What are the areas in which your firm provides legal consultations?

Direct taxation, indirect taxation, FEMA, all types of NRI services, and corporate practices.

What do you think NRIs are primarily expecting in India when they engage a legal firm or attorney?

NRIs have multifaceted problems but they are not getting proper services.

There is a great deal of apprehension among investors in India, particularly from overseas, about the legality of the land they purchase, and the title thereof. How do you go about dispelling such apprehensions, and provide confidence to investors?

Their apprehension can be removed by doing due diligence about the property in a transparent and honest manner. Once you provide them services in professional manner, I think their confidence will grow and their apprehensions can be addressed.

When did you set up your legal practice? Where you always on your own?

I set up my legal practice in the year 1986. For the first two years, I was a junior counsel, but since 1988 I am on my own.

Where did you grow up, study, and attain your higher education?

I grew up in Punjab and thereafter did my higher education in Chandigarh.

They say Chandigarh is on top of the Index of Best Cities to Live in India. You could have lived and practiced there, and yet you chose to move to Delhi. Why did you make that move?

I agree that Chandigarh is on top of the index of Best Cities to live in India, but I left that city because I wanted to achieve heights in my profession, and I believed these heights could only be achieved in a place like Delhi.

Apart from the legal profession which keeps you far too occupied, do you find time for other activities?

I am very fond of good music. I have interest in travelling and also in reading.