Corporate and Commercial Practice

One of ADLO’s Legal’s key practice areas is corporate and commercial, which extends to various sectors of the economy and wide array of business and transactional matters. The Firm’s experience and expertise in providing advice on corporate and commercial contracts and joint ventures, inbound and outbound investment, regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, operational and structuring matters across a broad range of sectors is well recognised. These sectors include manufacturing, infrastructure (including power, oil and gas, telecommunications, roads, mining and ports), information technology, media and entertainment, advertising, consumer products, automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare, food and beverage, financial services and other service sectors.

Our client’s include reputable Indian and international companies and we take pride in having represented our clients in various domestic as well as cross-border investments.

One of the reasons for the strength of our practice is that the partners of the Firm have: (a) witnessed the impact of and have helped client’s transition through the changes in the regulatory environment in India including relating to foreign investment; and (b) extensive experience in dealing with a broad spectrum of regulators and a variety of regulatory issues. Legal advice is provided with a view to arriving at an investment model that provides the client with the most beneficial tax structure and addresses regulatory requirements. In addition, the quasi-federal nature of the Indian legal system throws up numerous location specific issues that a client needs to navigate through and the Firm’s lawyers have considerable experience in structuring transactions across the country.

The Firm’s Corporate and Commercial practice is well-equipped to steer a transaction from start to finish. Known for our expertise in all ancillary aspects of a transaction such as given below, and ongoing compliance matters, we use an integrated approach working with multiple practice experts to identify the optimal strategy and structure for a client.

The team advises companies, directors, shareholders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, trusts and other business entities on a range of transactional and regulatory matters, and provides strategic, tailor-made, and comprehensive corporate advisory services.

The Firm has assisted a number of clients across the globe in setting up their business presence in India in various business spheres, associated implementation, and post-set-up compliances/registrations under one roof.

The Firm also assists clients in various event-based legal advisory and compliances ranging from the incorporation of companies, director change and their remuneration in listed and unlisted entities, alteration of capital, alteration of charter documents, obtaining various approvals from RoC, RD, MCA and RBI, conversion of status of company, charge management, annual compliances, etc.

The Firm advises listed companies in obtaining approvals under SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 for scheme of merger, listing and trading of new shares, etc. We also assisted our clients in various compounding applications under Companies Act as well as FEMA and have assisted various companies in their striking off and winding up processes.

The Firm has a top-notch corporate/M&A practice which is well regarded in India and abroad. We advise overseas and domestic clients on a wide range of corporate issues, strategic M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, and general corporate work. We are a market leader in corporate transactions in the sectors of industrials, technology, life sciences, insurance and consumer.

• Strategic M&A
• Joint Ventures
• Restructuring
• General Corporate
• Agreements – General And Commercial
• Capital Markets
• Company Secretarial Services, Corporate Governance And Regulatory Compliance
• India Entry Strategy