing, listing coordination, and procedural compliance under the AOR system.
About the Firm
A commercial law practice, built for institutional matters.
Corpus Lawyers advises businesses, institutions, and individuals on the full spectrum of commercial law. The firm’s practice extends from the Supreme Court of India to High Courts, the NCLT, NCLAT, and arbitral tribunals across the country.
2010
Established
Pan-India
Practice Reach
Full Spectrum
Commercial Law
Doctrine that still governs
Landmark Doctrines
Six rulings of the Supreme Court of India that quietly continue to govern current commercial practice.
The Practitioner’s Brief
Three case commentaries, one statute update, one observation — sent monthly to practitioners and corporate counsel. No solicitation. No marketing.
Contact the Firm
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