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Corporate & Transactions

Corporate & Company Law

Corporate and Company Law is one of the firm’s principal areas of practice. The firm provides legal services throughout the corporate lifecycle — incorporation and structuring, governance, Companies Act matters, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and corporate transactions, disputes and exit.

Scope of work

Incorporation & corporate structuring

  • Company incorporation
  • Private and public companies
  • Section 8 companies
  • LLPs
  • Subsidiaries and holding companies
  • Joint ventures and special purpose vehicles
  • Corporate restructuring and reorganisation
  • Corporate succession planning

Corporate governance

  • Board and shareholder governance
  • Board and general meetings
  • Directors’ duties and liabilities
  • Independent directors and key managerial personnel
  • Related-party transactions
  • Conflict-of-interest matters
  • Corporate compliance
  • Statutory registers and records
  • Corporate resolutions
  • Shareholder and minority shareholder rights

Companies Act practice

  • Share capital and transfer/transmission of shares
  • Increase/reduction of capital
  • Buy-back, rights issues, private placement and preferential allotment
  • Bonus issues and further issue of shares
  • Debentures and deposits
  • Loans and investments
  • Charges
  • Directors and board proceedings
  • Related-party transactions
  • Oppression and mismanagement
  • Compromises, arrangements, mergers and amalgamations
  • Demergers and restructuring
  • Corporate insolvency and winding-up
  • Striking off and restoration
  • Corporate investigations

Mergers & acquisitions

  • Legal due diligence
  • Acquisition structuring
  • Share purchase and business transfers
  • Asset acquisitions and slump sales
  • Mergers, amalgamations and demergers
  • Joint ventures and strategic investments
  • Shareholder arrangements
  • Regulatory approvals and post-closing matters

Private equity & venture capital

  • Investment structuring
  • Term sheets
  • Share subscription and shareholders’ agreements
  • Investor rights and reserved matters
  • Anti-dilution
  • Drag-along and tag-along rights
  • Founder arrangements
  • ESOP structures
  • Exit and secondary transactions

Corporate transactions

  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Franchise and distribution arrangements
  • Licensing and technology transactions
  • Outsourcing and supply agreements
  • Manufacturing arrangements
  • Corporate guarantees and indemnities
  • Escrow and security arrangements

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