NIRNYA

Practice areas

Twelve practice areas.
One firm.

We cover the legal work a growing business actually generates — commercial, corporate, people, regulatory, IP, disputes, research. Each area is tuned to Indian, UAE, and UK law and configured to your business during onboarding.

Commercial

3 areas

Commercial contracts

Outcome

Median turnaround under 4 hours. 100% senior-lawyer signed.

Scenarios we handle

  • A SaaS vendor sends an MSA with unlimited indemnity buried on page 23.
  • A reseller wants a 90-day payment term you can't afford to grant.
  • Procurement signs an auto-renewing contract with no exit window.

What you receive

  • Clause-by-clause risk markup
  • Suggested redlines with replacement language
  • Negotiation playbook for the counterparty

Reference law

Indian Contract Act 1872, UAE Commercial Transactions Law, UK Sale of Goods Act, Unfair Contract Terms Act.

Product & consumer

Outcome

Launch-ready Terms of Service in 48 hours.

Scenarios we handle

  • A new SaaS product is launching in two weeks — Terms of Service still don't exist.
  • A consumer complaint flags refund language as misleading.
  • Marketplace seller terms haven't been refreshed since launch.

What you receive

  • Terms of Service, EULA, and SaaS subscription agreements
  • Refund, cancellation, and acceptable-use policies
  • Consumer-protection compliance reviews

Reference law

Indian Consumer Protection Act 2019 + e-Commerce Rules, UAE Consumer Protection Law, UK Consumer Rights Act, EU Consumer Rights Directive.

Intellectual property

Outcome

IP that's documented, defensible, and clean for the next financing.

Scenarios we handle

  • A founding engineer is leaving — you can't find their IP assignment.
  • A new brand mark needs trademark clearance across three jurisdictions.
  • Your codebase contains GPL-licensed dependencies you didn't realise were copyleft.

What you receive

  • IP assignment agreements (employees, founders, contractors)
  • Trademark clearance and filing strategy
  • Open-source licence audit and remediation plan

Reference law

Indian Trade Marks Act 1999, Copyright Act 1957, Patents Act 1970, UAE IP regime, UK Trade Marks Act 1994, EUIPO/UKIPO procedures.

Corporate

2 areas

Corporate transactions

Outcome

We can run full diligence on a mid-market target in 5 working days.

Scenarios we handle

  • An acquisition target sends a 600-document data room — diligence is due Friday.
  • A new investor wants tag-along, drag-along, and ROFR in the SHA.
  • Board needs three resolutions signed by close of business.

What you receive

  • M&A diligence checklist and findings memo
  • Marked-up shareholder agreement
  • Board resolutions, ready to circulate

Reference law

Companies Act 2013 (India), FEMA, SEBI, UAE Companies Law, DIFC/ADGM rules, UK Companies Act 2006, Takeover Code.

Finance & M&A

Outcome

Deals close on the terms you negotiated, not the terms you missed.

Scenarios we handle

  • A loan agreement has covenants tighter than the term sheet showed.
  • Earn-out KPIs are manipulable by the acquirer — you need to lock them down.
  • Working-capital adjustment language is missing a leakage definition.

What you receive

  • Financial DD checklist and findings
  • Loan, security, and guarantee agreement reviews
  • Earn-out and working-capital adjustment analysis

Reference law

FEMA + RBI Master Directions, SEBI Takeover Code, IBC 2016; UAE Companies Law mergers; UK Companies Act schemes of arrangement, Takeover Code.

People & Compliance

4 areas

Employment & people ops

Outcome

Hiring paperwork in under a day. ESOP schemes in under a week.

Scenarios we handle

  • You're hiring across three Indian states and one UAE free zone simultaneously.
  • An ESOP scheme needs to be drafted before the next board meeting.
  • A senior leaver is invoking a non-compete you're not sure is enforceable.

What you receive

  • Localised offer letters and employment agreements
  • ESOP scheme, vesting agreement, and grant letters
  • Termination letters and exit communications

Reference law

Indian Labour Codes 2020, POSH Act, UAE Labour Law (Federal Decree-Law 33/2021), DIFC/ADGM Employment, UK Employment Rights Act.

Privacy & data protection

Outcome

Privacy posture goes from 'best effort' to 'audit-ready' in one quarter.

Scenarios we handle

  • Your product collects health data in India and the UK — same code, two regimes.
  • A vendor is asking you to sign their DPA. It's missing four mandatory terms.
  • A data breach lands on a Friday evening. Notification clocks are running.

What you receive

  • DPDP / GDPR compliance gap assessment
  • Data Processing Agreements, drafted and reviewed
  • Breach response runbook with notification timelines

Reference law

DPDP Act 2023 (India), CERT-In Directions, UAE Federal Data Protection Law, DIFC DP Law, UK GDPR, EU GDPR.

Regulatory & licensing

Outcome

Compliance moves from reactive to scheduled.

Scenarios we handle

  • RBI tightens digital lending rules — does your product still qualify?
  • A new vertical needs SEBI / IRDAI / FSSAI approval; nobody's mapped the steps.
  • Quarterly filings are slipping; the compliance calendar is in someone's head.

What you receive

  • Regulator-to-policy gap analysis
  • Licensing roadmap with filings, fees, and timelines
  • Annual compliance calendar, owned and updated

Reference law

RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, TRAI, FSSAI, DPIIT (India); CBUAE, FSRA, DFSA (UAE); FCA, PRA, CMA, ICO (UK/EU).

AI governance

Outcome

Your AI usage moves from 'we should probably' to 'we are documented'.

Scenarios we handle

  • An AI vendor's contract gives them IP in the outputs your model generates.
  • EU AI Act enters into force; you're not sure if you're a 'high-risk' deployer.
  • An internal AI tool needs a use policy before HR approves the roll-out.

What you receive

  • AI vendor due-diligence checklist and findings
  • AI impact assessment (AIA) and bias review
  • Internal AI use policy and acceptable-use guidance

Reference law

MeitY AI framework (India), DPDP Act automated-decisioning, EU AI Act 2024/1689, UAE AI Strategy guidance.

Disputes & Research

3 areas

Litigation support

Outcome

Outside counsel gets a fully prepared brief, not a starting point.

Scenarios we handle

  • A customer dispute lands a legal notice. Limitation is ticking.
  • Counsel needs a chronology built from 4,000 emails.
  • Arbitration is filed in the wrong seat — you're not sure how to challenge.

What you receive

  • Case chronology and evidence index
  • Demand letters, briefs, and pleading drafts
  • Arbitration clause and jurisdiction analysis

Reference law

CPC 1908, Evidence Act 1872, Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996, Commercial Courts Act 2015; UAE Civil Procedure & Federal Arbitration Law; UK CPR & Arbitration Act 1996.

Matter triage

Outcome

Your GC stops being the inbox.

Scenarios we handle

  • Inbox is full of contracts, queries, and complaints — none labelled by urgency.
  • An incoming legal notice needs to be sorted, prioritised, and assigned.
  • Procurement keeps escalating low-risk items to the GC.

What you receive

  • Inbound matter classification and urgency scoring
  • Routing recommendations to the right practice area
  • Conflict-of-interest screening prompts

Reference law

Cross-cutting — used to feed the right practice area downstream.

Legal research

Outcome

Research that arrives before the question gets old.

Scenarios we handle

  • A question of statutory interpretation needs an answer before the next deposition.
  • A regulator's circular conflicts with the underlying act — which prevails?
  • Counsel needs an opinion memo, fully cited, by end of day.

What you receive

  • Cited research memos with binding vs persuasive authority
  • Statutory interpretation analysis
  • Comparative-jurisdiction briefings

Reference law

Full primary law across Indian Supreme Court & High Courts, UK Supreme Court & Court of Appeal, EU Court of Justice, UAE Court of Cassation.

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