Areas of practice

As a Leading Law firm, we provide Civil law services. We have a team to deal with all your civil related cases. We advise and provide creative legal solutions for our Clients, with our Expertise and Extensive Knowledge as per the Indian Legal System. The litigation lawyers regularly appear before the District Courts, Consumer Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Tax Tribunals, National Company Law Tribunal, the Customs Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal and Regulatory Authorities. To safeguard and promote the interests of the Firm’s clients in a dispute, the Litigation and Arbitration/ Alternative Dispute Resolution practice team actively collaborates with other practice groups to identify sector-specific and client-specific litigation risks and devise dispute resolution strategies.

Our team provide legal opinions on all your property related queries. Our Dedicated team of to deal with Power of attorney and matters Pertaining to successions and trust. We provide you with legal opinions on all your Real Estate Queries. Land, buildings, and things permanently attached to land and buildings. Our Dedicated team have expertise in the fields of Sale and purchase agreements relating to property matters, Matters relating to lease, charges and mortgages of property, Disputes relating to sale of immovable property, Matters related to exchange, gifts, actionable claims, Land acquisition and Matters related to Real Estate.

Our team provides you with legal opinions on all your Contract and Labour Queries. Our Dedicated team to deal with Disputes relating to breach and non-performance of Contracts, Specific performance of contracts, Matters relating to fraud, mistake and cheating, Consumer protection, Contempt of Courts.

Consumer court is established under The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (CPA) is an Act that provides for effective protection of interests of consumers. To avoid all these consumer grievances the Consumer Protection Act 1986 came into force to secure consumer. You should file a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General, when you file your complaint with the OAG, the Consumer Protection Division will review it, and use the consumer complaints to monitor trends and take action when appropriate and in the public interest. However, they will not file any civil lawsuits on your behalf. ” JagoGrahakJago ” is a consumer awareness programme launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer , and Public Distributions by the Government of India.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF):a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to be known as the “District Forum” established by the State Government in each district. This consumer court deals with complaints where the value of the goods or services and compensation, if any, claimed is less than twenty lakhs.

Mendes &Associates’ Banking and Finance practice represents financial institutions, financial services companies, , project developers, project companies, contractors and other parties in various secured and unsecured financing transactions. The Firm also does significant work in corporate finance, banking and project finance, real estate, restructuring.

Our practice is committed to providing quality professional service combining domain knowledge with a constructive, consistent, comprehensive, and commercial approach to issues. Clients trust us to take a practical and business-oriented approach to achieving their objectives. Our lawyers have a clear understanding of the expectations and requirements of both sides to a transaction and provide tailored advice to each client’s needs. The practice is especially praised for its accessibility and responsiveness.

The Firm has also assisted clients in addressing a vast number of issues – from establishment and registration, compliance requirements mandated by Governmental authorities and associated regulations to structuring investments into non-banking financial companies.

As a Leading Law firm in Mangalore, we also provide Labour law services. We have a team of specialized Team of Labour lawyers. We advise and provide legal services in matters relating Contract Labour Act (1970), Minimum Wages Act 1948, Weekly Holidays Act 1942, Beedi and Cigar Workers Act 1966, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, The Factories Act, 1948, The EPF Act, The Bonus Act and the ESI Act, with our Expertise and Extensive Knowledge as per the Indian Legal System.

As a Leading Law firm in Mangalore, we also provide Family Law services. We advise and provide legal services in matters relating to Marriage and registration, Matters relating to Guardians and wards Act, Matters relating to Hindu adoption and maintenance Act., Matters relating to Special marriage Act,1954, Succession Act,1925, Hindu marriage Act, 1955, Dowry prohibition Act,1961 and The Indian Divorce Act,1869, with our Expertise and Extensive Knowledge as per the Indian Legal System. Family Laws can be broadly classified into Marriage Laws, Divorce Laws, Domestic Violence Laws, Adoption Laws

We also provide Corporate law services. We advise and provide creative legal solutions for our Clients towards Incorporation of companies, Registration of Companies, Shares and debentures Issue of securities, Oppression, and mismanagement, Winding up of companies and dissolution, Banking Laws with our Expertise and Extensive Knowledge as per the Indian Legal System.

Mendes & Associates will assist your information of the company, help it grow and develop through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, franchising, collaborations, etc and lend you a hand in case of winding up. We will be there with you on all stages of your business, how small or big you are Some of the Key Services our Corporate Lawyers Provide are Incorporation of companies, Registration of Companies, Company meetings, Issue of securities.

We deal with all your criminal Matters. We advise and provide legal services in matters relating to Negotiable instruments, Offences under Indian Penal Code, Domestic violence, matters relating to bail, defamation, Matters related to fraud, cheating, Offences relating to documents and against property marks, offences affecting public health, human body and decency, crimes and offences under the Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, with our Expertise and Extensive Knowledge as per the Indian Legal System.

Mendes and Associates Dispute Resolution practice involving civil, commercial, taxation, criminal and constitutional law is widely recognized. The team’s experience and close working relationships with various counsel including several eminent senior counsels of national repute, enable us to assist clients in the most complex and major matters and disputes. Members of this team co-ordinate and work jointly with lawyers from other jurisdictions in international arbitrations and litigation matters involving multiple jurisdictions.

We offer assistance for international lawyers, specially from North America. Our team is trained to handle all types of Purchase, Sales, Mortgage and wills. The team has thorough knowledge and training to use latest industry third party software’s like Will builder^®, Conveyancer^®, Fast Company^®, Unity^® and Estate-a-base^®. We use work flow management software to orchestrate performance of the standard tasks for completing legal files in a more timely and cost-effective manner using limited human resources, to improve customer satisfaction, risk management and law firm profitability. With end-to-end data management, document production, and work flow automation, it’s easier to be at the forefront of a modern approach to the delivery of legal services that has client satisfaction, risk management and profitability as its center of attention.

Free Legal Advice for the needy and underprivileged.

At the heart of our pro bono program is a deep commitment to bringing the best possible legal representation to the most underserved, and frequently overlooked populations. Committed to serving the public good and providing legal services to those who cannot otherwise obtain legal representation.

We consider pro bono work to be of equal stature to billable matters, and our firm offers the same calibre of service to our pro bono clients as we do to our paying clients.

If you are in a need for pro bono legal service, please do get in touch with us.