Corporate · Regulatory · Cross-border
We support tech startups, corporates, and global organizations with strategic advice on corporate, regulatory, and cross-border matters providing clarity, protecting interests, and enabling confident decision-making.
We are a business-focused legal advisory firm partnering with tech startups, corporates, and global companies to navigate complex corporate, regulatory, and cross-border matters.
Our approach combines deep legal expertise with a practical understanding of how businesses operate in fast-evolving markets.
More about us20+
Years of corporate and transactional experience leading the firm
8
People on the team, from partners to company secretaries
5
Practice areas across corporate, transactional and regulatory work
2
Offices, in Gurugram and Bengaluru
Services
We provide strategic legal advisory across core corporate and regulatory areas, supporting businesses at every stage of their growth and operations.
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We work closely with businesses to structure operations, establish effective governance, and manage commercial relationships providing clear and practical legal guidance for everyday corporate matters.
Supporting businesses and investors with transaction structuring, due diligence, and seamless deal execution across complex mergers, acquisitions, and investment transactions.
Advising founders, investors, and venture capital funds on structuring investments, negotiating key transaction terms, and preparing term sheets, shareholder agreements, and transaction documentation to support successful deal execution.
Guiding businesses on regulatory approvals, licensing requirements, compliance frameworks, and interactions with regulatory authorities to ensure adherence to applicable laws and industry regulations.
Advising businesses on data protection and privacy compliance, technology and SaaS agreements, data processing arrangements, and regulatory obligations under evolving digital and data governance frameworks.
Across the full lifecycle
Advising founders, investors, and businesses across the full lifecycle, from incorporation and early-stage funding to scaling and exits.
Structure operations and establish effective governance from the outset.
Structure investments and negotiate key terms, from term sheet to transaction closure.
Manage commercial relationships, data obligations and regulatory approvals as the business grows.
Transaction structuring, due diligence, and seamless deal execution.
Legal strategy that works in step with your commercial goals.
Our approach
Our legal advice begins with understanding your business. We focus on outcomes that support informed decision-making, sustainable growth, and effective risk management ensuring that legal strategy works in step with your commercial goals.
We regularly support businesses operating across jurisdictions. By combining our understanding of Indian regulatory frameworks with global compliance expectations, we help clients navigate cross-border opportunities with confidence and clarity.
We believe strong legal partnerships are built on clarity and transparency. Every engagement is defined by a clear scope, open communication, and responsible execution, giving our clients confidence, predictability, and efficiency throughout the process.
Legal advice should empower, not overwhelm. We focus on delivering clear, practical guidance that makes complex legal considerations understandable and actionable, helping you move forward with confidence.
Why Pier Counsel
Our partners have been the founder, the investor and the counsel. We act for companies and for the funds that back them, and the same funds come back.
Why Pier CounselOur managing partner co-founded a fintech startup and raised its seed round from a venture fund.
Our partners have invested as angels and as limited partners in venture funds.
Six India Business Law Journal awards since 2021, four of them for Startups.
People
Eight people across Gurugram and Bengaluru. Select a profile to read more, or meet the whole team.
Publication
Pier Counsel authored the India chapter for The Venture Capital Law Review, Third Edition, published by Law Business Research. The chapter covers the legal and regulatory framework governing venture capital in India, including fund formation, fund management, investment structures, capital raising by startups, and exit mechanisms.
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Questions
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We work with startups, corporates, investors, and international businesses across multiple industries.
Yes. We regularly advise clients on international transactions and cross-jurisdictional compliance.
We begin with an initial discussion to understand your needs, followed by a clear scope and engagement structure.
Yes. We provide both project-based and retainer-based legal advisory services.
You can book a consultation or contact our team directly to discuss your requirements.
We follow strict confidentiality standards and robust data protection practices to safeguard all client information throughout the engagement.
Contact
Get in touch with Pier Counsel. We’re here to bring your ideas to life. Let’s start a conversation!
contact@piercounsel.com28.46° N · 77.10° E
Corporate edge, Suite No 651, Level 6, Wing B, Two Horizon Centre, Golf Course Road, Sector-43, DLF 5, Gurugram, India-12200212.97° N · 77.60° E
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