Aiming to provide high-quality legal consultancy
Four partners and five associates in Jor Bagh. Every matter is opened by a partner and stays with them, and the engagement letter states the fee basis before any work begins.
What we are instructed on
We are committed to protecting your rights and guiding you through every legal challenge with confidence. Where a matter sits outside these, we will say so on the first call and name someone who takes it.
Corporate legal advisory
Shareholder agreements, joint ventures, share purchase and the diligence that precedes them. The person who wrote the clause is the person who defends it across the table.
Dispute resolution
Commercial suits, arbitration and the enforcement that follows an award. We will tell you at the outset what a matter is likely to cost and how long the list is running.
Real estate and title
Title investigation, conveyancing and development agreements across Delhi and the NCR. A title opinion from this firm states what we could not verify as plainly as what we could.
We are a small team of advocates and solicitors dedicated to *plainly priced* legal work. Our undertaking is to tell you what a matter will cost before it starts, and to tell you again before the estimate moves.
What instructing clients say about the working relationship
On fees, availability and how a matter is run — not on its result.
The engagement letter told me who would do the work, what was excluded and what happened if the matter grew. Three firms had quoted before them and none of the three had put any of that in writing.
Why clients choose Rathore & Sen
Trusted excellence, in the four things a client can verify before instructing us — and the one they can only find out afterwards.
Nine lawyers, four partners
Every matter is opened by a partner and stays with them. Associates draft and appear, as they should, but the person you met at the first meeting is the person answering in month nine — which in a firm of nine people is a structural fact rather than a promise.
Since 1998
Enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi, in continuous practice from Jor Bagh, with two offices — Delhi and Gurugram.
Fees in writing first
Nothing begins until the engagement letter is signed by both sides. If our estimate moves by more than a quarter you hear it from us before the bill does.
A practice you can leave
A client who wants their file should get it, complete and quickly, without a conversation about outstanding fees first. We hold no retainer we have not earned, and the engagement letter says so in the same paragraph as the fee.
One side of one matter
Advisory work for the employer or for the employee, and never both. Conflicts are checked before the first meeting rather than after the first invoice.
Driven by justice, guided by values
Our value, in six areas we are instructed on and a great many we are not. Anything outside them we will name someone else for on the first call.
Corporate law
Shareholder agreements, joint ventures and share purchase, with the diligence that precedes them run by the same team that drafts the documents.
Real estate law
Title investigation, conveyancing and development agreements across Delhi and the NCR, with what we could not verify stated as plainly as what we could.
Family law
Matrimonial, succession and guardianship matters, handled by two named advocates so a client is not re-explaining their circumstances to a new face.
Immigration law
Employment and business visas, OCI and long-term residence, with the processing times we are actually seeing rather than the ones published.
Criminal defence
Bail, quashing and trial work in the Delhi courts. We will say at the outset whether the matter is one this firm should be running.
Employment law
Contracts, policies, exits and the investigations nobody plans for. Advisory work for one side of a matter, never both.
Trusted by clients, proven by process
The design this page follows reads "proven by results". An advocate in India may not publish results, so this says what we can actually stand behind.
Smooth from start to finish. The estimate moved once, we were told before the invoice rather than with it, and the revised figure came with the two lines of work that had caused it.
I asked for the file when we moved a matter in-house. It arrived complete in two days and nobody mentioned the outstanding invoice until I raised it myself.
Frequently asked questions
Five things worth knowing before the first call, including the two answers that lose us instructions and stay where they are.
How do I schedule a consultation?
Telephone the clerk on the number in the header, or write to the address in the footer with two lines describing the matter. A first consultation is thirty minutes, and if we are not the right firm we will say so in it rather than book a second.
What types of legal cases do you handle?
The six areas set out above. We decline everything else, including tax, insolvency and shipping — not because they are outside a solicitor’s competence generally, but because they are outside this firm’s, and a firm that says yes to all six of those is telling you something about how it staffs a matter.
How much does a consultation cost?
The first thirty minutes carry no fee. Anything beyond it is billed at the hourly rate stated in the engagement letter, which you receive and sign before any work begins. We do not open a file on a verbal instruction.
Will my information remain confidential?
Privileged from the first call, including the one where you decide not to instruct us. Conflicts are checked before that call rather than after it, which occasionally means we cannot take the call at all — and we will say which of the two reasons applies.
How long will my case take?
We will tell you how long the relevant list is currently running and what part of that is within anybody’s control, which is usually less than a client expects. What we will not do is give you a date, because no advocate honestly can.
Consult with our trial counsel
Thirty minutes, no fee, and an honest answer about whether this is a matter for this firm.