M&A, Joint Venture & Private Equity

The lawyers at Vedanta Legal® act as trusted advisors with their legal knowledge and their ability to understand commercial requirements of clients in a wide range of Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Private Equity (“M&A/JV/PE”) transactions.

Our team closely works with clients with a pragmatic approach towards the transaction while focusing on the legalities involved, keeping the best interests of our clients in mind. Our lawyers have experience in M&A/JV/PE transactions across varied sectors such as Retail, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Infrastructure, Start-ups, Services etc., comprising of domestic and cross border transactions.

Broadly, our scope of work in M&A/JV/PE transactions includes:

• Advising on viable transaction structures as per applicable law and business objective.
• Conducting legal and statutory diligence to assess risks, liabilities and suggest mitigations as per applicable law.
• Vetting, drafting and negotiating of term sheets, joint venture agreements, shareholder’s agreements, share purchase agreements and other relevant definitive agreements associated with the transaction.
• Advising on issues pertaining to share transfers, disputes arising out of investment and shareholder’s agreements, deadlock, exit mechanisms etc.
• Assisting with regulatory and reporting compliances as per foreign exchange laws.
• Assisting with filings with the Registrar of Companies across India and providing support in other necessary company secretarial matters.
• Assisting with entity incorporation and in obtaining necessary business licenses and registrations for business operations in India.