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Argus Partners Law Firm Argus Partners is a leading law firm in India with a diverse practice portfolio. Argus denotes vigilance and observance.

At Argus Partners we believe in keeping a watchful eye on the needs of our client and on the developments in the business of our client. The expertise of our team straddles across all our practice areas, including general corporate advisory, cross border mergers and acquisitions and private equity, banking and finance, projects and project finance, competition, real estate, litigation, dispute resolution and technology & data privacy. With offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore, the Firm has built a formidable reputation for its work and has been acknowledged and appreciated by its clients and peers for providing quality services.

We are pleased to share that Argus Partners has advised the Hightekers Group, the global work infrastructure group behin...
09/10/2026

We are pleased to share that Argus Partners has advised the Hightekers Group, the global work infrastructure group behind Rivermate, on the acquisition of 100% shareholding of Remunance Services Private Limited from its existing shareholders. Remunance is a well-established Employer of Record (EOR) and workforce solutions platform headquartered in Pune.

The transaction marks a significant step in the Hightekers Group's global expansion strategy. The acquisition gives Hightekers its own established employing entity in India, one of the world’s largest hiring markets. Argus Partners advised Hightekers on all aspects of the transaction, including structuring, group’s entry into India as a first-time investor, and the transaction documentation.

The Argus Partners transaction team advising the Hightekers Group consisted of Ankur Arora (Partner), Aishwarya Satpathy (Senior Associate), and Aakriti Garodia, Milind Anand, Samia Haider (Associates).

Read more at: https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/dealstreet/trilegal-advises-remunance-services-on-its-acquisition-by-hightekers-group

We are pleased to share that our Partner, Abhinav Bhalaik, recently joined NDTV Profit’s The Big Question, in conversati...
09/10/2026

We are pleased to share that our Partner, Abhinav Bhalaik, recently joined NDTV Profit’s The Big Question, in conversation with Vikram Oza, to discuss the Supreme Court’s observations on pharmaceutical marketing practices and the need for a legally enforceable regulatory framework governing inducements offered by pharmaceutical companies to medical professionals.

Abhinav highlighted that the existing Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP), 2024, is largely directive in nature and does not prescribe sufficiently enforceable consequences for non-compliance. He emphasized the need for a statutory framework that establishes clear accountability and penalties for violations, while noting that the existing code could serve as a useful foundation for such legislation.

He also discussed the importance of transparency and disclosure in regulating interactions between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals, emphasizing that disclosure requirements must be systematic, meaningful and supported by enforceable consequences to ensure effective compliance.

Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=polbvmHAsm0

Argus Partners advised Popo Global Private Limited (“Popo Global”) and its founders, Nikhil Gupta and Abhijit Gupta, in ...
01/10/2026

Argus Partners advised Popo Global Private Limited (“Popo Global”) and its founders, Nikhil Gupta and Abhijit Gupta, in connection with a ₹532 crore strategic investment from Invus Group (Artal Asia Pte. Ltd.).

Popo Global is a Bengaluru-based multi-brand restaurant platform operating food and beverage brands including The Pizza Bakery, Paris Panini and Smash Guys. Founded in 2017 with a single The Pizza Bakery outlet, the company has largely grown through bootstrapped operations and currently operates approximately 40 outlets across its three brands.

The transaction values Popo Global at ₹1,245 crorecrore and marks the company’s first external institutional capital raise. The investment is expected to support Popo Global’s continued expansion and the scaling of its portfolio of food and beverage brands, providing a platform for further growth in India’s increasingly organised restaurant market.

The deal team at Argus Partners consisted of Neha Madan (Partner), and Mishika Bedi (Associate).

Read more at: https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/dealstreet/pizza-bakery-paris-panini-operator-popo-global-secures-532-crore-from-invus-group-sam-argus-tta-advise

Our Partners, Krishnava Dutt, Soorjya Ganguli and Abhinav Bhalaik, will be attending the IBA Annual Conference Copenhage...
01/10/2026

Our Partners, Krishnava Dutt, Soorjya Ganguli and Abhinav Bhalaik, will be attending the IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026, taking place from 4–9 October 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference brings together legal professionals from across the world for a week of discussions spanning key practice areas, emerging developments and issues shaping the global legal profession.

We look forward to engaging with colleagues, clients and peers from across jurisdictions, and to meaningful conversations and exchanges throughout the conference.

We are pleased to announce that Argus Partners has provided expert practitioner inputs to the Financial Services assessm...
29/09/2026

We are pleased to announce that Argus Partners has provided expert practitioner inputs to the Financial Services assessment for India as part of The World Bank Group’s Business Ready (B-READY) 2026 project.

B-READY is the World Bank Group’s data collection and analysis project assessing the business and investment climate worldwide, accompanied by an annual corporate flagship report. Replacing and improving upon the earlier Doing Business project, B-READY assesses economies across three pillars (regulatory framework, public services and operational efficiency) drawing on expert inputs on laws, regulations and public services, together with firm-level data on how the business environment operates in practice.

India is being assessed under the B-READY framework for the first time in the 2026 edition.

The Firm’s inputs covered two areas of the Financial Services assessment – Electronic Payments and Commercial Lending (Customer Due Diligence). The Electronic Payments assessment examines the legal and regulatory framework governing e-payments and payment service providers, including consumer protection, data protection, cybersecurity and operational resilience, interoperability and competition, supervisory oversight and regulatory innovation. The Commercial Lending assessment examines customer due diligence requirements, including identity verification and beneficial ownership, e-KYC and digital identity, data protection and the regulatory framework for digital commercial lending.

The contribution was led by Jitendra Soni, Partner, who was invited by the World Bank Group as an expert for both areas, supported by Sadia Akhter, Senior Associate, and Harsh Garg, Samia Haider and Abhirami R., Associates.

We look forward to the publication of the B-READY 2026 report and the World Bank Group's first assessment of India under the B-READY framework.

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023 establishes the country’s first mandatory carbon market by assigning greenhou...
28/09/2026

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023 establishes the country’s first mandatory carbon market by assigning greenhouse gas emission intensity targets to obligated entities across energy-intensive sectors and allowing the trading of carbon credit certificates on a centralized exchange. Through this article, we trace the legal and regulatory architecture of this framework while situating it within the broader international landscape of compliance and voluntary carbon markets. The piece also offers practical guidance for companies on compliance readiness, transactional considerations in M&A and financing, strategic positioning in the credit market, and managing greenwashing and reputational risk as the framework continues to evolve.

Read more at: https://www.argus-p.com/papers-publications/thought-paper/emissions-trading-and-carbon-credits-in-india-a-legal-perspective/

Contributed by Saurav Kumar (Senior Partner), Swathi Sreenath (Partner) and Suyash Bajpai (Associate).

We are pleased to share our latest thought paper, ‘When Does Settlement Become a Payment System?’, which examines a regu...
24/09/2026

We are pleased to share our latest thought paper, ‘When Does Settlement Become a Payment System?’, which examines a regulatory question arising from the application of payments law to the clearing and settlement framework of India’s power exchanges.

For more than a decade, power exchanges operated within a regulatory framework under the Electricity Act, 2003, with clearing and settlement forming an integral part of the architecture governing electricity-market transactions. In 2021, the CERC introduced a requirement that such clearing and settlement must be undertaken in accordance with the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (“PSS Act”). This brought into contact two statutory frameworks that had until then largely operated within distinct institutional spheres.

Against this backdrop, the article examines whether exchange-based clearing and settlement should, in the first place, fall within the statutory conception of a ‘payment system’ under the PSS Act. More broadly, it considers where the boundaries of payments law should lie when specialised market infrastructures involve settlement and movement of funds but are constituted and regulated for a different underlying purpose.

Read more at: https://www.argus-p.com/papers-publications/thought-paper/when-does-settlement-become-a-payment-system/

Contributed by Jitendra Soni (Partner).

We are pleased to share that Saurav Kumar has joined Argus Partners as a Senior Partner and shall head the Firm’s Japan ...
23/09/2026

We are pleased to share that Saurav Kumar has joined Argus Partners as a Senior Partner and shall head the Firm’s Japan and South Korea Desk. Swathi Sreenath has joined as a Partner and will be an integral part of the Japan and South Korea Desk.

Based out of the Delhi office, Saurav and Swathi are part of the Firm’s Corporate M&A and Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice.

They are joined by Shreya Chaturvedi (Principal Associate), Ayusha Choudhury and Ekjot Dang (Senior Associates), and A***n Rawat, Kaustubh Garg, Rudhi Nawal and Suyash Bajpai (Associates).

Welcome to the Argus family! We wish you all the very best in your new role.

Read more at: https://law.asia/argus-partners-japan-south-korea-desk/

We are pleased to share our latest client alert on the increase in the EPF wage ceiling from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000 wi...
22/09/2026

We are pleased to share our latest client alert on the increase in the EPF wage ceiling from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000 with effect from September 17, 2026. The FAQ examines the key transitional issues arising from the mid-month change, including its implications for existing members and employees who become newly covered under the revised threshold.

Read more at: https://www.argus-p.com/papers-publications/thought-paper/revision-to-epf-wage-ceiling-coverage-contributions-and-the-september-transition/

Contributed by Arka Majumdar (Partner).

We are pleased to share that our Partners, Aayush Kumar and Anindya Ghosh, recently attended the 70th Annual General Mee...
17/09/2026

We are pleased to share that our Partners, Aayush Kumar and Anindya Ghosh, recently attended the 70th Annual General Meeting of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) in Mumbai.

The Annual General Meeting marked 70 years of the IGCC and brought together members of the Indo-German business community, business leaders, industry representatives, diplomats and policymakers. The evening featured discussions on India’s economic outlook for the next decade, alongside conversations on emerging opportunities and the evolving landscape of Indo-German business relations.

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