EDITOR’S NOTE
Bridging Gaps
It is my pleasure to present the first edition of the India Desk Newsletter. The newsletter is a service of the recently launched India Practice of the Firm. This initiative stems from the increasingly international focus of the Firm’s Outsourcing and New Technologies practices, which has led us to travel frequently to India and work with Indian attorneys. Seeing the potential for rapid growth in business between France and India and the need for an integrated approach to this market, the Firm started the India Desk. Our goal is to serve as a bridge for business between France and India. As part of our service offering to French clients, the India Desk calls upon the experience of an Indian attorney, Prashant Mara, who has joined our Paris office and has on-point experience in Indian laws and markets. The India Desk will be able to act as a first point of contact and support, in France, for all legal queries relating to Indian laws and
regulations. Through our extensive network of contacts in the legal and business sectors in India, we can also help clients to choose and work with the right legal and commercial partners in India.
We recognize that the first step to building an effective entry and operations strategy in a country such as India with its diverse and sometimes complicated legal structure is to be aware of the laws that may affect the planned undertaking. In order help our clients and friends to achieve this objective, we intend this newsletter to be a quarterly publication with articles covering important areas of law relevant to French companies planning to enter and operate in India. The newsletter will also contain snippets of major business news from the Indian market and updates on the legal environment in India. It will be our endeavour to make the information as practical and relevant as possible to the readers. Having said this, I would also add a note of caution here that the articles are intended to provide only a brief overview of the laws and are not intended to constitute legal advice applicable to a specific situation. Indeed, to cover all
issues and facets in a newsletter would be impractical and counter productive. The newsletter aims to be informative and perhaps just as importantly, we hope that it will encourage you to let us know what more we can do to cover areas and issues of concern to you as you plan your entry into India or deal with the challenges that arise with your existing operations in India.
