Corporate Advisory and Transactions

We act for founders, companies, investors and family enterprises on the arrangements that govern ownership, control and eventual separation. Our documentation addresses deadlock, default, exit, succession and disagreement while relations remain cordial, on the principle that these are the only circumstances in which such provisions can be negotiated economically. We advise with equal attention on the transactions that punctuate a company's development — capital raising, restructuring, collaboration, acquisition and sale — and on the governance that holds between them.

Representative work: 

• Incorporation, constitutional documents and founder arrangements 
• share subscription, shareholders' and investment agreements 
• term sheets, capital raising and convertible instruments 
• employee stock option plans and incentive structures 
• joint ventures, strategic alliances and consortium arrangements 
• mergers, acquisitions, business transfers and slump sale 
• corporate restructuring, group reorganisation and holding structures 
• governance frameworks, board process, delegation and secretarial support 
• promoter, family settlement and succession arrangements 
• legal due diligence and transaction management 
• entity structuring for foreign clients entering India, and for Indian clients transacting abroad