I.L.A. Pasrich & Company — India
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About
The firm: I.L.A. Pasrich & Company is a multi-practice commercial law firm that was founded as ‘International Law Affiliates’ by two partners in January 1998. The firm initially handled only international law, aviation, corporate and commercial work, but expanded leading to the establishment of a separate specialised litigation and dispute resolution practice under the name of ’Pasrich & Company’ in 2004. Expansion spurred the firm to move to its present classically designed offices integrating modern technology in the central business district of New Delhi at Connaught Place (opposite the Competition Commission of India). The firm thus came to be close to most of the major courts, with the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court within a ten-minute radius. In 2012, both practices merged under the name of I.L.A. Pasrich & Company. In its 19-year history, the firm has acquired an international presence and its clients include several foreign governments (such as Canada, France, Greece, Singapore, Australia etc), the European Union, several multinational companies (such as EADS, G4S, Dell, Samsung, Cigna etc), international organisations (such as the German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD, the European Union’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid – ECHO, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) and several reputed Indian companies (such as Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & Mahindra, Fabindia, Crompton Greaves). The approach has been exhaustively client problem-based and ethical. The firms’ advocates have represented clients throughout the country (over four dozen cities/towns of India) before several state high courts and district courts, with the support of various affiliate practices and associate lawyers, local attorneys and retainers. The firm has pursued several matters before the Supreme Court of India and has mostly procured favourable orders. The firm has emerged as a leading firm for aviation and its related fields. It handled most of Delta Air Lines’ advisory and contentious legal work across India since 1998. The firm has been retained as general counsel for India to Turkish Airlines since 2011 and its other airline clients include Swiss International, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, Air France & KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Finnair and British Airways. The firm’s managing partner, Mr Amir Singh Pasrich has been recognised in The 2016 Legal 500, 2016 Who’s Who Legal and the 2016 Chambers Asia. He was cited as having an ‘excellent reputation within the aviation industry’ with ’a solid airline client following’. He has been a Council Member of the International Bar Association’s Legal Practice Division. Areas of practice: Apart from the practice areas of aviation, wills, probate and family law, telecom law, human rights, RTI cases and environmental law, trademarks, copyright and intellectual property agreements, employment, labour and industrial law, International trade, maritime and transport law, the firm is particularly known for its work in: Commercial arbitration: the firm has, for example, handled cross-border commodity and government tender related arbitrations (especially involving engineering). Consumer protection: the firm’s advocates have appeared in over 50 consumer courts across India for all three levels of consumer disputes. Competition law: with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) close by, the firm’s advocates have successfully defended matters before the Commission and before the Competition Law Appellate Tribunal (now NCLAT). Corporate matters and contract law: the corporate law team has been involved in company, land and joint-venture/shareholder documentation, due diligence as well as filings, incorporation and FDI advice. Litigation: I.L.A. Pasrich & Company has successfully pursued and defended matters in several state high courts, the Supreme Court of India and before tribunals covering civil and criminal work from original to appellate levels, in various courts across India. The firm is also well known for franchising and distribution, product liability and recall, general cross-border sale of goods, foreign investment, JV structuring and wholly owned subsidiary incorporation, information technology and IT contracts, outsourcing, international law and diplomatic privileges, public procurement (tenders, bid protests, etc), real estate and municipal law, white-collar crime, corruption law and matters arising from economic offences. ### Languages - English - German - Hindi - Malayalam - Punjabi - other regional Indian languages ### Memberships - The Society of Indian Law Firms - Indo-Canadian Business Chamber - International Bar Association - The Associated Chambers of Commerce - The Indian Council of Arbitration - The Supreme Court Bar Association ### Staffing Figures - 23 Number of lawyers - 11 at this office
Office locations
New Delhi
New Delhi
I.L.A. Pasrich & Company 901-905 Naurang House, 21 Kasturba Gandhi Marg Connaught Place New Delhi 110 001 New Delhi India
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Amir Singh Pasrich
Managing partner and counsel. Amir Singh Pasrich co-founded the law firm ‘International Law Affiliates’ or “ILA” in 1998. I.L.A. Pasrich & Company was founded in 2010. He has handled cross-border work since 1992, and presently acts as counsel to the law firm for commercial disputes and international arbitration cases. Main areas of practice: Commercial Law & Contracts; Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Co-Author Lexis-Nexis Dispute Resolution Law Guide India Chapter 2021); Constitutional / Public Law remedies for business; Franchising, Distribution and International Sale of Goods; former Co-Chair, IBA International Sales Committee (2011-13), IBA Council Liaison Officer for the International Commerce & Distribution Committee (2020-2022); Product Liability (Author – Getting-the-Deal-Through or Lexology, India Chapter on Product Liability 2022 and 2023); Public Procurement – Bid Protests & Tenders; Real Estate (Recognized in Who’s Who Legal 2017, Legal 500) and Author of the India chapter on Real Estate for Getting-the-Deal-Through / Lexology in 2014); Aviation Law (Recognized by the 2024 Legal 500, Author – Lexology / Getting-the- Deal-Through, India Chapter on Air Transport, 2024); Competition Law (reported judgments); Criminal Law, Business Crime, Prevention of Corruption, Anti-Bribery Law & Economic Offences (writ petitions, advisory work and bail); Private International Law – Government of Canada and several Governments/ diplomatic entities, former advisor to the Delegation of the European Union and the British High Commissioner; Consumer Law (several reported judgments); Employment Law (lectures, articles and counsel practice). Recognitions: Recommended – Global Leader – Air Transport – Contentious (2024). He has been named in various editions of Who’s Who Legal for Aviation, Real Estate, Labour & Employment laws and Franchising. He has also been cited as a “Leading Individual” for his Corporate/M&A and Aviation practice in Chambers Asia 2009-24, as also in the 2016 to 2024 Legal 500 for aviation, the 2016 Chambers Asia for Real Estate and Asia Law for General Corporate Practice. A Chambers editorial cited him as being “extremely methodical and rigorous” and that “he earns praise for his commercial approach to problem solving” (2012 Chambers Asia). Who’s Who Legal: Transport 2024 – Amir Singh Pasrich is recognised as “being among the highest-ranked Lawyer’s”. Recognised in 2024’s Legal 500 with the citation – “Head of practice Amir Singh Pasrich has extensive experience advising on the full range of regulatory, compliance, contentious, and consumer-related aviation work”. Recognised in 2023’s Legal 500 with the citation – “As a long-standing aviation law expert Amir Singh Pasrich heads the practice of I.L.A. Pasrich & Company. The team is known for handling multi-party litigations in the Supreme Court which involve the Union of India.”. Recognised in 2022’s Legal 500 with the citation that “ILA Pasrich & Company’s aviation practise is led by seasoned practitioner Amir Singh Pasrich and is well-known in the market for acting for the largest international airlines, including British Airways.”. 2020 to 2023 – Recommended for Transport – Aviation (Contentious) – Who’s Who Legal. 2010 to 2022 – World Bank Certificates of Appreciation. 2018 – Award for Real Estate – International Advisory Experts. 2007 & 2008 – Asialaw Leading Lawyer Awards for General Corporate Practice. 2018 – Amir Singh Pasrich was recognised in ‘Who’s Who Legal’ for Franchise, Aviation (Regulatory, Finance & Contentious) and Product Liability Defence. International Bar Association Commendation – 2010. ‘Leading Individual’ (Corporate & M&A) India – ‘Chambers Asia’. ‘Who’s Who Legal- 2017 & 2019 (Aviation Law). ‘Who’s Who Legal – 2009 to 2017 (Franchise Law). ‘Who’s Who Legal – 2009 to 2017 (Real Estate Law). Notable cases: Delta Air Lines, Inc. v Haresh Babubhai Daruwalla, Aviation case appeal favourably decided by the Supreme Court of India; Anjolie Ela Menon and Anr v State of Haryana & Others (Punjab & Haryana High Court) real estate case (decided May, 2013 and further relief in August 2015); Jyoti Swaroop Arora v. Tulip Infratech Ltd. (Competition case decided in favour of the real estate industry in February 2015); William Terrence Huntington v Mahabir Singh & Ors (High Court and Supreme Court favourable Orders on tort); Harjit K Dhingra v Pan American & Delta Air Lines (favourable final judgment on Successor liability). International work experience: Appointed Agent of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (1996, 2006 and 2007, 2014), advisor to several governments (France, Canada, Singapore, Greece etc.), airlines and multinational companies, designated general counsel for India to Turkish Airlines (2011-2017), Air France (2003 to 2014); KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (2009 to 2014) and for Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd (2007-13); concluded five nation project for the European Union; advisor to His Excellency the Ambassador of France (2007 onwards); handled cross-border agreements and disputes for several companies. Recent positions held: Assistant Treasurer of the IBA Legal Practice Division and of the International Bar Association (2023-2024); Member, Management Board, International Bar Association; Council Member, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2016 & 2017, 2019-2022); President, Oxford & Cambridge Society of India (2023-2025); Honorary Legal Advisor to H.E. The British High Commissioner, Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG (March 2018 to 2021) and H.E. Mr. Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner (2021-24); Chair, Advisory Board, India Working Group, Legal Practice Division, International Bar Association (2020-2021); Member, Policy Committee, Bar Issues Commission, International Bar Association (2017-2024). · Commercial Law and Contracts
Mohana Malhotra
Partner, Litigation. Areas of practice: civil and commercial litigation at the High Court and Supreme Court of India levels, with special exposure to writ jurisdiction cases and original side suits, aviation law, motor accident law, insurance law, probate, testamentary and succession law, extradition, negotiable instruments, company law, trademarks, property law, banking law, civil and criminal appellate and revisional jurisdiction, carriage and consumer law, public procurement and bid protests, sealing and demolition cases, arbitration and mediation cases. Due diligence for company acquisitions and advices/opinions to multinational and Indian company clients on non-contentious matters ranging from employment contracts, commercial leases, extradition and death penalty to sexual harassment of women at the workplace, etc. · Civil Litigation