Counsel for
regulated industry.
CLAC & Co. is a full-service Indian law firm advising on aviation regulation and finance, technology and life-sciences commercial work, and dispute resolution before the courts and tribunals of Chandigarh and Delhi.
- Core focus
- Aviation & aerospace
regulation, finance, leasing - Commercial
- Technology, data, IP
pharma & healthcare - Forums
- Punjab & Haryana High Court
NCLT · RERA · Tribunals
A small firm built around
technical subject matter.
Chandigarh and New Delhi. 6 lawyers. Instructed directly and as co-counsel.
Regulator-facing work
Much of what the firm does sits in front of a regulator rather than a court — certifications, approvals, filings and clarifications before the DGCA and other technical authorities. That work rewards knowing the instrument and the officer handling it, not only the statute.
Two practices, one method
Aviation and technology are unalike in subject but alike in structure: a regulated asset or product, a cross-border counterparty, and a contract that has to survive both. The firm approaches them with the same discipline.
North India as a base
The Chandigarh office carries a full-service disputes and advisory practice across the Punjab & Haryana High Court and the tribunals; the Delhi office keeps the firm close to the regulators and the appellate forums.
What we advise on.
Practice descriptions are informational. Nothing here is an offer of legal services or advice.
Aviation &
Aerospace
Regulatory, transactional and infrastructure work for operators, financiers, lessors and manufacturers.
- Aircraft finance & leasing Fin
- DGCA & regulatory advisory Reg
- Drone & UAS law UAS
- Airport concessions Infra
- Repossession & deregistration Fin
- Aviation contracts & disputes Gen
Techno-
Commercial
Commercial and regulatory work for technology, pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses.
- SaaS & technology contracting Tech
- Data protection & privacy DPDP
- Patents & intellectual property IP
- Pharma, healthcare & devices Life
- Technology transfer & licensing TT
- Commercial & vendor agreements Com
Disputes &
Advisory
A full-service practice before the courts and tribunals sitting at Chandigarh, and at Delhi.
- Punjab & Haryana High Court HC
- District & commercial courts Civil
- NCLT & insolvency IBC
- RERA & real estate RERA
- Consumer forums CPA
- Arbitration & tribunals ADR
The aviation practice.
Instructed by operators, lessors, financiers, manufacturers and airport bidders.
An aircraft is a regulated asset before it is a financed one.
Indian aviation work rarely divides cleanly into transaction and regulation. A lease depends on how the aircraft is registered; a repossession depends on how quickly the regulator will act on an IDERA; a drone launch depends on certification long before it depends on a contract. The firm advises across that whole line — the approval, the instrument and the enforcement — rather than at one point of it.
- Advised a foreign lessor on repossession and deregistration of an aircraft in India following lease default, including IDERA enforcement before the regulator.
- Advised a domestic drone manufacturer on type certification and beyond-visual-line-of-sight operational approvals under the Drone Rules, 2021.
- Advised a financier on security structuring, registration and Cape Town Convention filings for an aircraft delivered to an Indian operator.
- Advised a bidding consortium on concession and operations documentation for a regional airport.
- Advised a non-scheduled operator on permit conditions, foreign aircraft operations and DGCA compliance following a regulatory audit.
Matters are described generically and without client identification, consistent with Rule 36 of the Bar Council of India Rules. No outcome is represented or promised.
Partners.
A team of 6. Partners are instructed directly on every matter.
Vivek Tiwari
Managing Partner
Vivek founded the firm in 2020 and leads its aviation and techno-commercial practices. He advises lessors, financiers, operators and drone manufacturers on regulatory approvals, aircraft finance and leasing structures, and enforcement in India.
Swapna Tiwari
Partner
Swapna leads the firm’s technology and life-sciences commercial work. Her practice covers SaaS and enterprise technology contracting, data protection and privacy compliance, patent and intellectual property matters, and regulatory advice for pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical device businesses.
The wider team
Associates and support staff across the Chandigarh and Delhi offices. Meet the firm →
Notes on regulation.
Published for general information. Not legal advice, and not a substitute for it.
IDERAs and the Cape Town Convention in India: what actually happens on default
The BVLOS approval path under the Drone Rules: a compliance sequence for manufacturers
Allocating DPDP obligations in a SaaS contract: fiduciary, processor and the gaps between
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