General Corporate

Providing strategic, practical and compliance-driven corporate advisory across a wide range of legal and business matters.

Overview

As part of its General Corporate Advisory practice, ShriVara Law Offices advises companieson a wide range of regulatory, governance and compliance matters, and assists clients in navigating the evolving legislative and regulatory framework across sectors. The Firm provides strategic and practical guidance on diverse aspects of corporate law, including matters relating to the Companies Act, securities laws, statutory compliances, foreign investment, regulatory approvals, acquisitions, restructuring and allied legal issues. Our practice is focused on delivering commercially sound and implementation-oriented advice to both domestic and international clients, while helping them address day-to-day legal requirements as well as transaction-linked and strategic corporate matters.

The Firm’s services under this practice include:

Advising domestic and foreign clients on the incorporation of companies, establishment of business presence and formation of joint ventures in India;
Advising on the structuring and reorganisation of business operations in India, including through mergers, demergers, acquisitions and business transfers;
Drafting, reviewing and vetting a wide range of commercial contracts, including NDAs, SPAs, SHAs, SLAs, vendor agreements and other business arrangements;
Providing HR and employment law support, including advisory, drafting and review of employment agreements, HR policies, consultancy arrangements and termination-related documentation;
Conducting legal, secretarial and compliance due diligence and undertaking legal health checks / compliance audits for listed and unlisted companies;
Issuing legal opinions on intricate issues relating to the Companies Act, securities laws, FEMA (including ECB, FDI and ODI transactions), RBI regulations, labour laws, corporate governance, board processes and compliance matters;
Advising companies on website disclosure requirements applicable to listed and unlisted entities;
Providing pre-litigation advisory and strategy support, including coordination with litigation counsel and external legal teams where required;
Advising companies on regulatory and legal aspects of funding transactions, including private equity, listed equity, listed debt and unlisted debt issuances;
Advising on corporate governance frameworks, regulatory compliance processes and internal policy documentation; and
Assisting with central law compliances and other ongoing regulatory requirements applicable to business operations in India.

Key Transactions

The Partner(s) of the Firm have advised on a range of domestic and cross-border corporate and regulatory matters, including:

Advised, negotiated and finalised a Shareholders’ Agreement and Share Purchase Agreement in connection with an investment in an Indian company through the venture capital route;

Assisted and advised a listed Indian company on the drafting, negotiation and finalisation of security documents in relation to its overseas subsidiaries located in jurisdictions including the United States, Belgium, Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore;

Assisted and advised a listed Indian company in relation to an FDI transaction and the associated regulatory and compliance requirements;

Assisted and advised a foreign client on the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in India;

Assisted and advised Indian companies on various Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) transactions; and

Assisted and advised a foreign client on the sale of Indian assets and repatriation of proceeds to its home jurisdiction in compliance with FEMA regulations.

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