Ankit Chandra is a Senior Associate for labour and employment matters at TLA [Tree of Life Associates]- a boutique law firm in Bangalore. He advises both international and domestic clients across sectors such as IT/ITES, manufacturing, staffing, and services on their HR Legal needs, offering practical legal guidance across the entire employment lifecycle—from onboarding and policy structuring to terminations, workplace investigations, and post-employment enforcement. He also advises on matters of workplace privacy compliance.

Ankit has also volunteered in the social justice sector, supporting causes related to women’s and children’s rights, transgender inclusion, and access to justice. His socially grounded legal perspective now informs his approach to labour law.

Key Labour and Employment Law Areas

Ankit advises on a wide range of employment-related matters at the firm, key ones being the following:

• Employment Documentation: Drafting and reviewing employment contracts, HR manuals, non-disclosure agreements, IP assignment agreements, and executive-level contracts.
• Internship: Advising clients extensively on India’s internship law for the private sector, i.e., the Apprentices Act, including compliance strategy, liaising with statutory authorities and support on compliance. 
• Compensation and Benefits: Advising on structuring of wages and benefits, variable pay structures, ESOPs and other employee incentive schemes.
• Workplace Policies: Developing workplace policies on conduct and discipline, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment, including compliance with laws protecting LGBTQI individuals and persons with disabilities.
• Compliance Audits: Conducting legal compliance audits for labour, employment, and privacy law frameworks, identifying and addressing potential risks.
• POSH Compliance: Advising on India’s Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) laws, including policy implementation and employee/ICC training.
• Employee Termination: Advising on separation strategy, risk management, documentation, and compliance in cases involving performance, redundancy, or misconduct.
• Manpower & Contingent Workforce: Structuring and reviewing manpower supply contracts and advising on legal risks involving contract labour and staffing vendors.

Technology, Privacy & IP

In addition to his employment law practice, Ankit advises clients on:

• Commercial-technology Contracts: Drafting end user agreements, terms of use and privacy policies for social media and dating engagement apps as well as MSAs and manpower agreements.
• IP: Structuring IP protection at the workplace and in employment relationships.
• Data Protection & Workplace Privacy: Advising on employee data handling, workplace surveillance, and compliance with Indian data privacy regulations.