• Employment offer letters and employment agreements.

• Consultant, adviser, secondee, intern and fixed-term engagement documents.

• Confidentiality, intellectual property assignment and invention provisions.

• Probation, notice, garden leave, non-solicitation and post-employment provisions, subject to Indian law.

• Senior management and key employee arrangements.

• Contractor and service-provider classification risk review.

• Employee handbooks and codes of conduct.

• Leave, attendance, remote work and flexible-working policies.

• Anti-harassment, equal opportunity and workplace conduct policies.

• Whistleblowing, grievance, disciplinary and investigation procedures.

• Information-security, acceptable-use, monitoring and social-media policies.

• Conflict-of-interest, gifts and outside-employment policies.

The Firm assists with employment-related terms for salary, variable pay, retention and transaction bonuses, employee stock options and other equity incentives, benefits, reimbursement arrangements and changes to compensation structures. Tax and specialist benefits advice can be coordinated where required.

DB Legal advises on performance-management documentation, misconduct allegations, internal investigations, conflicts, whistleblower reports, preservation of records, employee interviews, disciplinary steps and communications. The process is designed around the applicable legal framework and the employer's own policies.​

• Resignation, redundancy, role elimination and termination analysis.

• Notice, pay in lieu, accrued benefits and final settlement issues.

• Separation and release agreements where appropriate.

• Management of confidential information, intellectual property and company property on exit.

• Communications, handover and post-employment obligations.

• Coordination on disputes or statutory proceedings with specialist counsel when needed.

For acquisitions, business transfers, joint ventures and reorganisations, the Firm reviews employment documents and liabilities, advises on employee transfer and consultation issues, prepares employment provisions in transaction agreements, and supports retention, transition and harmonisation planning.

DB Legal reviews staffing, outsourcing, professional-services and dedicated-resource models, including allocation of supervision, employment responsibility, statutory compliance, confidentiality, intellectual property, data access, indemnities and transition obligations.

International employers can use the Firm to localise global employment documents and policies, understand mandatory Indian requirements, establish signing and approval processes, engage initial personnel, and align Indian arrangements with global standards without assuming that overseas forms will operate unchanged in India.