What We Do
Practice areas
Comprehensive, integrated counsel across the corporate lifecycle, from incorporation and compliance through restructuring, insolvency and cross-border transactions.
- Advising on corporate governance, formation of companies and regulatory compliances.
- Legal and regulatory aspects of doing business in India.
- Foreign investments by and into Indian companies.
- Drafting commercial agreements: employment, consultancy, confidentiality, services, vendor, NDA, escrow, software development agreements and tender documents.
- Raising corporate finance: equity issues, share transfers and allotments.
- Assisting with mergers and acquisitions.
- Acting in corporate disputes, including domestic and international arbitration and proceedings before Indian courts and tribunals.
- Advising and representing clients in winding up, corporate insolvency and liquidation.
- Compliance of medico-legal laws for units operating in healthcare.
- Services of an Insolvency Professional under the IBC, 2016.
- Resolution management under the IBC.
- Appearances before NCLT, NCLAT, IPA, IBBI, DRT and DRAT.
- Advising and representing clients in winding up, corporate insolvency and liquidation proceedings.
- Insolvency advisory and search/status reports for banks, financial institutions and NBFCs.
- Structuring M&A deals: SPV type and jurisdiction, and choice of instruments.
- Legal due diligence with industry-specific focus, including on the SPV and its assets.
- Drafting and reviewing term sheets, definitive agreements, non-compete, NDA, escrow, stock-swap and employment agreements.
- Working with investment banks and accountancy practices for seamless execution.
- Advising on corporate-law and securities-law compliance, government approvals and statutory filings.
- Joint ventures and technical and other collaborations in India.
- Liaising with RBI, DIPP and the Ministry of Commerce on regulatory matters.
- Mergers, demergers, amalgamations, acquisitions, take-overs and bought-out deals, including Fast Track Mergers under the Companies Act, 2013, with approvals from RoC, Regional Director and Official Liquidator.
- Secretarial Audit.
- Due Diligence Audit.
- Corporate Governance Compliance Audit.
- Compliance audits of healthcare units (medico-legal compliance).
- Consultancy on foreign investment in India.
- Opening of Branch Office and Liaison Office; advisory for approvals from RBI, SIA/FIPB and other statutory authorities.
- Formation of 100% subsidiary companies, joint-venture companies and LLPs in India.
- FDI compliances.
- NRI investment and compliances.
- External Commercial Borrowings (ECB).
- Appearances before the RBI for consent and compounding matters.
- Legal due diligence and documentation of allied corporate actions for IPOs.
- Drafting of DRHP and approval of DRHP from RoC.
- Dealing with RTAs and stock exchanges.
- Listings and capital-market transactions.
- Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) compliance.
- Formulating and implementing Company Law compliance systems for private and public limited companies.
- Secretarial and due-diligence audits.
- Oppression and mismanagement matters.
- Mergers and amalgamations with approvals from RoC, Regional Director and Official Liquidator.
- Miscellaneous matters before the Registrar of Companies.
- Filing of annual returns with the MCA and related documentation.
- Transfer of shares between Indians, NRIs and foreign persons.
- Change of registered office: within a city, between cities, and between states.
- Inter-corporate investments and loans.
- Creation, satisfaction and registration of charges.
- Drafting of Director's Report, Corporate Governance Report and Annual Report.
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advisory.
- Winding-up and striking-off of companies.
- Meetings, maintenance of records, ESOPs, buy-back of securities, takeover and insider-trading regulations.
- Private equity and venture-capital advisory services.
- Transaction documents (drafting, negotiation, execution) for private-equity funding.
- Valuation and strategic advisory services.
- Searching of marks.
- Filing applications for trademark registration.
- Filing objections and replies before the Registrar.
- Civil suits before ADJ and High Courts: injunctions, passing off, infringement and rendition of accounts.
- Protection of copyright and trademark.
- Registrations and opposition proceedings.
- Anti-counterfeiting actions.
- Know-how protection and action against unfair competition.
- Arbitration resolution advisory services.
- Acting as an Arbitrator for redressal of commercial disputes.
- Domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
- Representation before National and other Consumer Forums and the Competition Commission.
- Project advisory for infrastructure projects.
- Project advisory for solar-power projects.
- Contract management services.
- Providing resources on secondment to manage IT contracts.
- Drafting, negotiation and execution of complex IT contracts, including Master Services Agreements (MSA) and Statements of Work (SoW).
- Alliances with legal firms worldwide for overseas operations.
- Formulating tax-efficient structures in consultation with overseas counsel.
- Track record of incorporations in Mauritius, Dubai, Singapore, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the USA.
- Services of an Insolvency Professional under the IBC, 2016.
- Issue of search and status reports.
- Advising on loan documentation and stamp duty.
- Opinions on company-law matters.
- Advising on creation and registration of charges.
- Advising lenders on safeguarding interests upon change in the borrower's constitution, management or ownership.
- Certification under RBI guidelines on consortium / multiple-banking arrangements.
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