Practice Areas > Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

The corporate law practice is one of the most challenging practices following the economic boom. Every acquisition, merger, deal, public listing or de-listing requires thorough knowledge and a deep insight of the law with an eye for detail.

Mergers and acquisitions are used as instruments for momentous growth and are increasingly getting accepted by Indian businesses as a critical tool of business strategy. They are widely used in a wide array of fields such as information technology, telecommunications and business process outsourcing as well as in traditional businesses to gain strength, expand the customer base, cut competition or enter into a new market or product segment.

Mergers and acquisitions may be undertaken for various purposes:

• To access the market through an established brand
• To get a market share
• To eliminate competition
• To reduce tax liabilities or to acquire competence
• To set-off accumulated losses of one entity against the profits of other entity

 

Any entrepreneur keen to do business in India has an option to form a company, private or public with limited liability under the provisions of the Companies Act.

How we aid organisations?

Advani & Co. is well equipped with a focused and experienced corporate commercial team which has distinctive understanding and commercial pragmatism of all multifaceted issues involved with mergers and acquisitions.

Mergers and acquisitions have always been at the heart of Advani & Co.'s corporate transactional practice. Advani & Co. under their commercial and corporate law practices have the ability to deliver results by combining expert counsel and commercial pragmatism so as to benefit our clients at every stage of their business. We structure acquisitions in a manner that is beneficial and tax efficient, conduct detailed legal due diligences, document the transactions and assist in negotiations. When required we tap the expertise of other lawyers in the firm in the areas of employee benefits, intellectual property, tax and other practice areas.

A will to succeed

Several issues that arise from mergers and acquisitions can be deal breaking. Our aim has been to keep a transaction alive which in itself is very well recognised. We have successfully kept together agreements involving amounts ranging from thousands of dollars to billions of dollars.

Our Focus

• Advising on issues with respect to enforcement of arbitral awards
• Irrespective of the size of the deal, we make sure that our client benefits from our experience and handling
• We focus on all kinds of joint ventures and strategic alliances, public and private mergers, tax restructuring and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Our Competencies

Our team of dedicated lawyers have a unique understanding of all the complex legal and economic issues involved with mergers and acquisitions. Using our extensive familiarity with the relevant authorities and processes, we help deliver speedy resolution for a multitude of legal procedures faced by our clients.

Global emergence

Many of our clients are overseas parties and as a result we are at ease dealing with substantially complex transactions. This has also contributed to our experience in large transactions with cross-border dimensions.

We often collaborate with large international law firms to bring such large transactions to fruition.

Our Experience

Trained to deliver

Advani & Co.'s corporate law practice covers the entire gamut of transactions involved in any business.

We have extensive experience in rendering services relating to capital market, formulating joint venture agreements and acquisitions. Our prominent lawyers render services pertaining to the capital markets; with specific regard to mutual funds listed in Indian and foreign capital markets.

As a participant in many corporate transactions, we are often working closely with corporate counsel and foreign law firms in addressing cross-border issues involved.

Advani & Co. has a substantial merger experience, with a strong record of providing solutions. Our experiences include achieving clearances, investigation, negotiations and multi-jurisdiction filings.

 

Our areas of practice include:

• Incorporation of companies
• Commercial contracts
• Foreign investment
• Formation of joint ventures and special purpose vehicles
• Listing and de-listing of companies
• Licensing and technology transfers
• Purchase of assets
• Partnerships
• General company advice

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