Our work spans the spectrum of financial products, including project finance, leveraged finance, distressed debt transactions, debt restructuring, acquisition finance, syndicated lending and structured products.
We advise both public and private sector banks, financial institutions, multinationals, domestic banks, multilateral agencies and non-banking financial companies on their domestic and cross-border transactions and provide a focused, pragmatic approach along with highly effective technology driven transaction management. Clients rely on us for the depth and breadth of our expertise, our intellectual rigour and finding solutions to implement on the transactions we work on.
Our team works with Clients to identify and avoid risks to human rights, and manage the associated risks to their own business. Further, we offer expertise in public international law, crisis management and dispute resolution, working with Clients across all major sectors to solve their most complex human rights challenges.
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We advise companies and financial institutions on a wide spectrum of complex corporate and commercial issues. Working with Our Clients on such issues contributes greatly to our understanding of their businesses, which in turn enhances our services on transactional as well as litigation matters.
We have extensive experience across all areas of commercial contracts including logistics, agency, distribution, sales and marketing, outsourcing, e-commerce, licensing, trademarks, master service agreements, consultancy/employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, equipment purchase, advertising and sales promotion etc.
Our expertise is built on experience in advising all commercial contracts ranging from joint ventures and strategic alliances, complex contractual collaborations, licensing arrangements, product development, manufacturing and supply alliances. We advise Clients on both contractual and non-contractual commercial issues such as data privacy and protection.
Corporate Governance in India is witnessing a massive overhaul of its governance framework and has received significant regulatory attention in the last few years. It is increasingly being seen as a difficult terrain to navigate given the rapid evolution of the applicable legal framework and judicial pronouncements.
We advise Clients which include, public companies and private companies, boards of directors, board committees and senior management on all aspects of corporate governance and managing high-stakes and time-sensitive risks. We counsel companies on board and board committee structure, representation and best practices, succession planning for senior management and directors, crisis management, related party transactions, investigations, enforcement and regulation and review of charter and bylaws.
We work alongside Our Clients' boards, management and legal teams, providing tailored advice on legal and regulatory requirements, emerging trends and market best practice, including with respect to domestic and international corporate law and governance frameworks.
We can deal comfortably with all aspects of Competition Law in India. We advise and represent Clients in relation to anticompetitive agreements, abuses of dominant position and merger control. We regularly engage with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the office of the Director General (DG) in relation to complaints of breaches of Competition Law and investigations. We also represent Clients in appeals before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and the Supreme Court of India, as well as in cases brought before the High Courts.
Restructuring transactions in India require a considerable investment of time and effort during the planning phase. Most restructuring transactions involve an interplay of complex strategic, operational, legal, taxation and economic issues, which need to be identified, refined and balanced in order to meet the desired business objectives.
Our Corporate Restructuring practice combines our deep experience across the domestic regulatory framework and the Indian tax law, and sector specific knowledge to devise innovative structures for the restructuring endeavours.
Our team works with Clients to carefully evaluate the trade-off between the timeframe for a tribunal-sanctioned scheme of arrangement, merger or demerger and a contractual spin off (which is faster but less tax efficient). Our expertise lies in structuring transactions that successfully withstand regulatory scrutiny, proxy firms and the business press than ever before.
Our Dispute Resolution practice offers services spread across litigation, arbitration, regulatory and pre-disputes advisory assignments. We actively represent Clients on a gamut of litigations in India before various forums such as the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, District Courts, Tribunals, Appellate and Regulatory bodies. We bring a deep understanding of Our Clients’ businesses as well as a pragmatic and commercial perspective to dispute resolution. Also, our team advises Clients on complex domestic and international commercial arbitration matters such as pre-arbitration strategy, settlement discussions, representation during arbitral proceedings and recognition and enforcement of awards or challenges.
We help Our Clients devise strategies to achieve their business objectives by employing expertise of a highly specialized team of legal service professionals. We support and actively work towards expeditious settlement of disputes, which facilitates and promotes business development.
We advise Clients on foreign exchange control and regulatory matters on commercial transactions and foreign investments.
We assist foreign entities to establish presence in India through a liaison office, branch office, project office, through a subsidiary company, a joint venture company or an export-oriented unit. Post establishment of presence in India, we also provide assistance on regulatory issues and filings, compliance reviews, maintenance of statutory records and commercial documentation, and establishing a framework for corporate governance and operations with requisite control mechanisms and exit options.
We advise on and represent before statutory bodies like Foreign Investment Promotion Board, Secretariat for Industrial Assistance, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Finance and other administrative Ministries, Reserve Bank of India, Stock Exchanges for obtaining requisite approvals, including those for external commercial borrowings, equity investments and capital market transactions.
We assist in developing and accessing legislative, regulatory and administrative strategies for various business interests.
We possess rich experience and expertise in mergers, acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures and all other corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and de-mergers through the Court process.
We advise Our Clients in business transfer agreements and acquisition of shares in listed as well as unlisted companies by way of private placement, preferential allotment and open offer process. We represent Our Clients in drafting and negotiating all transactional documents, Share purchase Agreements, Share Subscription cum Shareholding Agreements, Name and Trademark Licensing Agreements and Technology Transfer Agreements.
We also advise Our Clients in structuring their private equity funds in India including setting up of Alternative Investment Funds, preparing the Private Placement memorandum, drafting and negotiating Investment Agreements, Investment Management and Advisory Agreements.
We also assist Our Clients in formulating tax efficient structures, legal risk assessment, identifying practical time-lines, due diligence reviews, implementation strategies, obtaining regulatory approvals and assistance in finalizing payment mechanisms, non-competition restrictions and escrow arrangements. We also help in identifying and implementing corporate protection mechanisms, such as minority protection rights, exit options, call and put option arrangements, termination consequences and regulatory matters.
We advise Clients in regulatory, policy and compliance issues. We also advise them on information technology, outsourcing, data privacy and protection, and contractual and interconnection agreements. Our media experience ranges from broadcasting and endorsement contracts to television show licensing arrangements and joint venture arrangement between media companies. We have closely participated, and represented Clients, in legal proceedings involving the Indian telecommunications regulator and appellate body, the information and broadcasting ministry as well as the various state high courts and the Supreme Court of India on various telecom policy matters.
Our team advises Clients on a wide array of issues including in relation to structuring foreign investments and joint ventures, on the tax implications on business transfers as well as in relation to import and export and supply chains within India. Our expertise extends to working closely with the Government in preparing strategies with regards to Central and State tax.