About the Firm
S. Kakrania & Co. is a Kolkata based firm, uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their ambitions in today’s fast paced world.
As a pioneering full service law firm, our inter-state and Supreme Court experience and diverse team of lawyers across the country, consistently deliver results for our clients.
In both established and emerging markets, our lawyers are integral, long-standing members of the community, giving our clients insights into the local business environment alongside our experience in multiple jurisdictions.
We work with some of the country’s most respected and well-established businesses, as well as start-up visionaries, governments and state-owned entities.
OUR SERVICES
General Counsel
Our consultations are backed by legal acumen as well as expertise in all areas of law enabling us to law down a holistic understanding of a legal conundrum.
Corporate Law
The services provided cover all areas of Company business including Company formation, takeovers, management buy-outs, institutional finance and shareholder agreements
Commercial Litigation
We assist with the wide variety of difficulties that can be encountered in Commercial Litigation. Our current work includes disputes, breaches of contracts, negligence claims and the recovery of commercial debts.
Antitrust
Clients throughout the country seek the advice of our antitrust lawyers. They count on our extensive experience in litigation against governmental authorities or private parties, counseling on delicate questions.
Arbitrations
Our dedicated team, strategically positioned in the principal arbitration centers, handles arbitrations, from the simple and straight-forward to the most sensitive and complex, in a wide array of industries, languages, arbitral forums and jurisdictions.
Labour Law
We provide services by mediating the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government through various mechanisms of dispute settlement.
Property Service
The firm work covers the sale, purchase and leasing of all types of commercial property including Offices, Shops, Restaurants, Hotels, Industrial Buildings and both Industrial and Residential Estates.
Elder Law
We prepare Wills and advise on Inheritance Tax Planning, obtain Grants of Probate or Letters of Administration, administer estates and attend to all related aspects.
Intellectual Property
The intellectual property and technology lawyers in our network deliver decades of experience combined with a broad scope of technical expertise to our clients.
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
We regularly represent corporations in simultaneous proceedings in virtually every corner of the country. Our practice represents clients in all aspects of restructurings, workouts and insolvency matters, including both transactional and litigation matters.
Construction
We offer a single point of contact for project development, contract administration and dispute resolution advice. Our lawyers advise on both project development and dispute resolution, giving them a unique understanding of the full life cycle of a construction project.
Capital Markets
Lawyers and capital markets participants must be smarter and more efficient than ever–constantly adapting to market changes, interpreting the many layers of regulations and understanding what investors are looking for in an evolving environment
Banking & Finance
S. Kakrania & Co. is a trusted advisor to financial institutions across the nation, with extensive sector experience built upon a heritage of bank representations.
White Collar Crimes
Our global team regularly handles a wide range of complex, high-stakes and multijurisdictional legal matters. We address the risks and complexities arising from investigations and enforcement actions
Firm Proprietor
SHIV RATAN KAKRANIA
Shiv Ratan Kakrania is the managing partner of S.Kakrania & Co., established in 1987. He started his career under the able guidance of Shri Shyamanand Jalan, one of the most renowned Solicitors of the Country. He has in his 31 years of practice provided an effective means of service to people, who seek justice before the impartial judicial system of the country. He uses his experience and personal relationships to get results for all SKC clients. He is a talented and hard working attorney who never stops trying to bring another win for his clients. His exquisite drafting skills and legal acumen has enabled him to be instrumental in resolving the legal conundrums and contentions of his clients who act in accordance with the sound legal reasoning and advice opined by him.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Our lawyers are young, insightful and manifest exhilaration as well as the thirst to imbibe the latest trends set by newest legislations and court judgements. The avenue by which such information is recorded is by crystallising them into legal articles which become very extremely pertinent in imparting knowledge to the next generation of lawyers.