Areas of Practice

The areas outlined below reflect the nature of legal matters Advocate Geeta Dhankar engages with in her professional practice. This information is intended solely to provide general insight into her areas of legal focus.

Strategic Counsel for Corporates & Startups

This area involves providing legal perspective and structured advice to founders and promoters, directors and key managerial personnel, and growing businesses navigating regulatory or contractual complexity.

The focus remains on early-stage legal structuring, risk identification and mitigation, and strategic legal decision-making. The objective is to assist clients in understanding legal frameworks applicable to their business operations and making informed decisions on matters requiring legal consideration.

Scope Clarification

This practice area does not include routine incorporation filings, mass contract drafting, or commodity compliance work. The emphasis is on advisory and strategic legal counsel rather than transactional or administrative services.

Workplace & Employment Law

Matters in this area may include advisory on employer–employee relationships, workplace conduct and disciplinary frameworks, and employment-related disputes requiring structured legal assessment.

This practice area is approached with an emphasis on preventive legal strategy, policy-level guidance, and procedural fairness. The objective is to provide legal clarity on employment relationships, statutory obligations, and dispute resolution mechanisms under Indian labour and employment law.

Representation in employment matters is undertaken with attention to both employer and employee perspectives, recognising that workplace disputes often require balanced legal analysis and adherence to statutory frameworks governing labour relations.

Scope Clarification

This practice area does not include volume HR documentation or outsourced HR management. The focus is on legal advisory and dispute resolution rather than administrative human resources services.

Women's Rights & Statutory Protections

This area relates to legal matters involving statutory protections for women, workplace-related grievances, and issues concerning dignity, safety, and legal rights under the Constitution of India and relevant statutes.

The approach prioritises confidentiality, legal clarity, and respect for due process. Representation in such matters requires sensitivity to the circumstances while maintaining focus on the applicable legal framework and available remedies.

Legal matters may include domestic violence proceedings, workplace harassment complaints, matrimonial disputes, and applications for protection orders under relevant statutes. The objective is to ensure that legal rights are understood and that statutory protections are invoked appropriately.

Scope Clarification

This practice area focuses on legal representation and advisory. It does not include advocacy campaigns or media representation. The emphasis is on legal processes and statutory remedies available under Indian law.

The above areas are indicative of the nature of matters handled and are not intended to be exhaustive. Engagement, if any, is subject to professional discretion and applicable legal and ethical standards.