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LEX Nexus, is a partnership firm organised
and registered in Mumbai, under the Indian Partnership Act.
The firm is also registered with the Bombay High Court as Advocates
& Solicitors and with the Bombay
Incorporated Law Society as Solicitors. All partners are also
registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.
In India, law practice is either by
individual or through law firms which constitutes of persons
who are qualified to be admitted as an advocate with the
respective State Bar Council after obtaining a degree in law.
The law firm in India are formed under the Indian Partnership
Act and cannot exceed twenty partners as stipulated under
Indian Companies Act.
1.01 FIRM HISTORY
The law firm LEX Nexus was founded in 1998 as
a partnership in Mumbai amongst advocate Ms. Rina Pareshnath
Hathi and Ms. Binita S. Hathi, advocate and solicitor. The
firm then handled fair amount of non-contentious matters only.
The practice grew and then chose to establish for contentious
matters also in the year 1999. LEX Nexus also chose to
takeover the law firm "Hathi & Alliances" which was a
brainchild of a advocate and solicitor Mr. Shrikant Hathi.
Presently, the firm has three partners.
Additionally, the firm has associates and support staffs. The
partners are affiliated with the bar for 7-12 years.
2.00 ABOUT THE FIRM LEX Nexus
LEX Nexus, a full service law firm situated
in the city of Mumbai, India, practising in all aspects of
litigation and non-litigation matters mainly into contract conditions,
maritime, ship arrest or release, commercial, contractual,
arbitration, property law, construction law, corporate law
including formation of company, structuring, EPC contracts,
project finance, e-commerce, software contracts, media and
entertainment, transfer pricing, ventures, merger, laws
pertaining to banking, securities, investments, partnership,
customs, information technology, cyber laws, intellectual
property, advising on the implications of the takeover code in
certain cases of cross border investments etc and all aspect of general litigation amongst
other matters.
The team possesses well proven expertise in
handling complex transactions and are constantly aiming at
optimum results operating on international time frame. LEX
Nexus team also specialises in in-depth legal research;
drafting or vetting of documents touching contractual law,
contract condition, ventures, for all industries; strategic
planning; negotiating for and behalf of client; also
liasioning with government officials such as Reserve Bank of
India, Registrar of Companies, FIPB, MMD, Trade Mark Registry
etc.
In this new age of the global village, where
the work force is as inter-mingled as modern culture, it is
the objective of LEX Nexus to provide all with the latest and
the most appropriate strategies using analytical tools and
management science, encompassing when required legal minds
practising in various jurisdiction, to serve the profession
and further legal issues. LEX Nexus actively engage in
lobbying for better strategies.
3.01 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
LEX Nexus offer their clients the most
comprehensive 24-hour, 365 days a year emergency response
service in the world. The team ensures that their client is
best advised on every possible aspect which may arise out of
maritime or other matters.
Whereever in the world, our emergency response team can be
contacted on +91-22-22659969. With the tripping/redirecting
facility the regular office numbers gets re-directed after
office hours i.e: IST 1830 Hrs to partner/s or associates
mobile number or at his or her residence, hence providing
24-hour/ service at international time.
Alternatively, the office of LEX
Nexus can be contacted for emergency at their Mumbai number
9869204686.
4.01 AREAS OF EXPERTISE
LEX Nexus
has been the most active law firm in the country since the
firm was founded in 1998. Our practice areas have expanded to
cover almost all aspects of local and international business,
served by our office. For many of our clients, business has
become more complex; more cross-border; more exposed to market
and regulatory risks. They need solutions that work locally
and internationally, short term and long term. Solutions that
could only have come from years of experience in their
markets. Whatever the problems and wherever it arises, our
locally qualified lawyers can work individually or in
specially assembled teams to deliver the best
result.
LEX Nexus
is a full service law firm with the key areas of practice in
non-litigation, arbitration, advice & opinion, liasoning
& negotiating, documentations, maritime and general
litigations.
5.01 PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PRACTICE
The firm has diversified the areas of
practice from non-litigation to litigation and arbitration and
the principal areas of practice of the firm are:
01.ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME
MATTERS: We advise on all types of disputes representing
owners, charterers, suppliers, repairers, cargo owners and
their insurers, including P&I clubs and conduct
litigation and arbitration. We have extensive experience
of handling ship arrest and release. We handle all aspects
of ship finance, sale, purchase and registration. Advice
and assistance on all types of disputes and claims,
including casualties, collision, cargo, charterparty,
jurisdiction, Conflict of Laws, bill of lading, carriage
of goods, contract conditions, fire, liens, General
Average, containers, recoveries, subrogation, casualties,
freight forwarders liabilities, multimodal and unimodal,
insurance and reinsurance. We advise on all aspects of
sea, air and road carriage. We handle commercial disputes
and advise on financing international trade through letter
of credit, bills of exchange and other methods. We prepare
standard conditions of sale and advise on trade in
commodities of all kinds. We advise on the terms of
construction and shipbuilding contracts, civil
engineering, consultancy contracts and handle dispute
resolution through litigation, arbitration and
conciliation proceedings.
02.ARBITRATION AND
CONCILIATION: We handle arbitration before International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC) in English
language and before the arbitrators governed under the
Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
03.COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE:
The firm conducts litigation, arbitration in India and
worldwide through its associate and correspondent lawyers,
concerning disputes arising in banking, commodities,
commercial contracts, sale of goods, debt recovery, public
and private international law, ICC and other international
arbitral bodies. Including company formations,
reconstructions, venture capital arrangements, loan and
security agreements, joint ventures and partnerships and
advice on employment. We also deal extensively with the
resolution of company and commercial disputes including
shareholders’ rights, directors’ duties and related
matters. There is a wide range of support services
available, from business incorporation to nominee and
administrative services, searches, filing of forms etc.
Advice on all aspects of corporate law. Advice on all
other commercial matters, including advice on structuring
manufacturing agency, distributor and licensing
agreements, negotiation, drafting and advising on
registration, computer software licensing, formation of
company.
04.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: We
advice on and deal with the registration, protection and
enforcement of intellectual property rights including
rights relating to trademarks, copyrights, patents,
get-ups and designs. We also prepare intellectual property
licensing and registered user agreements. Matters arising
in connection with the media, communications and
entertainment fields, competition law, computers,
licensing and franchising agreements and data protection
advice.
05.LITIGATION: We conduct
commercial litigation in the Bombay High Court, all the
High Courts in India, the Supreme Court of India and all
other Civil Courts and tribunals in India and arbitration
which emphasis on maritime matters, insurance, contract
conditions, intellectual property, contract, property,
agency, distributorship, employment law dispute including
ship arrest or release in admiralty court, company
petitions, ordinary suits, summary suits, debt recovery,
defamation, corporate and banking disputes.
06.BANKING AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES: We advise on all aspects of banking and
financial services including advice on syndication and
other loan arrangements, facility letters, security
documentation, letter of credit and financial services
regulations, project finance, ship finance, guarantee
arrangements, performance bonds and bonding facilities. We
also advise and attend to matters before the Debt Recovery
Tribunal for banks and financial institution.
07.PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE:
The firm represents developers, contractors, builders,
consultants, flat purchasers. Advice is also given on all
aspects of strategic planning, disputes in the real
estate, flat purchasers. Taking searches, investigating
property title, issuing Public notice, and steps required
to comply with for purchase and/or sale of property,
preparing the required documents. Advice on building and
real estate property ownership, building and development
contracts, leasing, license etc.
08.CONSTRUCTION &
INFRASTRUCTURE: The firm represents construction company
and contractors concerning agreements for pre-bid and
post-bid of tenders. Advice on construction documents such
as consortium, joint venture, collaboration, associate
agreements for pre-bid and post-bid of tender and other
sub-contract documents and EPC, Advance works and all
allied documents. Formation of joint venture
(infrastructure) company for project/s or the venture and
the allied documents for bridges, roads, dams, tunnels,
pipelines, mining, marine, power etc.
09.FORMATION OF COMPANIES:
Attends to formation of companies, drafting of memorandum
and article of association, strategic planning and taking
searches and filing the required documents, forms,
applying for permission, approvals, co-ordination,
inquiries, where ever required and also due diligence of
companies prior to takeover, merger, purchase of companies
and and inspection. Also attends to all the issues and
maintenance of the company even after formation of the
company such as filing of annual reports, resolutions,
filing of all the required forms, liasioning with
government officials such as Reserve Bank of India,
Registrar of Companies, SEBI etc.
10.IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
The firm acts for suppliers and users of IT equipment and
services and can advise on a broad range of issues related
to IT and telecommunications industries, including
Software licences and other standard terms of trade;
System integration agreements; Agreements relating to
facilities management and outsourcing; Agency and other
channels of distribution.
11.ENERGY, OIL AND GAS: We
advise on the legal aspects of the entire process, from
exploration through production to distribution. We advice
on all aspects of oil and gas projects and petroleum law
involving advice on field development through construction
to final production including the construction of the
pipelines and platforms, through-put, loading, lifting,
royalty in kind payments, operating and sales contracts
for crude oil and gas, offtake agreements, drilling
contracts, equipment leasing agreements and production
sharing agreements. We also prepare and advise on refining
agreements, distribution and binding agreements, amending
and licensing agreements and a range of downstream
arrangements and agreements relating to petro-chemical
industries. Advice on all onshore and offshore licensing,
exporation and production; oil trading and gas contracts;
finance and corporate; refining and retailing; oil and gas
litigation; environmental aspects of the oil business;
service industry. In the electricity sector, we act for
state owned and privatized power generation, transmission
and distribution companies and large industrial consumers.
We are also active in the mining sector.
12.ENVIRONMENT: The firm
advises and acts for a wide range of clients in
environmental and planning law issues including
controversial developments, contaminated land, waste
issues, genetically modified organisms, pollution,
conservation.
13.AVIATION: Advice on all
aspects of international aviation, including aviation
leasing and finance, registration and liability claims. We
have extensive experience of handling grounding of
aircraft. Hull, liability, carriage of cargo and
passengers, including the Warsaw Convention and insurance
aspects.
14.TAXATION: Advice on all
aspects of income and wealth tax., amongst other
matters,
6.00 EXPERIENCED AREAS
LEX Nexus acquired an international
market reputation since it’s foundation and are now scouting
for local corporate client’s also in the Indian market after
the merger of the solicitor firm "Hathi & Alliances" with
LEX Nexus in the year 2001.
Today, LEX Nexus offers responsive,
innovative and experienced legal representation covering a
broad range of practice areas including admiralty and
maritime, contract conditions, commercial transactions,
general litigation, conveyancing, construction, banking, ship
purchase & sale, tax, documentations, arbitration,
formation of company, intellectual property, company, mergers
& acquisitions, legal research, advice & opinion,
labour law, debt recovery for banks, liasoning &
negotiating.
LEX Nexus with its qualified,
dedicated and efficient team practices and specialises in
contentious and non-contentious matters and having experienced
in the areas of arbitration, arrest or release of ships,
banking, bill of lading, cargo claims-maritime, carriage of
goods, casualties- maritime, charter parties,
collision-maritime, commercial, commercial disputes, company
and commercial, conflict of laws, construction, contract
conditions, corporate finance, debt recovery before for banks,
dispute resolution, drafting or vetting of documents, energy,
environmental, filing of applications, fire- maritime,
formation of company, general average, indian law,
infrastructure, information technology, insolvency, insurance,
intellectual property, international trade, int'l trade
disputes, jurisdiction, legal advice, litigation, liasioning,
marine Insurance, Maritime and Shipping, Maritime Liens,
Mergers, Demergers and Acquisitions, Negotiating &
Co-ordinating, Oil and Gas, P&I Club-Maritime,
Partnership, Pollution - Maritime, Port Privatisation,
Property, Recoveries, Research, Salvage- Maritime, Ship
Finance, Ship Sale and Purchase, Strategic Planning,
Subrogation -Maritime, Tax, Telecommunications,
Transport.
7.01 REPRESENTS
LEX Nexus
represents several client’s of foreign law firms; Overseas
Companies; Inland Companies; Government Bodies; Firms;
Individuals; Consultants.
8.00 PARTNERS
The
Partners and Associates of LEX Nexus possesses degree of law,
masters in law, solicitors some with additional postgraduate
degree, management- finance, management-shipping, banking,
intellectual property, taxation, all from the premier
institute in India.
The
Partners and Associates were previously associated with other
law firms in India and are with experience .
The
Para-Legal and back up staff are also efficient with law back
ground, some pursuing with five year law course.
- 8.01 Shrikant HATHI (B.Com, LL.M, Solicitor)
Practice Areas: Admiralty Law, Shipping
Law, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Arbitration, Banking
Law, Joint Ventures, Company Formation, Litigation,
Intellectual Property, Taxation, Infrastructure
Development.
- Previously associated with
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-Little &
Co
Specialized in documentations, joint
ventures, corporate, arbitration, banking, maritime,
ship arrest and release, property, intellectual
property, general litigation, contractual.
-
- Career
1988 Elphinstone College, Bombay
University (B.Com)
1992 Government Law College,
Bombay University (LL.B)
-
-Public & Private International Law as elective
subjects.
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-2nd in Bombay University in Public International Law.
-
-"Best Students Award" from Government Law College.
-
-Enrolled with the Bar Council to practice.
- 1994 Government Law College, Bombay University
(LL.M)
-
-Selected amongst five, for LL.M studies from college
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-First in Bombay University
Articled Little &
Co
- Qualified as Solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated
Law Society
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi,
French, Bengali
-
- Professional
Affiliation
1992
-Bar Council of Mahrashtra & Goa as Advocate
- 2001
-Incorporated Law Society as
Solicitor
- 8.02 Binita Shrikant HATHI (B.Com, LL.M,
Solicitor)
Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Contracts,
Admiralty Law, Shipping Law, Commercial Dispute
Resolution, Arbitration, Contractual Law, Banking Law,
Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Insurance Law, Energy,
Company Formation, Litigation, Intellectual Property
- Previously associated with
-
-Desai & Dewanji
- -Hariani
& Co
-
-Bhatt & Saldanha
- -Mulla
& Mulla, Craigie, Blunt & Caroe
-
Specialized in corporate, ship arrest,
ship release, property, intellectual property, general
litigation, p&i club, matters relating to port
trust, bills of lading, carriage of goods by sea act,
collision, banking, contractual, arbitration.
-
- Career
1991 S.S.& L.S Patkar College,
Bombay University (B.Com)
-
-First Class (First in College)
1994 Government Law
College, Bombay University (LL.B)
-
-Public & Private International Law as elective
subjects.
-
-Enrolled with the Bar Council to practice.
- 1996 Government Law College, Bombay University
(LL.M)
-
-Selected amongst five, for LL.M studies from college
- Articled Desai & Dewanji
- Qualified as Solicitor from the Bombay Incorporated
Law Society
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi,
Gujarati, Bengali
Professional
Affiliation
1994
-Bar Council of Mahrashtra & Goa as Advocate
- 1999
-Incorporated Law Society as Solicitor
-
- 8.03 Rina Pareshnath HATHI (M.Com, LL.B)
Practice Areas: Litigation, Arbitration,
Intellectual Property, Conveyancing, Finance, Securities,
Corporate, International Finance, Project Finance,
Technology Transfer, Constitutional law, Labour, Customs,
Admiralty Law, Shipping Law
- Previously associated with
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-M&M Legal
Venture
Specialized in intellectual property
rights, corporate, real estate, general
litigation, arbitration, constitutional law.
-
- Career
1996 Sydenham College, Bombay
University (M.Com)
1999 Government Law College,
Bombay University (LL.B)
-
-Enrolled with the Bar Council to practice.
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, French,
Bengali
-
- Professional
Affiliation
1999
-Bar Council of Mahrashtra & Goa as Advocate
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9.01 OUR CHARGES
Our
Professional Charges are reasonable and “value for service”,
customized on case to case basis either in hourly basis, on
lump sum or on retainership or on other terms that may be
mutually agreed upon.
The Professional
Charges of LEX Nexus is on hourly basis, the rates depending
on the complexity of the matter, which range from US$ 80 - US$
250/hour for firm principals to US$35 - US$80/hour for
paralegal assistants, while disbursements are computed on
actual.
10.01 PAYMENT TERMS
Accountable
advance, as agreed should be deposited with LEX Nexus prior to
commencement of any work, either by Bankers Cheque in favour
of "LEX Nexus" or by irrevocable telegraphic transfer to our
bankers at "Standard Chartered" or "HDFC".
Initial 15
minutes of the professional work done by LEX Nexus is not
charged and is adjusted towards the final bill.
In certain
cases where there is expectation of atleast two matters in a
year LEX Nexus also accepts retainership proposals, the terms
and conditions of which are flexible and open to
discussion.
11.00 BILLING POLICY
Described below are our billing
policies and approaches to pricing our professional services.
With this, we set out our policies for charging and advancing
costs. The choice of the billing approaches is the client's
and firm's, at the commencement of a matter.
Our value
approach to billing, to rewarding clients who timely pay their
bills, and to bill expenses at cost (rather than as a profit
center) is positively distinct from that of many other law
firms. As you find these approaches helpful, we would be
grateful if you would refer us to others who would benefit
from our services, including our approach to billing.
We encourage our clients, and
potential clients, to ask questions about billing at the
beginning, and at any other stage of a matter. Serving our
clients is an honor and a trust. We encourage our clients to
ask us directly, "up front," and at any stage of a matter, how
much our services cost. It is the client's money, and enabling
the client to decide, and control how to spend the client's
money on legal costs is an essential part of the counseling
that we provide our clients.
We welcome the opportunity to bid
on legal work. We are confident that we can deliver value to
our clients for fees which compete favorably with those which
other lawyers might charge. We therefore encourage clients and
potential clients to seek us out to bid on legal work in
competition with other potential counsel.
01.Hourly Rates
We offer and most clients
choose billing at standard hourly rates. Clients choose
hourly rate billing because it is a familiar and certain
method for them to use to price our services and compare
them with other costs that may be involved in a legal
matter.
Our standard hourly rates range
from $80-$250/hour for firm principals to $35-$80/hour for
associates and paralegal assistants, and depend on the
nature of the client representation and complexity of the
matter. Disbursements are computed on actual. We enhance
the value that hourly billing provides our clients in
several ways.
We do not bill for travel time
on airplanes, trains, or other situations in which we can
devote the time for fee-generating matters. No client
should pay by the hour for a lawyer sit on an airplane or
in an airport, for example, when he or she could (and
should) be working for the client or for another client.
We use lower rate personnel,
including associates and paralegals, where that is
appropriate to the task. In certain instances, we also
offer a blended rate approach (which blends the rates of
timekeepers at different levels of seniority and
expertise) where a range of skills may be utilized on a
complex matter.
A shortcoming of standard
hourly billing, however, is that the client "bets" up
front that the matter will cost less than or equal to the
value that the client places on it. Its limitation --
which clients must be aware of before they make their
decision about a billing approach -- is that sometimes
after the matter is well under way, the hourly cost of
representation might exceed what the value of the matter
to the client.
To further enhance value to our
clients who choose an hourly rate approach, we encourage
our clients to combine it with other approaches set out
below.
02.Budgeting
We offer clients case budgets
estimating fees and expenses necessary to proceed with or
defend a case. Our budgets enable clients to assess the
costs against the benefits of the strategies that they can
pursue. The budgets also allow clients to plan their own
budgets, and in the case of insurance carriers, to set
reserves against litigation expenses.
In appropriate cases, we offer
budgeting as a billing device. Using a case budget, we
will agree that certain steps in litigation will be
performed for a flat fee, or, on an hourly basis with an
incentive payment (usually, an added percentage of our
normal hourly rates) for services concluded below budget
and a ceiling established by the budget.
03.Volume Discounting
We offer discounted fees to
clients who seek us out to provide a large volume of
services over an extended period of time. This can be on a
range of matters, or, on a particular matter (where, for
example, a large number of hours may be required).
04.Incentivized Fee
Arrangements
Our Professional Ethics does not allow
incentivised fee arrangements therefore we are unable to
offer this arrangement.
05.Performance Pool
A similar incentive-driven
approach is our billing at reduced rates, and the client
setting aside a pool from which the client awards
performance bonuses based on a set of criteria (which
might include results, efficiency, quality of work
product, and so on). On a periodic basis, the client in
its sole discretion evaluates our work and determines
payout from the performance pool.
06.Fixed Fee
We also offer a fixed fee for
certain stages of a matter, for example, for an assessment
of a defense or whether to proceed, or for later, discrete
tasks (such as review of documents), or for the entire
matter. Fixed fees can be calculated to be paid regardless
of the outcome of a matter, or using an incentivized
arrangement as set out above.
07.Contingency Fee
Our Professional Ethics does
not allow fees on contingency basis therefore we are
unable to offer on contingency or percentage basis.
08.Consultation Retainer
We also provide ongoing
counseling and other basic services for a fixed annual,
quarterly, or monthly fee. This approach provides for oral
advice which may include periodic visits to the client's
location by designated firm attorneys at a predictable
cost. With no concern about hourly or other charges, some
clients using this arrangement feel more free to explore
opportunities and strategies as they arise without concern
for incurring unbudgeted charges.
09.Pro Bono
We devote a significant amount
of time providing free legal services to the poor, to
volunteer and community organizations, and to others who
might not be able to afford legal services. We believe
that this is a part of our obligation as professionals and
duty as professionals to the justice system. We are
available to provide these services to appropriate persons
or organizations which our clients refer to us, and
welcome those referrals from our clients. More details can
be obtained from our website Pro-bono page.
10.Other Fee Approaches
Generally, as set out above, we
recognize that whether a fee approach meets the goal of
providing value to our clients, much depends on the matter
for which our clients seek our services. We therefore
welcome any other fee approaches which clients suggest, as
they are appropriate to the matter and to the firm.
To prepare bills, we use Time
slips. This allows for accurate, detailed bills and also
allows for clients to inquire easily, at any time in a
matter, about the amount of fees and expenses accrued to
date.
11.Costs
&
Disbursements
We agree with
the ethics that it is unethical for lawyers to
build profit into the expenses that they charge. To
paraphrase that opinion, a lawyer's "stock in trade" is
our professional advice, not tuna fish sandwiches.
Therefore, we bill expenses at cost and include many of
them as overhead.
12.Photocopies.
Our charge for photocopies is
.Indian Paise 60/copy.
13.Faxes
Fax communication is a standard
of business and legal life. We do not bill for incoming
faxes and bill only for telephone charges and for outgoing
faxes.
14.Other
charges are
billed at cost. Postage, courier, outside
photocopying, travel expenses, institution fees,
extraordinary office supplies (such as binding for
appellate briefs, transparencies, and the like),
deposition transcripts, court costs, trial exhibits,
expert and local counsel fees, and meeting expenses, are
all billed at cost with no "mark up." Envelopes, paper,
fax paper, pens, and other office supplies are included as
overhead in our hourly or similar fee charges to clients
(and not separately billed).
15.Staff overtime.
If it is required to
pay staff overtime when we must require the staff
(including paralegals) to work longer than an eight hour
day. We only bill staff overtime (and only that over and
above normal staff salary) to clients, however, when the
client asks for or necessitates the overtime (for example,
when an emergency motion must be prepared on late notice
from the client).
16.Advancement of
Costs.
In order to keep our overhead (and thus fees) low,
we ask clients to pay directly, or to advance by way of a
retainer significant costs (such as those for expert
witnesses and multiple deposition transcripts). We advance
normal expenses without any additional charge upon prompt
payment.
12.01 CONTACTING LEX Nexus
All correspondence should be addressed to the
attention of the Administrator on contact@lexnexus.net or on kebolaw@vsnl.com. Your mail will be forwarded to the
concerned partner or the associate.
-
- LEX
Nexus
- Advocates &
Solicitors
-
(for service and correspondence): Office No. 112-D, 2nd Floor, Pannalal
Bansilal Building, 24-B, Rajabahadur Compound, Hamam Street
(Ambalal Doshi Marg), Behind Bombay Stock Exchange, Fort,
Mumbai 400023, India.
- (for
administration): for
internal functioning of the firm.
- (for
research): for internal
functioning of the firm.
- Telephone:+91-22-22659969 (24 Hours Telephone
Service*)
- Telfax:
+91-22-22094184
- Emergency mobile:
9869204686
- Email: contact@lexnexus.net or kebolaw@vsnl.com
- Internet Page:
http://www.lexnexus.com or http://www.lexnexus.net
*24
Hours Telephone service: Effective from April 01, 2002 the
normal office telephone number(s) will automatically trip/ get
redirected to any of our partners/associates mobile phone or
at his/her residence everyday after office hour i.e. at IST
1845 Hrs or on Sundays or Holidays. The phone call will be
attended immediately and if it is concerning contacting
another partner or associate then the concerned partner or the
said associate will be connected immediately over a conference
call, hence giving service at international hours. This service is
basically to attend to international clients while the local
clients may contact during office hours unless it is very
urgent. LEX Nexus have also provided another 24 hours
emergency call number at 9869204686
(Mumbai).
All web
based emails should contain contact details viz: your name,
company name, address, telephone number, fax number, email
address. If the mail does not contain the required information
then in accordance with our firms policy our administrator
will quarantine the email which will be withheld and are not
forwarded to the managing partner or the concerned partner/
associate unless all the contact details are
received.
If you
are having problem in contacting the administrator then you
may contact our managing partners at the fort office
directly:
Mr. Shrikant Hathi
(LL.B., LL.M., Solicitor) on shrikant@lexnexus.net
Contacting in emergency or After
Office Hours.
The office of LEX Nexus can be
contacted any time of the day or night or holidays or Sunday
using the same office number which is possible by using the
trip/redirect facility. After Office Hour i.e. at IST 1830 Hrs
the normal office telephone number(s) of the law firm
automatically trip/get re-directed to any of the partner's or
associate's mobile number or at his/her residence number. The
phone call are attended immediately and if it is concerning
contacting another partner or associate then the concerned
partner or the said associate are connected immediately
over a conference call, hence giving service at international
hours.
This service is basically to
attend to international clients while the local clients may
contact during office hours unless it is very urgent.
Alternatively, the office of LEX Nexus can be contacted for
emergency at their Mumbai number 9869204686.
If you are having problem in
contacting the administrator then you may contact any of our
managing partners at our Fort office directly:
- Mr. Shrikant Hathi (B.Com.,
LL.M., Solicitor) on shrikant@lexnexus.net
- Ms. Binita Hathi (B.Com., LL.M.,
Solicitor) on binita@lexnexus.net
- Miss. Rina Pareshnath Hathi
(M.Com., LL.B) on rina@lexnexus.net
13.00 INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING OF LAW
FIRMS
LEX Nexus are the lead co-ordinator of
the international networking of global law firms "Associate
Network (Lawyers)" - ANL. Networking a concept prevalent in
logistic/channel management is the backbone of Associate
Network (Lawyers) which was conceptualized sometime in the
month of February, 2000 by LEX Nexus, a law firm in India as a
non-profit, "open source platform" of International Law firms
which is an innovative concept by itself. The principal
aims and objects of the network, primarily but not limiting to
are to make it easy for the associate to interact with
associates in the network; to foster community
ideas; to introduce lawyers to others with
common interest; to encourage lawyers to become
part of the “in crowd”; streamline process that
impact the client, by presenting ‘The whole product concept’
by fulfilling the ‘compelling value proposition’ by
outsourcing non-jurisdictional issue from members of other
relevant jurisdiction and presenting expected service to
clients.
The
preferred goals of the network
are…Preference given to Associate of the Network in
jurisdiction other than one’s own to represent client;
Exchange of information, ideas and research amongst
Associate in the Network; Every Associate to add the name of
the other Associates in their website (if any) etc as their
Associate; Meeting of Associate independently, collectively,
in sub-groups is encouraged; Being an “open source platform”
maintaining the kernel, associates in the Network are expected
to maintain, suggest, innovate, modify and expand the Network
for its betterment.
LEX Nexus represents
several client’s of foreign law firms also firms which are
outside the network of international law firm’s “Associate
Network (Lawyers)”-ANL although the network is co-ordinated by
LEX Nexus.
14.00 OUR CONTRIBUTION FOR GOOD
CAUSE
The firm
contributes 0.50 percent from the net profit of the firm
towards charity of the Child Relief and 0.50 percent from the
net profit of the firm to religious charitable institution
Tirupati-Tirumalai Devasthanam- TTD.
15.00 DISCLAIMER
This information
booklet is being provided only on request or may have been
downloaded from the website on request and is not intended to
advertise our services or capabilities, or solicit work, in
any manner whatsoever. The contents of this booklet are aimed
merely at providing more information about our firm to persons
who are interested in knowing more about us. This booklet is
meant only for the information and use of the person(s) and
not for circulation or public dissemination. Further, this
information booklet does not, and shall not, create any
attorney-client relationship between LEX Nexus and any
person(s). LEX Nexus does not assume any responsibility
whatsoever for any unauthorized distribution or dissemination
of this information booklet or part thereof in any form, or
any consequences thereof.
16.00 RECOGNITION OF SOLICITORS IN
INDIA
Hundred years
history of the Bombay Incorporated Law Society (the :Law
Society) is intermixed with the history of its Members then
known as “Attorneys” and further intermixed with the history
of the establishment of the Court of Judicature in Bombay. The
Law Society was formed and incorporated 222 years after the
advent of the first Attorney in Bombay and the establishment
of the first Court of Judicature in Bombay.
Despite the existence of the Dual
System, with the enactment of the Supreme Court Advocates
(Practice in High Court) Act, 1951, the Rules of the Bombay
High Court were amended in December, 1952, to provide for the
appearance of Advocates of the Supreme Court on the Original
Side of the High Court without being instructed by an
Attorney. In practice it had no impact on the dual
system.
The Advocates Act, 1961 came into
force on May 19, 1961 and is an Act to amend and consolidate
the law relating to Legal Practitioners and to provide for the
constitution of the Bar Councils and All India Bar Council.
Sweeping changes were made in the law relating to Legal
Practitioners. The existing law was contained in the Legal
Practitioners Act, 1879, the Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, the
Indian Bar Council Act, 1926 and the Letters Patent of the
various High Courts. These Acts provided for several classes
of Legal Practitioners including Attorneys. The Act was
enacted to give statutory expression of the need for the
profession of law in India being integrated on an All India
basis. The main features of the Act were the establishment of
an All India Bar Council, a common Roll of Advocates having a
right to practise in any Court including the Supreme Court,
the integration of the Bar into a single class of Legal
Practitioners to be known as “Advocates” and the creation of
autonomous Bar Council, One for the whole of India and one for
each State. The Act when enacted recognized the continued
existence of the legal system known as the Dual System then
prevailing in the High Courts of Calcutta and Bombay and made
special provisions in that behalf. The said two High Courts,
if they so desired, could discontinue the system at any time.
The Bar Council of Maharashtra was constituted in 1961.
One of the
problems which the Law Society had to face and deal which was
the continuance of two classes of legal practitioners’
Barristers/Advocates on the one hand and Attorneys on the
other hand and working under the Dual System transplanted in
Bombay by the British following their English System. A Bill
was introduced to amend the Advocates Act, 1961 to abolish the
dual system. Ultimately, by the amendment effected to the
Advocates Act, 1961 by Act 107 of 1976 with effect from
January 1, 1977 the Dual System came to an end and from that
day all the different classes of legal practitioners were
fused into one class, namely, Advocates.
The Supreme Court of India
recognizes the qualification “Solicitors” and passed an Order
under Article 145 of the Constitution amending the Supreme
Court Rules and incorporating therein an express provision in
Order IV Rule 5(ii) (aa); viz. that a Solicitor on the rolls
of the Bombay Incorporated Law Society as being eligible for
exemption from training and tests and being eligible to be
enrolled as an Advocate on Record, under the Supreme Court
Rules. Likewise, the Law Society of England and Wales had also
recognized the qualification of an Attorney and after the
fusion of the class of legal practitioner known as Attorneys
in Bombay as Advocates, on a representation made by the Law
Society. The Law Society of England and Wales recognizes the
qualification of a Solicitor under the examinations held by
the Law Society after 1977 as candidates eligible for
qualifying as English Solicitor.
- LEX Nexus
- Advocates & Solicitors
- Office No. 112-D, 2nd Floor, Pannalal Bansilal Building,
24-B, Rajabahadur Compound,
- Ambalal Doshi Marg (Hamam Street), Fort, Mumbai 400023,
India
- Telephone: +91-22-22659969 Facsimile: +91-22-22094184
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