Legal infrastructure for founders

Incorporation to term sheets, IP to DPIIT filings — the paperwork a company is built on, handled by advocates who have seen the stage you are at.

1.4L+
DPIIT-recognised startups in India
₹28K Cr
Startup legal market
73%
Startups without proper legal documents

Situations we are asked about

Problems that arrive here every week

Described the way people describe them, not the way a statute does.

  • A co-founder is leaving and there is no vesting agreementEquity split agreed verbally; one founder now wants to walk away holding all of it.
  • A term sheet has arrived and you do not know what you are signingLiquidation preference, drag-along and ROFR clauses, and a first-time founder reading them.
  • An ex-employee has launched something very close to your productA senior engineer left, and months later a competing product looks familiar.
  • A senior hire expects ESOP and there is no poolNo plan, no pool and no grant letters — and an offer waiting to go out.
  • DPIIT recognition needed for the 80-IAC exemptionA profitable year, a tax liability, and an exemption nobody mentioned.
  • An overseas client wants to contract with your Indian entityMSA language, FEMA, and withholding tax questions all at once.

What we handle for startups

  • IncorporationPvt Ltd, LLP and OPC — MCA filings, MOA and AOA.
  • Founders agreementEquity splits, vesting, IP assignment, exit clauses.
  • IP protectionTrademark, patent and copyright filing support.
  • ESOP draftingEmployee stock option plans and grant letters.
  • Investor documentsTerm sheets, SHA, SSA and due-diligence support.
  • DPIIT / Startup IndiaRecognition and 80-IAC exemption documentation.

How this goes

The three that reach founders first

The work, the published fee and the next step — for the things startups actually write to us about.

  • Illustrative

    A customer has gone quiet on an invoice you have already delivered against.

    What is done
    Recovery of Money Notice, drafted and signed by a panel advocate
    What it costs
    From ₹99 — the exact fee follows the amount in dispute
    How it ends
    Sent by email and tracked post, with proof of dispatch on your order
    How long
    2–3 days
  • Illustrative

    An early hire has left mid-contract and stopped responding.

    What is done
    Legal Notice to Employee for breach or absconding
    What it costs
    ₹2,499
    How it ends
    A formal record of the breach, and the first step if it goes further
    How long
    2–3 days

Cards marked illustrative describe how a matter of this kind is handled and what it costs from our published fees. They are not accounts of a particular client, and no outcome is promised.

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One of the two is enough — whichever you would rather be reached on. A number gets a WhatsApp reply, which is faster; an address is where a copy and any documents can be sent. Or message us instead.

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