Transaction Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions

Most growing businesses have to inevitably consider fundraising from investors. These transactions are often complex and require careful consideration. Under Transaction Advisory, our team of advocates and legal advisors gear up the companies and make them ready for attracting the investments. Our legal services include general corporate advisory and transaction advisory which help the clients to maximize value throughout the transaction process and provide them with the best legal assistance.

We apply the same framework of our investor legal services and enable sellers to identify and address potential areas of concern from an investor’s perspective prior to the investor’s due diligence process. In a nutshell and as part of legal assistance, we handhold the company from structuring a transaction to entering into definitive agreements and assist till the closing of a transaction.

Services Offered at Phase -1:

  • Advice on a suitable business structure for attracting the Investment.
  • Advice on legal and regulatory implications concerning the Investment.
  • Conduct of legal due diligence and submission of a report.
  • Advising on the action plan for the findings in the legal due diligence process.
  • Apprising the management on the general requirements of the Investor and the status of a company on those requirements as on date.
  • Advising on the gaps in the material contracts of the Company and an action plan for fixing them.
  • Other required legal assistance.

Services Offered at Phase -2:

  • Drafting, negotiating and reviewing documents (including share subscription agreement, share purchase agreement, shareholders agreement, employment agreement, etc.) related to the investment, including structuring and negotiating promoters and company’s rights.
  • Advising and imparting legal assistance with regard to condition precedent and closing formalities.
  • Providing legal opinions and advisory on crucial issues.
  • Obtaining regulatory approval such as FIPB, DIPP, RBI, etc., as and when required.
  • Other required Transaction Advisory.

Our law firm has in-depth knowledge and expertise in all areas of mergers and acquisitions/ joint ventures which include:

  • Stock Acquisitions.
  • Takeovers, Business / Asset Transfers, Joint Ventures, Buyouts, Due Diligence, and all kind of merger and acquisitions activity.
  • Other connected legal advisory services.

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