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ATB Legal — India & UAE

Legal counsel across India and the UAE.

We advise and represent businesses and families with interests across India, the UAE and the wider GCC: in the boardroom, before regulators and in court.

India — disputes, NCLT & arbitration UAE — DIFC, ADGM & arbitration
The firm, in facts
India & UAE
One cross-border practice — advice and advocacy on both sides
NCLT & Courts
Indian disputes, insolvency and enforcement
DIFC, ADGM & Arbitration
Rights of audience before both courts, plus DIAC & ICC arbitration
Three offices
Bengaluru, Abu Dhabi & Ras Al Khaimah, across India and the UAE
01 — Practice areas

What we do.

Across Indian & UAE jurisdictions
01

Dispute Resolution

Arbitration, the ADGM, DIFC and mainland courts, banking and commercial disputes, debt recovery, cross-border enforcement, insolvency and liquidation, and mediation.
02

Corporate & Commercial

Company incorporation, M&A, FDI, commercial contracts, cross-border structures, GIFT City (IFSC) and governance and compliance.
03

Intellectual Property

Patents, trademarks, copyright and designs — plus commercial IP across the UAE and India: franchising, licensing, technology transfer and assignment.
04

Employment

Employment contracts, statutory compliance, workforce exits and disputes, POSH and employment in M&A — across India and the UAE (mainland, DIFC, ADGM).
05

Personal Status

Family wealth and foundations, wills, succession and inheritance, and marriage, divorce and family matters — including protection from domestic violence.
06

International Trade

Customs and trade compliance, the India–UAE CEPA and rules of origin, export controls and sanctions, product standards and market access, and trade remedies.
07

Regulatory & Compliance

Onshore CMA, CBUAE and VARA, plus DIFC (DFSA) and ADGM (FSRA) — authorisation, AML, data protection and privacy, and enforcement.
Enrolled in India. Rights of audience in the DIFC & ADGM courts.
About
matters that cross borders

ATB Legal is a cross-border law firm with offices in India and the UAE. One team runs each matter end to end on both sides of the corridor, supported by a network of firms across the wider GCC, the UK, Singapore and Africa.

In India

We act on commercial disputes and insolvency before the NCLT, on corporate transactions, FDI and governance, and on intellectual property, employment and the India–UAE trade corridor — for inbound investors and for Indian businesses expanding into the Gulf.

In the UAE

We are registered before the DIFC and ADGM Courts with rights of audience before both, and appear in international arbitration before the DIAC and the ICC. For mainland matters we work alongside established Emirati firms, keeping a single point of accountability for the client.

Our lawyers

Have practised across common law and civil law jurisdictions for around two decades each — in private practice, in-house, and before the courts and tribunals where these matters are decided.

How we work

Plainly. We set out what a matter needs, what it is likely to cost and the realistic outcomes — and keep cross-border work under one coordinated team rather than several.

02 — People

The team.

Asha Treesa Bejoy

Asha Treesa Bejoy

Founder & Managing Partner
LLB · LLM · FCIArb

Nearly two decades across India, the UAE and Singapore. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a CEDR-accredited mediator, registered before the DIFC Courts (Part II) and ADGM Courts. She appears as counsel in ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC and arbitrateAD arbitrations, and serves as a panel member at DIAC and SCCA.

George Mathew

George Mathew

Head of Corporate & Compliance
LLB · LLM · MBA

A corporate lawyer with about 20 years across common law and civil law jurisdictions — spanning mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, compliance and contracts, with in-house experience across several industries.

Pauls MI

Pauls MI

Advisor — Mergers & Acquisitions
CA · Bachelor of Laws

More than two decades with Big Four firms and industry across India and the Middle East, advising clients on due diligence, valuation and transaction structuring across a wide range of sectors.

04 — Contact

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