Our knowledge of corporate and commercial laws combined with our ability to analyse and understand complex commercial arrangements gleaned from years of exposure & experience working on numerous transactions has poised us to offer unique and eclectic solutions in the M&A space. From being able to offer valuable macro and micro insights for structuring of transactions to ironing out the documentation, negotiations and regulatory issues, we offer end-to-end solutions to help effectively close such transactions.
The firm is strongly committed to assisting its clients in achieving the intended end results by providing advice that is effective, timely and tailored to client’s needs at each stage of the transaction.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services in our M&A practice which includes domestic & cross border M&As, court ordered mergers/amalgamation, spin-off, Joint ventures, Strategic Alliances & Technical Collaborations, Partnerships and Business Restructuring. Our Joint Ventures and strategic collaboration advice is designed to be unique blend of practical and yet innovative advice to arrive at best structure for the broad commercial understanding of the parties.
Our advisory services as part of M&A and JV transaction would typically involve:
- Advice on structuring the transaction from legal, regulatory and tax perspective and helping arrive at a suitable and optimum structure aligned to the commercial understanding between the parties;
- Assisting and liaising to obtain regulatory approvals required per the transaction structure;
- Undertaking a macro and micro level legal and corporate due diligence with an industry specific focus and providing a detailed report highlighting the issues, risk levels and solutions to resolve the same;
- Assisting with resolving issues highlighted during due diligence and/or monitoring completion/resolution of such issues post transaction closure and providing updated report in that regard;
- Drafting, review and negotiation of transaction documents such as term-sheet, various forms of agreements pertinent to the transaction such as share purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, asset transfer agreements, business transfer agreements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, escrow agreements, intellectual property agreements, employment agreements and other ancillary documents;
- Assistance with supplementary & closing related documents such as disclosure letter, closing resolutions etc.;
- Closing and post-closing assistance including filing of requisite forms with regulatory authorities and obtaining approvals, if any required from pertinent authorities.