Startup & corporate counsel · New Delhi

Build boldly. We'll make it hold.

What you're building has to stand up to investors, competitors, regulators and, sometimes, your own co-founders. We lay legal foundations that can take the pressure, from the day you incorporate to the day you might need a courtroom.

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Deal to disputeYour contracts, written by the person who would defend them.

The same advocate advises, drafts, negotiates and, if it comes to it, argues. No hand-offs, nothing lost along the way.

Advocate + AILed by an advocate. Sharpened by AI.

Strategy, negotiation and advocacy are ours. AI helps us review, research and draft in more depth, at every stage.

No surprisesYou know the scope and fee before we start.

And you get answers you can act on, not forty-page memos.

What we do

Every stage of the build. One counsel.

Incorporation, a key contract, a funding round, a dispute. Most founders hire a different lawyer for each and end up with documents that don't talk to each other. We work across all six stages, so each one is built on the last.

ISTARTFormation & founder structuringIf your co-founder walks out tomorrow, who owns the company, the IP and the control?+
  • Entity choice and structuring
  • Founders' and shareholders' agreements
  • Vesting, lock-ins and founder exits
  • Deadlocks, reserved matters, transfer restrictions
IIPROTECTCommercial contracts & IPIs your business running on contracts downloaded from the internet?+
  • SaaS, MSA, customer and vendor agreements
  • NDAs, website and platform terms
  • Trademarks, copyright and designs
  • IP assignment from founders, staff and consultants
IIIRAISEFundraising & investmentBeyond the valuation, what exactly are you giving an investor?+
  • Term-sheet review and negotiation
  • Angel, seed and VC rounds: SSAs and SHAs
  • Due diligence and closing
  • Foreign investment and FEMA
IVSCALERegulatory, technology & dataIs your compliance built for the company you'll be next year?+
  • ESOPs, employment and consultant terms
  • DPDP Act and privacy frameworks
  • Consumer, e-commerce and sector regulation
  • Technology, SaaS and AI: licensing, platform terms and emerging AI regulation
VGOVERNGovernance & restructuringHas your ownership structure kept up with your growth?+
  • Board and shareholder matters
  • Related-party approvals and corporate housekeeping
  • Mergers, acquisitions and business transfers
  • Founder and investor exits
VIRESOLVEDisputes, arbitration & litigationIf a founder, investor or partner relationship breaks down, what happens next?+
  • Founder and shareholder disputes
  • Contract, investment and IP disputes
  • Arbitration, interim relief and enforcement
  • High Court, Commercial Court, NCLT/NCLAT

How we work

Before the deal. During the deal. If it breaks.

Most startups pay one lawyer to write the deal and another to fight over it. With us, the person drafting your clauses knows exactly how they'll be tested in court, because they'd be the one arguing them.

Before

Get it right early.

We sort out structure, ownership and risk while everyone still gets along and every option is still open.

During

Negotiate from strength.

Documents built around how your business actually makes money, with every clause drafted as if it will be tested.

If it breaks

Stand your ground.

If a founder, investor or partner relationship falls apart, the advocate who knows your deal inside out represents you in arbitration or court.

Scope in writing. You'll know the question, approach, timeline and fee before we start.Answers, not essays. What the law says, what it means for you, what to do next.One advocate. The person who takes your call does your work.

Advocate + AI

We do the lawyering. AI helps us go deeper.

We advise, negotiate, draft and argue, from your first founders' agreement to your first dispute. AI works alongside us, so we can check every clause, read every document and follow every regulatory change. The judgement is always ours.

I · START

Founder agreements

Usstructure your equity, vesting and control around how you actually work together.

AIchecks each draft against a tested clause library.

II · PROTECT

Contracts & IP

Usdecide which clauses to fight for and which to let go.

AIflags every departure from your positions, clause by clause.

III · RAISE

Due diligence

Usnegotiate your terms and protect your control.

AIreads and indexes the whole data room, so nothing is missed.

IV · SCALE

Regulation

Ustell you which rules touch your business and what to do about them.

AItracks DPDP, sector and consumer rule changes as they land.

V · GOVERN

Board & records

Uskeep your board's decisions within its powers and on the record.

AIchecks registers and filings for gaps.

VI · RESOLVE

Disputes

Usbuild the case and argue it.

AIturns thousands of documents into a clear chronology.

Who you'll work with

Harsimrat Randhawa

Managing Partner

“The legal structure has to grow with the business.”

Harsimrat works across corporate and commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution, before the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India.

That mix is the point. Advice on a deal is sharper from someone who has seen how deals come apart in court. Every matter is run personally, from the first call to the final document.

Enrolment
Bar Council of Delhi
Courts
Supreme Court · Delhi High Court
Chambers
Delhi High Court

Insights

Straight answers to founder questions.

Short reads on the legal questions founders ask us most. Written for people building companies, not for other lawyers.

SCALE

The DPDP Act: what it means for your startup today

Whether you're a data fiduciary, what consent and notice really require, and what to fix first.

Article · 5 min read START

Founder vesting: the clause you'll wish you'd signed

Why vesting protects every founder, how reverse vesting works in India, and good and bad leaver terms.

Article · 4 min read RAISE

Your shareholders' agreement: read this before you sign

Affirmative votes, anti-dilution, drag and tag rights and liquidation preference, in plain English.

Article · 6 min read

A founder's legal checklist

Know where you stand. In two minutes.

Ten questions investors, acquirers and courts ask first. Tick only what you could show today with a document, not a memory. Anything left unticked tells you what good looks like.

Open the checklist · 10 questionsHide the checklist
of 10
in place

Anything unticked is worth a closer look. Some gaps take an afternoon to close; others need a proper review of your documents.All ten in place. Keep the documents current as the company changes.

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A self-assessment only. Nothing you tick is sent or stored. General information, not legal advice.

Contact

Tell us what you're building.

A few lines is enough: what you're working on, what's on your mind, any deadlines. Every message is read by the Managing Partner. Please keep confidential documents back until we've agreed to work together.

New Delhi chambers
Chamber No. 438, Block-I, Lawyers' Chambers
Delhi High Court, Sher Shah Suri Road
New Delhi – 110001
Chandigarh chambers
Chamber 11, 2nd Floor, SCO 54–55
Sector 9D, Madhya Marg
Chandigarh
Email
connect@randhawalegal.com
Telephone
+91 97112 82398