Corporate Law Advisory & Contract drafting

We advice our international clients in relation to their India-entry strategy across greenfield and brownfield projects. In addition to our existing suite of services in relation to the pre-incorporation strategy and incorporation assistance, we assist our international clients on the structuring of their business operations in India, formation of liaison/project/branch offices or other choice of business vehicle, and ensuring that their operations adhere to the contours of Foreign Direct Investment related laws, including investment capping in the applicable sectors, choice of capital instruments, minimum sourcing requirements etc.

We advice on complex and day to day issues on compliance with Companies Act, 2013 and other corporate & commercial laws. We advice our clients in areas of corporate governance issues including composition of board of directors, directors’ liability, removal of directors, oppression and mismanagement claims etc. in addition to the entire range of corporate and secretarial compliances. We also advice on more niche issues such as CSR-related obligations, layering of subsidiaries, beneficial interest, shareholding pattern and threshold-related compliances.

We advice on early-to-growth stage investments, helping HNIs, institutional investors and start-ups navigate the entire funding lifecycle from capital raising to exits and strategic buyouts. We routinely assist investors at a pre-investment stage and over the course of funding rounds – in addition to bolstering their portfolio management and helping with the structuring and implementation of exits. We are equally comfortable advising high-growth start-ups and hand-holding them to ensure that they are primed for institutional investment. While we have a sector agnostic approach, our domain expertise in FinTech and Data allows us industry-leading wherewithal and ability. We also offer advice on a wide array of strategic collaborations, assisting with contractual and other joint ventures in addition to various other limited co-operation arrangements.

We are experts in the dual field of corporate law and litigation and support our clients throughout the recovery, restructuring and insolvency process, as applicable. We have represented multiple clients in restructuring, enforcement of security interest, insolvency and recovery related litigation and documentation. We regularly appear before the National Company Law Tribunal, Debt Recovery Tribunals, High Courts and district courts. We strongly believe in settling issues amicably and quarterback negotiations for our clients.

We assist clients in matters pertaining to IPOs/FPOs, buy-back of shares, takeovers, private placements, Red Herring Prospectus and Offer documents, rights and preferential Issues, public issue of bond & debenture and other SEBI related issues. We handhold corporates from the drawing board & due diligence to post listing governance & advisory. We also work on Anti-money laundering and SEBI KYC requirements.

We are experts in contract drafting and handhold our clients in the execution of all corporate contracts. As mentioned earlier, we are equally skilled in the areas of corporate dynamics and commercials and strive towards giving our clients the most beneficial advice within the contours of law. In line with our principle of ‘Protection with courage’, we ensure that the contracts drafted by us meet our client’s purpose whilst legally protecting them for present and for future. A few examples of the contracts we draft for our clients are:

• Software based agreements including Software Development Agreements, Software Licensing Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements etc.;
• Employment contracts, contract worker supply agreements and retainers, secondment agreements, HR, Legal and Compliance policies, service rules etc.;
• Website documentation including privacy policy, terms of use, disclaimers etc.;
• Term Sheets, Shareholders Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, Notices in compliance with the Companies Act, 2013;
• Vendor services agreements, Consultancy, Strategic alliance, Technology Licensing, Advertisement, Event management agreements;
• Franchising, distribution & marketing agreements, reseller and consortium agreements;
• Non-Disclosure Agreements, Bank Guarantees (Power sector/ Real Estate/ Metro Rail etc), MOUs, settlement and escrow agreements; and
• Joint Development Agreements, MEP, EPC/ O&M Contracts, Concession Agreements and bid documentation.