LEGAL RETAINER SERVICES FOR BUSINESSES IN INDIA — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Legal Retainer Services for Businesses in India — What You Need to Know

SPJ Advocates & Co. | Gurgaon | Noida | Delhi

At SPJ Advocates & Co., we provide structured monthly legal retainer services for businesses across Delhi NCR and pan-India. Our retainer clients get a dedicated legal team, a defined scope of services, and a fixed monthly fee — so legal support becomes a planned business function, not an emergency expense.

We currently serve 100+ active corporate retainer clients, including manufacturing companies, IT businesses, NBFCs, logistics operators, healthcare groups, and international companies with India operations. Seventeen of those clients have been with us for over a decade.

Whether you need ongoing employment law support, contract review, POSH compliance, intellectual property advisory, or litigation coordination — our retainer plans are structured to cover the legal work your business actually deals with, not a vague promise of "general advice."

What Our Legal Retainer Services Cover

Day-to-Day Legal Advisory

Every retainer client at SPJ Advocates gets direct access to our legal team for day-to-day business queries — by call, email, or WhatsApp. We respond within 24 hours on business days. For urgent matters, we respond the same day.

This means your team doesn't sit on a legal question for days waiting to hear back. You get a clear, actionable answer and move forward.

Common advisory matters our retainer clients raise:

  • Vendor payment disputes and legal notice interpretation
  • Employee misconduct and disciplinary guidance
  • Contract terms and red flag review before signing
  • GST notices and revenue authority communications
  • Director liability and board decision queries
  • Lease and property-related questions

Employment and Labour Law

Employment law is one of the highest-risk areas for any business with employees in India — and one of the most frequently mishandled. The Industrial Disputes Act, Shops and Establishments Act, standing orders, and state-specific labour rules all create obligations that vary by headcount, industry, and geography.

Under our retainer, we cover:

  • Employment agreement, offer letter, and appointment letter drafting and review
  • Structuring and documenting termination, retrenchment, and layoff processes
  • Show-cause notices, domestic enquiry procedures, and disciplinary support
  • Standing orders drafting and amendment
  • PF, ESIC, Gratuity, and Maternity Benefit Act compliance queries
  • Labour Commissioner proceedings and conciliation support
  • Compliance under Haryana, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh labour laws

We handle employment matters across all three NCR jurisdictions — Haryana, Delhi, and UP — where most of our retainer clients operate.

Learn more about our Employment Law practice →

Contract Review and Drafting

Most business disputes start in a poorly drafted or unreviewed contract. Our retainer clients send agreements to us before signing — vendor contracts, client MSAs, NDAs, consultancy agreements, lease deeds — and we review them within the agreed turnaround time.

We draft and review:

  • Vendor and supplier agreements
  • Client service agreements and MSAs
  • Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
  • Consultancy, freelancer, and contractor agreements
  • Distributor, franchise, and dealer agreements
  • Software licensing and SaaS agreements
  • Leave and licence agreements for commercial premises
  • ESOP and employee incentive plan documentation

The number of contract reviews included per month is defined clearly in your retainer agreement. Growth and Enterprise plan clients have no cap on standard reviews.

POSH Compliance

Every business in India with 10 or more employees is legally required to comply with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013. This means a properly constituted Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), a written POSH policy, annual awareness training, and documented complaint processes.

Non-compliance carries penalties of up to Rs. 50,000 for a first offence, and repeat violations can result in cancellation of business licences.

Our POSH retainer services include:

  • ICC constitution and formal documentation
  • POSH policy drafting and annual updating
  • Annual POSH awareness training for employees
  • Sensitisation training for ICC members
  • Complaint handling and investigation guidance for the ICC
  • Annual compliance report preparation
  • Support during ICC enquiry proceedings

Many of our retainer clients joined SPJ Advocates specifically for POSH support and expanded into broader retainer coverage once they saw what continuous legal access delivers.

Learn more about our POSH Compliance services →

Intellectual Property Advisory

Your brand name, product names, proprietary processes, software, and creative output all carry value — and all require legal protection. Many businesses discover an IP problem only after a competitor has already caused damage.

Under our retainer, we provide:

  • Trademark monitoring and infringement alerts
  • Guidance on trademark and copyright registration
  • IP clauses in employment, vendor, and contractor agreements
  • NDA structuring to protect proprietary information and trade secrets
  • Infringement response strategy and legal notice drafting
  • Coordination for trademark filings, oppositions, and prosecution

This service is particularly valuable for businesses in IT, manufacturing, healthcare, consumer products, and media — where brand identity and proprietary content are core business assets.

Explore our IP Registration and Protection services →

Corporate and Commercial Law Support

As your business grows, legal complexity around corporate structure, shareholder relationships, regulatory filings, and commercial transactions increases. Our retainer gives you continuous access to corporate and commercial law expertise, including:

  • Shareholder agreements, board resolutions, and company secretarial support
  • Companies Act, 2013 compliance queries
  • Director appointment, resignation, and liability matters
  • Joint venture and partnership structuring advisory
  • FEMA and RBI compliance for businesses with foreign investment
  • MCA and ROC filing queries

Learn more about our Corporate & Commercial Law practice →

Real Estate and Lease Advisory

Whether you're leasing commercial office space, a warehouse, or a manufacturing facility — or dealing with a property dispute — our retainer includes real estate and lease advisory covering:

  • Commercial lease review and negotiation support
  • Leave and licence agreement drafting and review
  • RERA compliance queries for real estate businesses
  • Property dispute advisory and resolution strategy
  • Landlord-tenant dispute handling

We appear regularly before the RERA Haryana Authority and RERA UP Authority on behalf of NCR-based retainer clients.

Learn more about our Real Estate Law practice →

Litigation Support and Court Representation

When a dispute moves to court, having a legal team that already knows your business, your contracts, and your history makes a significant difference — in speed, cost, and outcome.

Our litigation support under retainer includes:

  • Legal notice drafting and response
  • Civil suit filing and defence across NCR courts
  • Criminal complaint handling — FIR filing, anticipatory bail, quashing petitions
  • Writ petitions before the Punjab & Haryana High Court and Delhi High Court
  • Domestic and international arbitration proceedings
  • Consumer forum and NCDRC representation
  • Execution and enforcement of court decrees

Court appearance fees and government filing charges are billed separately from the retainer, at rates agreed upfront. Enterprise retainer clients receive priority scheduling and preferential billing for litigation matters.

Our Legal Retainer Plans

We offer three structured retainer plans — Starter, Growth, and Enterprise — each covering a clearly defined scope of services at a fixed monthly fee.

All plans include:

  • A dedicated point of contact from the SPJ Advocates team
  • 24-hour response guarantee on business days
  • Same-day response for urgent matters
  • Secure document sharing and matter tracking
  • Monthly review call (Growth and Enterprise plans)
  • Priority access for urgent legal situations

What varies across plans is the volume of contract reviews, POSH training sessions, availability of litigation support, and coverage across multiple locations or group entities.

We don't recommend a plan before understanding your business. Every new retainer starts with a free discovery call — we review your industry, your legal volume over the past year, and your current exposure. From that, we recommend the right scope in writing within 48 hours, with no obligation to proceed.

Why Businesses Across Delhi NCR Choose SPJ Advocates

Advocate Sunita Sharma, Managing Partner, has over 15 years of experience advising businesses across corporate law, employment and labour law, intellectual property, POSH compliance, commercial litigation, and real estate law.

The firm operates from offices in Gurgaon, Noida, and Delhi — covering all major courts and regulatory authorities across the National Capital Region:

  • Gurugram District Courts
  • Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) District Courts
  • Delhi District Courts
  • Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
  • Delhi High Court
  • RERA Haryana Authority (Gurugram)
  • RERA UP Authority (Lucknow)
  • Labour Commissioner offices across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

For businesses with operations outside Delhi NCR — or matters requiring High Court representation in other states — we coordinate through a vetted national network, with SPJ Advocates as the single point of contact throughout.

About Advocate Sunita Sharma → | View all practice areas →

Industries We Serve Under Retainer

Manufacturing and industrial (Gurgaon, Manesar, Noida, Greater Noida) | IT and software | NBFCs and financial services | Logistics and supply chain | Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | Hospitality and food & beverage | Real estate developers | Automotive ancillary | Entertainment and media | Education | International companies with India operations

Retainer clients range from startups with 10 employees to mid-sized businesses with 500+ employees across multiple states.

What Our Clients Say

"We've been on retainer with SPJ Advocates for over eight years. Having the same team handle everything — employment contracts, labour disputes, vendor agreements — means we never have to explain our business from scratch." — General Manager, Manufacturing Company, Manesar

"As an NBFC, our regulatory environment changes constantly. SPJ Advocates keeps us ahead of compliance requirements. We don't find out about a change after it's already created a problem." — Director, NBFC, Gurgaon

"The POSH compliance support alone made the retainer worth it. We had gaps in our ICC documentation that could have created serious liability. SPJ fixed everything within the first month." — HR Director, IT Company, Noida

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