Desai & Diwanji has substantial experience in navigating the complex Indian regulatory landscape that spans various industry sectors. Keeping pace with the ever-evolving regulatory framework across sectors, the Firm’s attorneys have extensive experience in advising clients to better achieve their business objectives and manage risk while complying with applicable laws. Our clients rely on us to better understand sector-specific rules as well as appropriately structure business models and transactions to ensure regulatory compliance. We also frequently represent our clients before different regulatory authorities, in both adjudicatory as well as non-adjudicatory proceedings, and are conversant with their approach to the interpretation of rules and standards.

We engage in dialogue with and appear before (and, where applicable, appellate authorities) including the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), various state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) , the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), various port authorities (including port trusts, port conservators, the Tariff Authority for Major Ports, etc,), various state-specific real estate regulatory authorities (RERAs), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Lawyers from the Regulatory Advisory practice collaborate with members of the Firm’s other practice areas in order to provide clients with in-depth as well as domain-specific legal advice and solutions coupled with a seamless service experience, resulting in an efficient realisation of client objectives.