Infrastructure

Infrastructure & Projects

The firm has a sizable client advisory practice for infrastructure and projects. Energy, airports, oil and gas, SEZs, port building, real estate, transportation, water treatment, and other manufacturing and infrastructure sectors are just a few of the many industries in which the expertise is spread. With regard to a range of legal and project risk-related matters, the firm offers support in the areas of investment in project companies, project company structuring, loan structuring, environmental protection, EPC contracts, insurance, and land use rights. In addition, the firm has counseled investors, lenders, and project managers on how to secure funding for their initiatives and has defended a number of clients in legal disputes involving the execution of infrastructure projects.

The ten partners and more than fifteen professionals that make up the UTL Legal Solution team are knowledgeable in all the legal facets of projects in a wide range of infrastructure sectors, including real estate, roads and highways, ports, rapid mass transit, and railroads.

 

Throughout the project’s implementation, the Firm will handle a variety of legal and project-related risks with the help of qualified attorneys and industry-specific experts. These risks include those pertaining to the project companies’ structure, debt structuring, security creation, environmental compliance, EPC contracts, land use rights issues, various approvals, and coordination with government and regulatory authorities.

The group's industry-specific knowledge consists of

Electricity & Energy: When the government opened up these sectors to private engagement, Dua Associates was one of the first Indian law firms to offer assistance on electricity, oil, and natural gas projects, as well as non-conventional sources of energy. The company offers clients advice on transmission and distribution projects as well as the creation and administration of power producing facilities. The company has provided advice on India’s power sector privatization as well as the reorganization of state electricity boards.

A committed group of attorneys at the firm provides legal advice on projects involving conventional, nuclear, and alternative energy sources. For both local and foreign clients, we offer consultancy services on the creation and administration of electricity generating, distribution, and transmission projects. The group has also provided advice on the privatization of India’s power industry as well as the reorganization of state energy boards.

Mining: The Firm provides advice on land-related issues, contractual documentation procedures, and regulatory concerns pertaining to exploration and mining concessions. The Firm has also contributed to changes to the national mining legislation. The firm’s litigation team has also defended mining industry leaders around the world in front of Indian courts and/or tribunals.

Infrastructure: Government agencies, project businesses, contractors, investment funds, development banks, financial institutions, and other parties are all represented by the firm. In order to handle a variety of legal and project risks, such as those involving the establishment of project companies, debt structuring, security creation, environmental compliance, contracts, insurance, land use rights issues, taxation regimes, exchange control regulations, various approvals, licenses, and registrations, and coordination with governmental and regulatory authorities, among other things, we have skilled lawyers and experts with expertise in specific verticals.