Corporate Transactions
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
We advise on a full range of corporate transactions including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions. Our team comprises of attorneys with varied areas of expertise and industry and domain specific knowledge.
We have represented stakeholders across a broad gamut including representing the investors and acquirers at one end and the investee companies and the target companies on the other by providing quality driven, sector specific advice based on a mix of commercial and legal judgement.
General Corporate Commercial
- Commercial Transactions
- Corporate Secretarial
- General Corporate Advisory
- Regulatory Compliance
We regularly advise corporates and business houses on day to day commercial transactions as well as regarding compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This includes transactions involving franchise agreements, agreements with vendors and service providers, distributorship agreements, legal opinions, and other routine commercial transactions. Our general corporate advisory work includes advice in relation to compliance with the Companies Act, 2013, foreign exchange regulations and various industry specific regulations and statutes. We also assist with the incorporation of companies, setting up of branch and liasion offices, trusts, limited liability partnerships and provide ongoing corporate secretarial assistance including all such services that are incidental to setting up a business in India. We undertake matters relating to representation before the Company Law Board and regular legal audits for businesses.
Employment
- Documentation
- ESOP
- Regulatory Compliance
We assist our clients in relation to all matters relating to labour and employment laws and regulations applicable in India including documentation relating to appointment of employees (regular and management employees), preparation of policies and handbooks, structuring of employee stock options and regulatory advice in relation to provident fund, gratuity, contract labour, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and other contentious issues in relation to employment matters. We have handled issues arising out of business acquisitions/closures. We work closely with business associates, thereby enabling us to provide services relating to representation before labour tribunals and other contentious issues.
Real Estate
- Diligence
- Documentation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Title Verification and Due
The real estate sector is one of the most robust sectors in India and we provide end to end support in relation to acquisition of properties, both residential and commercial, agricultural and non-agricultural, especially in the state of Karnataka and work closely with associates in other states of India, to provide such services. This includes due diligence and title verification , documentation such as joint development agreements, memorandums of understanding, sale deeds, powers of attorney, leave and license agreements, lease deeds and the like. We also provide assistance for stamping and registration, zoning regulations and applicable local guidelines and restrictions. Additionally, we leverage our corporate experience in respect of structuring investment transactions in the real estate sphere including equity and debenture structuring and documentation, drafting bye laws for gated communities and other related documentation.
Information Technology
- Data Protection
- Outsourcing
- Software Licensing
- Telecom Regulations
Our service offerings range from outsourcing agreements to agreements for joint development and distribution of software to routine agreements for provision of information technology products and services. We also offer advice and legal opinons in relation to compliance requirements under the information technology and telecommunications regulations. This includes advice in relation to data protection, encryption standards, internet telephony, etc. as well as on the regulatory requirements applicable to call centers, telemarketing agencies and other service providers and advice on online gaming and gambling laws of India.