Obhan & Associates (O&A) is a reputed full-service law firm renowned for its expertise and professionalism, and consistently ranks among India’s top law firms. The firm has a well-balanced domestic and international clientele, and represents a cross-section of industries. O&A’s varied client base includes leading business houses, individual inventors, startups, universities, and national and international corporations.

The firm prides itself on the diversity in its workplace and is committed to building a happy and supportive work environment. The firm has been ranked as the Best Law firm for Women in India by Vahura.

Main areas of practice:

Corporate law & M&A practice:
The firm’s M&A team has experience and expertise in acting on complex, high-value, cross-border work as well as a range of smaller transactions. The firm advises on the full range of deal structures from public takeovers/offers through to divestments, private transactions and demergers. O&A advises on structuring of investments, formation of Indian entities, joint ventures, asset purchases, acquisitions and divestments, due diligence and related regulatory approvals. O&A also provides commercial contract support to in-house legal teams and advises on business-critical contracts for companies across various sectors.

IP practice:
O&A’s IP team aims to foster the creation of intellectual property, conducts and assists in prosecution and enforcement, and helps strengthen its clients’ IP portfolios while at the same time working towards advising clients on all aspects of their transactions and enhancing the value of their businesses. O&A also has a network of trusted associates throughout the world to ensure that our clients’ IP is protected not only in the domestic market but also worldwide. The patents team at O&A includes patent attorneys and patent agents with advanced technical degrees in various technical domains. O&A brings together engineers, scientists and lawyers who understand the specific needs of clients in the business of advanced and disruptive technologies.

TMT & data protection and privacy practice:
The firm offers end-to-end legal advisory, helping clients navigate both domestic and global data regimes with precision and foresight including compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other applicable frameworks. O&A advises clients in publishing, news and broadcasting, entertainment and the art space. The firm advises its publishing industry clients on author contracts, contracts granting options to buy film rights to certain books, licensing arrangements and more; undertaking legal reviews of non-fiction manuscripts prior to publication, advising on defamation, sedition, hate speech, infringement of personality rights, etc. The firm also advises international news organisations on the various regulations that apply to news entities, including on foreign direct investment matters, ideal organisational structures and conducting pre-publication reviews of news pieces. The firm has also advised such organisations on mitigation strategies and procedures to be undertaken in the event of governmental search and seizure operations. The firm has been recognised and ranked by Chambers and Partners, IFLR, Legal 500, asialaw, Benchmark Litigation and many more.