Legal and Regulatory Reform
Advocacy for better corporate and commercial law has been part of how our firm works from the beginning. It is not a side interest but part of the firm’s identity, and it shapes the legal and regulatory reform work we take on alongside our regular practice.
Who We Work With
Government at all levels. Nepal’s federal structure means lawmaking now happens across three tiers. We have assisted federal, provincial and local governments with drafting Acts, Rules and Regulations. Each level has its own institutional process and pace, and experience across all three helps us move a drafting project forward wherever it sits.
International and institutional clients. We also advise international organisations, multilateral agencies, international financial institutions, regulators and business associations on developing new laws across many sectors. These clients bring different mandates, sometimes advising government from the outside and sometimes helping an industry body shape its position on proposed legislation, and we adapt our approach accordingly.
How We Approach a Reform Project
- Research: understanding the existing legal framework, where it falls short and what is driving the need for change.
- Data and legal analysis: collecting, organising and analysing the information that forms the evidentiary and legal basis for the proposed changes.
- Stakeholder consultation: structured consultation meetings so the draft reflects real-world concerns rather than assumptions made at a desk.
- Legal opinions on draft legislation: reviewing proposed bills, Rules and Regulations before they are finalised and flagging inconsistencies, unintended consequences or conflicts with existing law.
We take this work on because it matters, both to the clients who involve us in a reform project and to the wider legal environment in which every other part of our practice operates.
