1.Hospitality
Lex Favios has advised and represented some of the world’s foremost hotel and hospitality brands, helping them navigate the legal and commercial complexities of India’s vibrant tourism and hospitality sector. Our firm’s deep industry experience is reflected in mandates for global industry leaders such as Radisson Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor Group, Marriott Hotels, Carlson Hotels, Hilton Group, and Melwa Hotels. We have also supported projects and transactions for SA Hospitalities Globe, ITC Limited, and Sterling Holiday Resorts, among others. We counsel clients on the full spectrum of hospitality sector needs: hotel and property acquisitions, due diligence, title searches, real estate structuring, and project finance. Lex Favios negotiates and drafts hotel management and franchise agreements, aids in brand licensing, and counsels through every phase of development from land identification and regulatory clearances to construction contracts and facility operations. Our work with Melwa Hotels on negotiations with Hilton and lead advisory for SA Hospitalities Globe’s collaboration with ITC for the Storii Rishikesh project are a testament to our transactional expertise. Our lawyers are well versed with regulatory frameworks impacting hospitality: FSSAI, zoning, environmental compliance, FEMA and FDI policy, municipal laws, and sector specific licensing. We regularly act for both domestic and international hospitality chains seeking regulatory approvals, land structuring for hotel projects, joint development arrangements, and cross border franchise structuring. Our team has a robust track record in guiding clients through deals, including the disinvestment and development of government owned hospitality assets. With a client base that includes global hotel chains and fast growing domestic operators, Lex Favios is recognized for its deep sector experience in hospitality legal services offering solutions that support growth, compliance, sustainable operations, and exceptional guest experiences across India and beyond.
2.Real Estate
Lex Favios partners with developers, investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders to deliver comprehensive legal services tailored to the real estate sector’s dynamic landscape. Our expertise spans the full property lifecycle from land acquisition and due diligence to financing, development and leasing. The firm has advised key industry players, including Aarth Real Tech Ventures Private Limited in strategic agreements with The Indian Hotels Company Limited. Our services extend across commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, and mixed use developments, reflecting understanding of regulatory frameworks such as the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), municipal laws, FDI regulations, SEZ guidelines, and environmental statutes. Lex Favios also advises on real estate financing transactions, including securitization of housing loan portfolios and capital market offerings for housing finance companies. Our team is adept at navigating evolving stamp duty regimes, tax structuring, joint development agreements, and lease documentation to optimize project viability and compliance. Handling challenges in title clarity, post possession disputes, construction claims, and regulatory litigations, Lex Favios offers pragmatic dispute resolution services that protect client interests and foster project continuity. Our expertise and client service excellence have been recognized through prestigious industry awards including the “Real Estate Law Firm of the Year” accolade at the Legal Era Awards. Lex Favios combines commercial sensibility with rigorous legal analysis to help clients create value and mitigate risk in the real estate sector.
3.Insurance
Lex Favios offers legal services to insurance companies, intermediaries, investors, and corporate clients in the insurance sector. Our team’s experience spans regulatory, transactional, advisory, and dispute resolution work for life, health, general, and reinsurance businesses, as well as insurance intermediaries.
We regularly advise clients on regulatory framework compliance including IRDAI guidelines, product filings and modifications. Our lawyers assist insurers and intermediaries with structuring joint ventures, cross border transactions, distribution agreements, bancassurance partnerships, portfolio transfer, and exit arrangements. Lex Favios provides pragmatic support on capital raising, data privacy, cyber risk, and insurance product structuring, enabling clients to bring innovative offerings to market efficiently. Our deep domain understanding is complemented by a proven record of supporting foreign insurers and new entrants in market entry, public offerings, and the acquisition or sale of insurance businesses. We counsel on risk, coverage, and claims representing policyholders and insurers in regulatory proceedings, policy interpretation, consumer claims, and complex insurance disputes before tribunals and courts. The firm assists on compliance with anti money laundering (AML) rules, fair disclosure, regulatory reporting, and responses to information requests by the regulator. Lex Favios is proud to be recognized for excellence in advisory and client service through industry honors such as “Boutique Law Firm of the Year” at the Indian Legal Awards, “Notable Law Firm in Banking and Finance” by AsiaLaw, and inclusion in prestigious lists like the Forbes India Top Law Firm Award and the Indian Business Law Journal’s “Best Corporate Law Firms.” Our involvement in cross sectoral matters often includes insurance financings, investment structuring for insurance linked funds, and regulatory strategy for new distribution models. Lex Favios works closely with executive teams and boards of insurers, intermediaries, corporate agents, and broking companies. Our team combines regulatory proficiency with commercial insight, making us a reliable legal partner for ongoing regulatory needs.
4.Energy, Power and Renewable Energy
Lex Favios provides comprehensive legal advisory to power generators, renewable energy developers, project financiers, EPC contractors, and government entities navigating India’s dynamic energy transition. Our expertise covers conventional power, solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, and emerging green technologies spanning project development, financing, regulatory compliance, procurement, and dispute resolution across the full energy value chain. The firm has advised Global Green Energy Fund (GGE) on the acquisition of solar photovoltaic projects, showcasing our capability in structuring renewable energy investments and asset transfers. Lex Favios supports clients through every project phase: from land acquisition and regulatory approvals (CERC, SERC, MNRE) to power purchase agreements (PPAs), EPC contracts, fuel supply arrangements, and grid connectivity. Our team excels in tariff based competitive bidding, hybrid renewable projects, green hydrogen initiatives, and battery energy storage systems (BESS). We guide developers and investors on regulatory frameworks including the Electricity Act 2003, renewable purchase obligations (RPO), open access, captive power, and cross border power trade. Lex Favios structures financing for energy projects advising lenders, sponsors, and infrastructure funds on debt syndication, security creation, payment security mechanisms, and termination payment structures. Our work extends to divestment of stressed assets, change in law claims, and force majeure scenarios. For conventional power, we handle thermal, gas, and nuclear projects, including fuel supply agreements, environmental clearances, and compliance with coal regulations. In renewables, Lex Favios supports solar park development, wind farm acquisitions, rooftop solar financing, and compliance with SECI/NTPC tenders and viability gap funding schemes. Our multidisciplinary approach integrates energy expertise with project finance, real estate, environmental law, and regulatory advisory, ensuring seamless execution of complex energy mandates.
5.Retail and E Commerce
Lex Favios advises retailers, e commerce platforms, franchise networks, and consumer brands navigating India’s rapidly evolving retail landscape. Our team provides end to end legal advisory on market entry, regulatory compliance, commercial structuring, IP protection, and dispute resolution tailored to the unique demands of modern retail and online commerce.
We specialize in drafting and negotiating master franchise agreements, sub franchise agreements, license agreements, trade name licenses, and distribution arrangements, helping brands expand through scalable franchise models while ensuring compliance with FDI policies for single brand and multi brand retail trading. Lex Favios guides clients on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) structuring under SBRT and MBRT guidelines, e commerce marketplace models, inventory based operations, and sourcing requirements for global brands entering India. Our regulatory expertise covers FSSAI compliance, Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, consumer protection laws, data privacy under DPDP Act, payment gateway regulations, and GST structuring for e commerce transactions. We advise on platform liability, vendor agreements, influencer marketing contracts, flash sales compliance, and cross border e commerce imports/exports, enabling platforms to scale responsibly in a heavily regulated environment. Lex Favios assists retail clients with real estate leasing for high street stores and malls, supply chain contracts, private label development, and IP portfolio management protecting trademarks, designs, and trade dress essential for brand differentiation. For e commerce, we handle terms of service, user agreements, marketplace operator responsibilities, and dispute resolution mechanisms including consumer grievance redressal. Our litigation practice resolves complex retail disputes involving franchise termination, territory encroachments, payment defaults, product liability claims, and regulatory enforcement actions before consumer forums, civil courts, and arbitration tribunals. With deep sectoral insight and a partner driven approach, Lex Favios empowers retail and e commerce businesses to innovate, expand, and thrive amid regulatory complexities, digital transformation, and competitive pressures delivering practical solutions that drive sustainable growth and compliance.
6.Government, Public Sector and Regulatory
Lex Favios serves as a trusted legal advisor to Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), government departments, state authorities, multilateral agencies, and regulated entities across India. Our team combines deep regulatory expertise with practical transactional support, assisting clients in policy compliance, public procurement, PPP structuring, divestment, and high stakes regulatory proceedings. Our advisory covers public procurement under GFR 2017, tender processes, bid advisory, contract structuring, and dispute resolution for government tenders. Lex Favios structures Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure projects including roads, ports, power plants, and urban development, guiding clients through model concession agreements, viability gap funding, and risk allocation. We support PSU divestments, strategic sales, and privatization transactions, ensuring compliance with SEBI, CCI, and sectoral regulators. In regulatory practice, we represent clients before central ministries, state regulators (CERC/SERC, IRDAI, RBI, TRAI), NCLT, and appellate tribunals, handling licensing, tariff petitions, compliance audits, show cause responses, and enforcement actions. Our team advises on policy interpretation, regulatory filings, and strategic engagement with government stakeholders for sector reforms and clearances. With partner led service, government relationship expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities spanning infrastructure, energy, finance, and litigation, Lex Favios delivers pragmatic solutions that bridge policy intent with commercial execution, empowering public sector clients to achieve strategic objectives while maintaining regulatory compliance and fiscal prudence.
7.Infrastructure, Construction and Transport
Lex Favios delivers specialized legal advisory to infrastructure developers, EPC contractors, transport operators, public sector undertakings, and financial institutions driving India’s infrastructure transformation. Our team provides end to end support across roads, highways, metro rail, airports, ports, railways, urban development, water supply, and logistics projects covering project structuring, financing, procurement, construction contracts, and dispute resolution. The firm has extensive experience representing Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and other PSUs in infrastructure financing, security perfection, and consortium arrangements for major projects in steel plants, power generation, and transport corridors. With deep sectoral knowledge, partner led execution, and multidisciplinary capabilities spanning project finance, real estate, regulatory, and litigation practices, Lex Favios empowers infrastructure stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within budget, and compliant with India’s ambitious development agenda.
8.Education and Ed Tech
Lex Favios provides comprehensive legal advisory to educational institutions, universities, ed tech platforms, coaching centers, skill development providers, and investors shaping India’s education ecosystem. Our team supports traditional education alongside digital learning platforms, covering regulatory compliance, institutional structuring, fundraising, IP protection, and dispute resolution tailored to both physical and virtual education models. We advise on approvals under state education regulations, and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) structuring for international collaborations and campus development. Lex Favios structures not for profit trusts, societies, Section 8 companies, and hybrid models for universities, K 12 schools, vocational institutes, and skill universities, ensuring compliance with fee regulation, affiliation norms, and accreditation requirements. Lex Favios supports fundraising through venture capital, private equity, ESOP structuring, and regulatory filings for ed tech scale ups. We handle M&A transactions, platform acquisitions, institutional consolidations, and exit strategies, including compliance with CCI merger control and SEBI fundraising norms. Our IP practice protects educational content, courseware, proprietary algorithms, assessment tools, and brand trademarks essential for ed tech differentiation. We resolve disputes involving affiliation terminations, fee refund claims, accreditation challenges, faculty contracts, and platform consumer litigation before consumer forums, education tribunals, and civil courts. With deep sectoral insight spanning traditional academia and digital disruption, Lex Favios empowers education stakeholders to navigate regulatory complexities and deliver practical solutions that foster institutional growth, technological innovation, and student centric compliance.
9.Consumer Products, FMCG and Footwear
Lex Favios serves leading consumer brands, FMCG manufacturers, footwear companies, and retail chains navigating India’s competitive fast moving goods landscape. Our team provides comprehensive legal support across product compliance, commercial structuring, IP protection, distribution networks, and consumer dispute resolution tailored to the unique regulatory and market demands of food, personal care, household products, apparel, and footwear sectors. The firm has advised Godrej Consumer Products Limited and other FMCG leaders on strategic transactions, regulatory compliance, and commercial agreements, demonstrating our deep understanding of sector specific challenges. Lex Favios supports clients in single brand and multi brand retail FDI compliance, franchise structuring, distribution agreements, and supply chain contracts for consumer goods expansion across India. Our regulatory expertise covers FSSAI licensing, Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, BIS standards, Drugs & Cosmetics Act compliance, labeling requirements, and advertising standards under ASCI guidelines. We guide FMCG companies on product registration, import clearances, manufacturing licenses, and quality control norms for food products, cosmetics, household goods, and footwear materials. Lex Favios structures master franchise agreements, area development contracts, and trade name licenses for footwear brands and consumer product retailers entering or expanding in India. Our commercial practice handles private label development, influencer marketing agreements, e commerce vendor terms, and omni channel retail leasing arrangements. In IP protection, we safeguard trademarks, packaging designs, trade dress, product formulas, and brand extensions essential for FMCG differentiation and footwear brand identity. Our litigation practice resolves product liability claims, consumer complaints, distribution disputes, franchise terminations, and regulatory enforcement actions before consumer forums, civil courts, and industry tribunals. With partner led service and multidisciplinary capabilities spanning regulatory, IP, retail, and litigation practices, Lex Favios empowers FMCG, consumer products, and footwear businesses to scale responsibly, protect brand value, and thrive amid evolving compliance requirements and consumer preferences.
10.Defence, Aerospace and Aviation
Lex Favios provides specialized legal advisory to defence manufacturers, aerospace companies, aviation operators, PSUs, and private players driving India’s self reliance in strategic sectors. Our team supports the full ecosystem from defence production under Make in India to civil aviation operations and aerospace technology transfers covering regulatory compliance, procurement, joint ventures, export controls, and dispute resolution. We advise on Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), Strategic Partnership Model, offset obligations, indigenization requirements, and FDI up to 74% (automatic route) for defence manufacturing. Lex Favios structures joint ventures between global OEMs and Indian partners, technology transfer agreements, and production licenses under the Defence Products List. Our expertise extends to DGCA approvals, AAI concessions, aircraft leasing, MRO operations, and UDAN scheme compliance for regional aviation. Our commercial practice structures government tenders, long term contracts, supply chain agreements, and EPC arrangements for airport development, air traffic management systems, and defence infrastructure. We advise airlines on bilateral air service agreements, slot allocation, code share arrangements, and aircraft financing under the Cape Town Convention. Lex Favios resolves complex disputes through arbitration (IDRA, ICA), regulatory appeals before DDPD/Aeronautical Tribunal, and litigation involving procurement challenges, offset disputes, warranty claims, and performance guarantees. With partner led service, security clearance expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities spanning regulatory, project finance, IP, and litigation practices, Lex Favios empowers defence, aerospace, and aviation stakeholders to navigate complex policy frameworks, execute strategic partnerships, and contribute to India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.