Acquisition of minority and majority stakes in Indian companies, 100% acquisitions, mergers,
amalgamations, joint ventures, business transfers, asset sales, acqui-hires etc.
Inbound and outbound acquisitions for corporates, financial sponsors and high net-worth
individuals
Intra-group restructuring, carve-out transactions, employee transfers, contract novations/assignment, lease transfers, IP transfers, licenses and permits etc.
Advice on structuring, escrow/holdback, locked-box mechanism, representation, warranties and indemnity packages, R&W insurance, negotiation support, regulatory approvals (CCI, RBI etc.), diligence process, risk evaluation, mitigation and allocation
Fund Raise
Structuring the transaction including inter alia choice of investment instruments
Drafting, negotiations support and finalising the term sheet/letter of intent
Conducting legal due diligences
Advice on structuring representations, warranties, disclosures and indemnity packages,
escrow/hold back/deferred consideration/locked-box structures, representations, warranties
insurance package
Drafting, negotiations support and finalising share subscription agreement, share purchase
agreement, shareholders’ agreement, non-compete agreements, promoters’/key employee
employment agreements
Advice and assistance with regulatory approvals process
Closing and post-closing support
Exit strategy
Advice for portfolio companies on governance, strategic matters and legal issues
Contracts Advisory
Standard form contracts with key stakeholders viz., employees, customers and key vendors
Strategic/key contracts (on both procurement and vendor side), franchise and distribution
agreements, licensing agreements, technology transfers
Intra-company agreements, advice on related party transactions
Government contracts, RFPs/bids, award of contracts etc.
Entry strategy, establishment of entities, approvals process including for LO, BO, project
office set up, foreign and ODI investment advisory and structuring
Advice on general corporate laws viz., company law, securities law, stamp duty law etc.
FEMA advisory, advisory and assistance with compounding process
Board advisory and corporate governance
Legal opinions and structuring advice on investment transactions
Employment and Labour
Advice on employment/HR policies including compliance with labour codes
Advisory on employee rotation and secondment arrangements
Employee severance viz., lay-offs, redundancy and closure, senior management exits
Employee transition advisory in business and asset transfers
Investigations and related advisory
Real Estate
Title diligence, risk identification and mitigation, legal opinions on title
Documentation viz., agreement for sale, sale deeds, power of attorney, joint development
agreement, release deeds, partition deeds and other required agreements
Commercial lease transactions viz., desktop diligence, letter of intent/term sheet, lease
agreements, leave and license agreements, negotiations support, advice on stamp duty and
registration laws