DGS Associates

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 2 decades of experience in a wide array of laws ranging from corporate commercial law to dispute resolution.

She has worked extensively in civil aviation sector with primary focus on tender process involving bidding, negotiating with the airport operators / licensing authority, finalising concessions relating to development, operation and management of cargo facilities and ground handling facilities and other passenger and ground handling equipment at various metropolitan and non-metropolitan airports in India.

She regularly advises clients in various sectors, amongst others, in civil aviation, telecom, manufacturing on various transactions involving restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, project financing, project development, regulatory issues, policy, security clearances from relevant Authority. She also has extensive experience in handling disputes in different legal fora for leading domestic and international clientele and handling domestic and international commercial arbitration.

Her strength lies in tender process, mergers & acquisitions, transactional and conveyancing work including review, drafting and negotiation of concession agreements, licenses and grants, foreign collaboration agreements, joint ventures, consortium arrangements, shareholders agreements, technology license agreements, escrow agreements, other commercial documents and conducting due diligence.

Niti regularly advises on issues relating to entry options into India, exchange control regulations and issues arising out of company law, including company formations and corporate governance, regulatory reporting and compliance etc., apart from advising on various issues relating to and arising out of contract and other commercial laws, employment laws and environment, health and safety laws.

Niti has been regularly advising corporate clients on The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. She is a member of the Internal Complaints Committee for various multinational companies in India. She has been a speaker for FICCI & FICCI FLO on the said subject.

She has authored a legal resource / reckoner on women centric laws in association with ELSA to spread awareness amongst women. She is also the vice chairperson on the Ethical Review Board of one the leading research organizations in the field of social research that involves human subjects who are considered vulnerable including issues like LGBT studies being funded by World Bank.

Ameeta Verma Duggal has been appointed as the General Manager of the India Sanctions and Export Controls Society

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.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=boycottchina&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6680822381017231360
#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

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