As India rapidly emerges into a major market for global businesses, most firms need to explore the Indian business landscape to tap the growing market or to seek resources. Strategic planning, due diligence, consistent follow-up, and perhaps most important, patience and commitment are all prerequisites for successful business in India. We develop India market Entry strategy for Global Clients to help them enter the Indian market by leveraging our extensive knowledge of the Indian business environment. Our Market entry strategies set out the possible challenges and the mitigation of these obstacles.

Our team helps in the business registration and provide a proper business framework that will allow the business to run effectively and meet its specified goals. Our team provides advisory services on setting up the form of business according to the number of owners, their legal compliance, the liability, the initial investment required, taxation structure and investor contribution required. We provide the following services:-

• Incorporation of Company/ business entity
• MSME registration (Udhyog Adhar)
• Tax registration
• Trade mark Registration
• Import Export Code
• ESIC Registration

Our team provides the blueprint of the business to an entrepreneur and group of individuals. Our team helps the Indian entrepreneur and investors to explore wide opportunities and specifies the entrepreneurial vision, mission and strategy. There are various form of business entities in India like

• Private Ltd Company
• Public Ltd Company
• Unlimited Company
• Sole proprietorship
• Joint Hindu Family business
• Partnership
• Cooperatives
• Limited Liability Partnership(LLP)
• Liaison Office
• Branch Office
• Project Office
• Subsidiary Company.

Our team has sound knowledge and varied experience in the execution of various compliance procedures which need to be followed in meeting business objectives. We advise clients in structuring transactions and ensuring efficient implementation of these transactions by compliance with applicable laws. Our team provides the following services:-

• Assisting entities in obtaining necessary business and trade licenses as per statutory norms.
• Assisting with registration of project offices, branch offices and liaison offices as per relevant laws.
• Assisting in auditing the books of account and filling of form with ROC.
• Conducting statutory due diligence for private limited companies and compliance audits pertaining to takeover of listed companies.
• Assisting with regulatory and statutory compliance requirements of listed and unlisted companies and undertaking filings with stock exchanges, depositories, registrar and share transfer agents.
• Assisting with preparation and filing of various annual and all other compliances as required under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act.
• Advising on registration under the Employee’s Provident Funds Act, Shop and Establishment Act and other labour law compliances.
• Assisting with documentation and license requirements for a Non-Banking Financial Company from RBI.
• Assisting with documentation and license requirements from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
• Assisting with compliances pertaining to Foreign Direct Investments (“FDI”) comprising but not limited to annual compliances of FDI received and investments made outside India by filing “Annual Return on Foreign Asset and Liability”, “Annual Performance Report” etc.

We provide our clients with a comprehensive of legal services under the trademark and copyright laws. It ranges from searching of the trademark to disputes related to passing off and infringements of trademark and copyright. We provide services starting from the trademark registry to protection of the registered mark in various ways.

We provide the following services to our clients:-

• The search of Trade Mark before Registry;
• Filing of application for registration of a trademark;
• Filing objections/reply before registrar;
• Civil suits before ADJ / High courts for injunctions, passing off, infringements and rendition of accounts;
• Protection of copyright and trademark;
• Criminal complaints before magistrates under the Copy Right Act;
• Consumer protection;
• Dispute Resolution;
• Rectification and invalidation proceedings;
• Trademarks, Patents & Copyrights, Designs, Trade secrets;
• Infringement & Passing-Off Actions;
• Assignment, Licensing, Use, Supply of Computer Services Agreements
• Confidential Information Protection
• Licensing of Intellectual Property
• Registrations & Opposition Proceedings
• Anti-counterfeit actions
• Geographical Indications
• Integrated circuits
• Know-how protection
• Unfair competition etc.
• Registration of ISI/Agmark

Our team helps in identifying the company for acquisition and how to achieve the targeted company. Our team provide a full-fledge road map for acquiring the targeted business/company in India. Our team provides following services:-

• Establishing the target Company/business for acquisition.
• Research on the requirement of client like how much the client is willing to spend, kind of synergies, how to possess.
• Market Analysis and evaluation.
• Contacting the targeted business.
• Conducting due diligence.
• Deals for acquiring and preparing all the relevant document.

Our team act as a trusted advisor and understand the commercial requirement of the client in a wide range of Merger and Acquisitions. Our team closely works with the client, with a pragmatic approach while focusing on the legalities involved. Our team provides the following services:-

• Advising on viable transaction structures as per applicable law and business objective.
• Conducting legal and statutory diligence to assess risks, liabilities and suggest mitigations as per applicable law.
• Vetting, drafting and negotiating of term sheets, joint venture agreements, shareholder’s agreements, share purchase agreements and other relevant definitive agreements associated with the transaction.
• Advising on issues pertaining to share transfers, disputes arising out of investment and shareholder’s agreements, deadlock, exit mechanisms etc.
• Assisting with regulatory and reporting compliances as per foreign exchange laws.
• Assisting with filings with the Registrar of Companies across India and providing support in other necessary company secretarial matters.

Our team advises its client on various aspects of corporate restructuring and debt restructuring. Our legal provides a customised legal solution as per the requirement of the clients. We provide the following services:-

• Understanding and assessing the client’s business model and future plans;
• Advising on the overall restructuring plan;
• Preparing and reviewing relevant documents required by the lenders to consider the restructuring plan, to ensure that the package conforms to the applicable laws;
• Legal Diligence;
• Analysing and reviewing existing debt and security documentation so as to prepare the borrower for negotiations or possible litigation;
• Negotiations with creditors for settlements and restructuring;
• Drafting of restructuring documents;
• Enforcing and implementing security mechanisms available pertaining DRT and SARFAESI;
• Representational services before DRT, High Courts, NCLT, SEBI, RBI, etc.

We have rich and varied experience in handling dispute matters for clients whether solely as a shareholder of a company, or also as a party to a joint venture/shareholders’ agreement. We have been representing the clients in a multitude of cases involving a violation of rights of minority stakeholders, oppression and mismanagement, unlawful actions by the management of a company, or violation of an agreement by any counter party. We have been representing shareholders before various judicial and quasi-judicial forum while also providing continuous advisory services.

• Oppression and Mismanagement cases before NCLT
• Class Actions
• Representation before SEBI, arbitration tribunals and other autonomous tribunals
• Joint Venture Disputes
• Investment Disputes
• Breach of other enforceable agreements
• Drafting of applications, petitions and other documentation tax litigation

Our team undertakes due diligence exercise of business, legal and financial affairs of corporate bodies and helps clients to assess business proposals, identify possible legal problems, thus help clients in taking informed corporate decisions and about the risks and opportunities of the potential investment.

The scope and usefulness of legal due diligence is extensive in following areas:-

• Business Transactions and Deals
• Commercial and Corporate Finance
• In Business and Company Law Affairs.
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M & A)
• Capital Markets and Hedge Funds & Private Equity)
• Information Technology Procurement
• In Commercial Property Dealings
• Civil and Criminal Litigations
• For assessment of Supplier Quality

Our Team provides legal advisory support to Startups and individual founders in various stages. Our team provides legal support for start-ups right from the stage of incorporation of an entity, assist in obtaining various regulatory and statutory approvals required for their business model, drafting the relevant legal agreements and commercial agreements with their vendors/partners as well as other policies, including but not limited to Terms of use, privacy policy, human resource policy, etc, which are customized to suit their business model and to protect their interests and also provides legal services to the start-ups in their fundraising activity by providing necessary transaction and structuring advisory.

The Corporate team of the firm is well equipped and has wide expertise in dealing with matters related to the law of Trust and Societies, Partnerships, company laws, Drafting of Corporate agreements and commercial contracts, Deeds, MOU/MOA. For the drafting of commercial agreements, our team firstly minutely analyzes the requirement and scope of the said agreement and lists the challenges that may come in the way of execution and functioning of the said agreement. Thereafter, after rounds of meeting and detailed understanding, we prepare tailor-made agreement that suits to the particular business requirement for the particular client in given particular situation. We provide the following services:-

• Drafting of Commercial Agreements/Contracts/Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Drafting of Joint Venture Agreement
• Drafting of MOA/AOA, Constitution of Political Party/Company/Trust/NGO.
• Drafting of Compromise / Settlement Deeds
• Drafting of Indemnity bond and other Bonds
• Drafting of GPA/SPA/WILL etc.
• Drafting of Deed of Mortgage /Hypothecation
• Drafting of Partnership Deed & Trust Deed
• Drafting of Gift deeds/ Sale Deed / Agreement to Sell etc.
• Drafting of Public Notices / Publications/Auction notice etc.
• Tenders / Public Notices etc
• Drafting of various Petitions/Application to be filed before various courts, tribunals and other authorities.

Our dispute resolution team regularly advise clients on a variety of contentious matters involving commercial contracts, civil disputes, shareholders’ disputes, enforcement of security, recovery of debts, corporate and securities law, competition law, labour and employment matters, real estate issues and economic offences. With much of our work involving disputes that cutting across multiple practice areas, to develop compliance initiatives and other techniques to help our clients reduce litigation risk.

Our team provides compliance and advisor solution for all corporate secretarial matters. Our corporate secretarial work basically includes:-

• Assisting with incorporation of different kind of entities, corporate restructuring and related activities under the provisions of the Act and LLP Act.
• Assisting with statutory filings with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) across India, ROC liaisoning and compounding proceedings with ROC.
• Conducting corporate secretarial audits.
• Assisting with compliance of corporate governance norms.
• Assisting in conducting Board meetings, Annual General Meetings and Extra General meetings.
• Consolidation/sub-division of shares, share transfer and commission, issue of share certificate, dematerialization of share and forfeiture of shares.
• Assisting in allotment of shares to foreign investors and buy-back of equity shares under the provisions of the Act.
• Preparation and filing of various annual and other returns as required under the provisions of the Act and LLP Act.
• Preparation of documents for an increase in the authorised share capital, alteration in the object clauses of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of companies.
• Assisting with the conversion of a private company into a public company and vice-versa and also conversion of a private/ public company into a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and vice-versa.
• Drafting and vetting of petitions regarding shifting of a registered office of a company from one state to another.
• Preparation of applications and other documentation for obtaining approvals pertaining to related party transactions.

Our Team provide legal advice and services relating to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law. Our team shall play a vital role for Corporate as well as Individual Insolvency and Bankruptcy procedure. Our service offering under this segment includes:-

• Consultancy Services on Insolvency and Bankruptcy to Debtors, Creditors and other Insolvency Professionals;
• Performing such roles and responsibilities as Interim Resolution Professional and Resolution Professional as has been laid down in the Code;
• Assisting in matters pertaining to IBC and Companies Act, 2013, before NCLT and NCLAT
• Drafting demand notices, both general and in a statutory format.
• Drafting various petitions, including those on behalf of financial creditors and operational creditors.
• Representation and pleadings against an application for commencement of Corporate Insolvency Process (CIRP) before Adjudicating Authority
• Drafting of appeals and representation before Appellate Authority against the decision of Adjudication Authority
• Liquidation of Companies

Our team provides a full range of Corporate service, including presentation before NCLT/NCLAT, High Court, Supreme Court. We provide the following services to our clients:-

• Class Action Suits
• Consultancy services relating to incorporating of company.
• Advisory services on merger of small Companies, Holding Companies and other Companies.
• Matters relating to Oppression and Mismanagement of Company.
• Matters relating to winding of Companies.
• Matters relating to restoration of defunct Companies.