This is our core competency. Combining a collective 50 plus years of corporate and securities legal experience with astute business acumen, our lawyers provide tremendous value-addition to clients seeking assistance on a wide variety of business activities. Whether it is structuring sophisticated transactions and negotiations or attending Board meetings, our attorneys are innovative, resourceful and knowledgeable. We work together effectively as a team to serve the needs of the clients.
Our corporate practice group - jointly with the M&A group - represents clients in a broad range of activities from incorporation of companies, formation of joint ventures, execution of technology transfer agreements, restructuring and liquidation of companies. As part of our general representation of corporate clients we also give advice on competition issues that emerge in daily corporate activity. The lawyers of the corporate group are well-versed with listing issues, as well as the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s Takeover Code and other regulations applicable to listed companies.
To ensure that client's interests are protected, at their request, we also plan, conduct and attend Board and Shareholders meetings. The lawyers also liaise with the company secretaries, draft Board and shareholders minutes and ensure statutory corporate compliances. Our lawyers evaluate and counsel the company’s management teams on compliance and disclosure obligations, corporate governance and insider trading issues. We also advise Board of Directors and its committees on their fiduciary duties and responsibilities.
Representative transactions include :
- Counseling various foreign companies in entry strategy in the Indian market, and formation of both private and public companies;
- Advise on corporate governance matters and steps needed to enhance the applicable practices in India;
- Advise relating to issue of bonus shares and debentures, redemption of preference shares, transfer/transmission of shares/debentures, payment of interim/final dividends on shares and interests on debentures;
- Acting for several companies on termination of JV contracts, successful closure and conversion of joint ventures to wholly-owned companies;
- Counseling on the corporate activities involved in India in a global restructuring of a listed company;
- Advise relating to capital reduction, buy-back of shares, formation of Employees Stock Options Plans, etc.;
- Indian companies in going overseas and forming strategic alliances, technology arrangements and diverse business relationships;
- Handling Rights Issue of non-convertible debentures with a face value of $7 million and a public issue of secured fully convertible debentures - both to Indian public and NRIs - of the face value in excess of $8.5 million.