Niti Sudhakar
Niti Sudhakar is a law graduate from the University of Delhi and was admitted into the Bar Council of Delhi in 1998. She has over 28 years of experience in a wide array of laws ranging from corporate commercial law to dispute resolution. Niti commenced her career with Singhania & Co under Mr. D. C. Singhania in 1998. She joined Associated Law Advisers in 1999 under the mentorship of Ms. Lira Goswami. Niti co-founded DGS Associates in 2004. Niti heads the corporate commercial law practice at DGS Associates with specific focus on corporate law, tender process, restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, due diligence, project financing, project development, regulatory compliances, entry options into India, exchange control regulations, labour & employment laws, and family law & estate planning.
She is proficiently skilled at strategizing and negotiating transactional work for clients across various infrastructure sectors including civil aviation, telecom, hospitals, and automobiles. She has worked extensively in the civil aviation sector with a primary focus on the tender process involving bidding, negotiating with the airport operators / licensing authority, and finalising concessions relating to development, operation and management of cargo and ground handling facilities and ground handling equipment at various metropolitan and non-metropolitan airports in India.
Niti has an established practice of over 2 decades in advising clients on workplace compliance with emphasis on the drafting of HR policies under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, conducting POSH workshops for orientation and sensitisation, and being an external member of the ICC of various companies, institutes and organisations. She has conducted orientations for the Press Information Bureau, FICCI & FICCI FLO, and the Delhi Capital Badminton Association, among various other educational institutes and companies. She heads the estate planning vertical in the firm and has extensive experience in estate planning and structuring legacy tools including trusts, wills, gift deeds, family settlements, and family constitutions.
She has also worked extensively in the field of domestic and international commercial arbitration and civil and corporate litigation, winding-up, mergers and amalgamations, and contractual and commercial disputes before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and Tribunals. She has authored a legal resource / reckoner on women-centric laws in association with ELSA (Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi) to spread awareness amongst women. She is also the vice chairperson of the Ethical Review Board of one of the leading research organizations in the field of social research involving human subjects who are considered vulnerable, including issues like LGBTQ studies, funded by the World Bank. She is currently the Chairperson of the ICC of the Delhi Capital Badminton Association.
Ameeta Verma Duggal writes for WorldECR about the increasing relevance of Internal Compliance Programmes in India as published.
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Ameeta Verma Duggal writes for WorldECR about the Intangible Transfer of Technology (ITT) Controls. While the broad regulatory provisions governing export controls concerning technology (including ITT) exist in India, the existing regulatory mechanism does not actively provide for ITT controls. In our latest Article published in the WorldECR journal, we discuss India’s current focus on evolving and standardising its ITT controls.
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Ameeta Verma Duggal writes in ET CFO.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAJdcW4BL_VaeKsvaNsg1wxJe62OEkWB6rA
September 1 and the toys industry waited in hopeful anticipation for an extension of the implementation date of the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020 (QCO). The extension was justifiably expected and warranted in the existing circumstances when no stakeholder (including the authorities) are ready as yet to issue the relevant certification and enforce the QCO. Alas, the QCO has been allowed to come into force as of September 1, which will only enhance the chaos and confusion around the sale etc. of toys.
https://cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/toys-the-new-battleground-for-india/77863205
Ameeta Verma Duggal writes in MoneyControl on the structural reforms that are announced only to meet an implementation block in reference to the
recently announced reforms in the space sector.
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Niggling Policy Gap In India’S Ambitious Space Odyssey
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/niggling-policy-gap-in-indias-ambitious-space-odyssey-5525291.html
Ameeta Verma Duggal writes in MoneyControl on the
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There is an undeniable need to respond to China and to become self-reliant. This, however, cannot be basis an emotional call but a reasoned and
determined growth trajectory.
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#BoycottChina movement
Pragmatic Blueprint, Not Emotional Calls Needed Against China
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/pragmatic-blueprint-not-emotional-calls-needed-against-china-5439241.html
Ameeta Verma Duggal writes in MoneyControl to discuss the opportunity that has come India’s way to become an economic superpower.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/it-is-indias-hour-to-shine-but-will-it-5322941.html
Ameeta Verma Duggal writes in ET CFO about the unravelling of the WTO disputes settlement mechanism with the Appellate Body being reduced to a
single member as a result of the systemic blocking of reappointments of members by the United States and how this development impacts India.
https://cfo.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/wto-crisis-and-india/72839161
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Expertise
- International Trade
- Export Controls and Sanctions
- M&A
- Regulatory
Education
B.A LL.B
Professional Memberships
Registered Advocate, Bar Council of Delhi
Delhi High Court Bar Association
Supreme Court Bar Association