On the one hand, the developments in the business world have opened several opportunities for growth through innovation, technologies, and collaborations. Conversely, rising competition and intense commercial tussles have led to disagreements and disputes. Handling disputes becomes difficult and challenging for the businesses. This has created a need for expert legal intervention to resolve all the issues in running a business entity smoothly.
Only professionally adept law firms specializing in corporate and industrial domains of the legal industry can ensure constant support and aid in guiding business professionals with their proficient teams in sync with the ever-evolving legal realities. Headquartered in Mumbai, White and Brief Advocates and Solicitors have offered all kinds of legal services to their global business clientele.
Guided by its Founder and Managing Partner, Nilesh Tribhuvann, the firm provides the highest quality advisory and counselling services that are timely, effective, creative, and practical while maintaining the highest standards of integrity and professional ethics.
The Legal Experts Global Giants Trusts In
White and Brief Advocates and Solicitors is a multi-service law firm, competently driving effective changes for its valued patrons. The firm derives its expertise from the underlying Tier-1 law firm experience of its accomplished team, having a cumulative experience of more than 45 years. Comprising of a team of 65 members, White and Brief is amongst the few law firms with an empaneled Advisory Board comprising of legal dignitaries such as former judges and revenue officers to continually guide its legal enterprise.
As trusted legal advisors, the firm assists Multinational Companies and Banks, amongst other highly reputed organizations that have their presence in India and overseas. White and Brief advises emerging start-up companies by providing a wide range of legal services. Some of the reputed brands that it offers legal services to include Apple, InterGlobe (Indigo Airlines), Godrej, Reliance Retail, Reliance Brands, Adani Capital, Adani Power, Welspun, Vedanta, Hyundai, Gangar, Syska LED, Alkem, Flamingo, Ajanta Pharma, Hiranandani, amongst several others. It has also provided legal assistance to reputable financial institutions such as SBI, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Bank of India, Doha Bank, IREDA, Citi Bank, HSBC, etcetera.
The firm has been recognized for continually exhibiting professional excellence in its decade-long operations.
The Mightiest Leadership
Besides being Founder and MP, Nilesh also heads the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Litigation practice. With over 15 years of experience in the Indian legal arena, Nilesh has handled some of the most high-stakes and high-profile litigation, Dispute Resolution, and White-Collar Crime matters. Trained under the tutelage of Senior Counsels, the Late Mr. Ram Jethmalani and Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Nilesh has all-around exposure to all the fundamental aspects of litigation. Nilesh has been the trusted legal advisor for several reputed brands such as Apple, InterGlobe (Indigo Airlines), Godrej, Reliance, and Hyundai, amongst others.
Over the span of his eventful career, Nilesh has handled 6000+ cases and 3000+ arbitration matters. He has represented eminent personalities and a diverse set of prestigious organizations in famed matters by representing reputed business houses, multinational corporations, international law firms, ministers, political dignitaries, high net-worth individuals, Bollywood celebrities, media houses, and government bodies. He has also been retained on the panel of legal experts with several reputed conglomerates, aviation companies, real estate giants, and mass communication corporations.
Inspirations from Within
The sacred family association and personal interest naturally led Nilesh to choose the path of being a legal professional. Identifying the disparities in the world, the prevailing gap in the system, and the need for dedicated and honest legal support, Nilesh decided to develop a professional legal firm that will support business organizations, professionals, families, and individuals in getting speedy, reliable, and assured legal services.
Areas of Expertise
White and Brief generates constant value for its clients by fulfilling all their legal requirements.
The niche practice areas include:
- Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Taxation, Trade, and Customs.
- General Corporate and Commercial Advisory.
- Mergers and Acquisitions and Joint Ventures.
- Private Equity and Venture Capital.
- Capital Markets.
- Banking and Finance.
- Telecommunications, Media and Technology, and Intellectual Property (IPR).
- White Collar Crimes – Compliance and Investigation.
- Regulatory and Consumer-centric laws.
Leveraging the Early Opportunities
Due to sheer hard work and perseverance, Nilesh was fortunate to have the opportunity to assist Mr. Ram Jethmalani and Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani. Under their able guidance and after rigorous personal training for over ten years, he has now secured recognition and widespread industry acceptance. Drawing from early lessons of personal struggle, he continued to be resolute and passionate about providing solutions to overcome complex legal difficulties for clients.
Rising from Adversities
The pandemic impacted businesses everywhere, and the legal industry was severely affected. The challenges were all-pervasive. But due to the automated and technology-led operations of the firm, it was agile enough to counter new challenges and hence quickly adopted remote working. With focused efforts and continuous learning, the team steadily aced the digital justice dispensation system.
Additionally, the inherent moral building helped motivate each other and extended support to its teams to ease the apprehensions and anxieties accompanying the public health crisis. To this date, White and Brief has been the champion of remote working and allows full flexibility to its team to work comfortably and deliver their best, no matter where they are.
The unwavering team spirit and the firm’s able performance have continued to reinforce the faith of its clients in its caliber, and it has managed to score some very promising projects during the pandemic.
Words of Wisdom
The young generation stepping into the world of law has immense potential to make the legal domain more accessible. Nilesh intends to encourage them to drive the legal profession to a more regulated but secure position that respects personal freedom with the correct balance of social and commercial life regulations.
Nilesh advised them to be patient, work hard, study well, be ready extensively, and assimilate current affairs and the changing court culture, focusing on newer practice areas. He mentioned, “I would also like to encourage young practitioners to be empathetic about the client’s cause, retain the humane approach in providing legal services, and be determined to achieve a client-oriented end goal.”
Making the Difference
White and Brief has planned to advance its operations pan India and overseas through consistent efforts and trusted legal advisory. Intending to foster the employment of legal tech in its operations to meet imminent digital requirements, the firm seeks to diversify its existing operations by branching out to newer practice areas.
It also aspires to participate in India’s growing entrepreneurial ambition by skillfully supporting the domestic industries and services sector. At the heart of its litigation practice lies the will to fight social injustices for affected stakeholders and to make the legal industry more accessible.
Empowering Technologies
The legal domain is going through a revolutionary transformational phase with the integration of cutting-edge technology into everyday legal functions and the introduction of newer practice areas such as blockchain, cyber security, data privacy, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, space law, internet rights, and newfangled investment structuring for the financing requirements of the corporate world.
The public justice dispensation system is also becoming decentralized and digitalized, while commercial conflicts are increasingly inclined towards non-adversarial dispute resolution.
Promising Times Ahead
The future of the legal landscape in India is inspiring, with exciting possibilities brought forward by boutique law firms bringing in specialized expertise to meet complex legal requirements. The legal industry needs to be receptive to modern challenges, which are moving towards a decentralized global order requiring standardized, fast-paced, and easy legal solutions.
Newer practice areas are developing to fulfill demands posed by digital realities and cross-border commercial operations. With the continuous evolution and revision of regulations, it will be important to be abreast of the latest developments in the domestic and international sphere to provide the clientele with an all-encompassing solution. It will also be necessary to make the legal industry more client-oriented and approachable by adopting a collaborative approach that facilitates a productive feedback loop and free flow of essential information. As opposed to the rigidity of bigger law firms, the clients will require smaller teams with a focused approach guaranteeing personal attention and niche expertise.
Authoritative thought leadership will also be paramount to facilitate meaningful legal transformation; hence, it will be crucial to uniting the executive, legal luminaries, and stakeholders to unitedly work towards achieving common goals such as an inclusive legal domain.
As a boutique law firm, the team is thrilled to take the legal dialogue forward with its proven expertise and an agile, technology-driven, and client-focused approach.
