Transaction Advisory

Navigate the complex world of mergers and acquisitions with our expert guidance. We offer end-to-end support, from sourcing deals and refining growth strategies to conducting meticulous due diligence and valuation. Our negotiation expertise helps you secure favorable terms. Trust us to manage every aspect of your transaction for seamless integration and long-term success.

Growth Strategy

Unlock your business’s full potential with our strategic insights. We collaborate with you to identify new market opportunities and create effective market strategies tailored to your goals. Through comprehensive market research, strategic planning, and financial budgeting, we help you build a sustainable path to growth.

Raising Capital

Take your business to the next level with our capital-raising solutions. We guide you through venture capital, private equity, debt financing, and M&A advisory. Our team assesses potential acquisition targets and alliance partners, providing independent perspectives and expertise in accessing equity and debt markets to secure the best terms.

Due Diligence

Make informed decisions with our thorough due diligence services. We delve deep into financial, operational, legal, environmental, social, and tax aspects to uncover potential risks and opportunities. Whether it's creating data rooms for audits, managing pre- and post-transaction documentation, or providing regulatory compliance advice, our team helps you mitigate risk and unlock value.

Exit Strategy

Prepare for a successful exit with our personalized strategies. We work closely with you to craft actionable plans that align with your goals. Our expertise ensures a smooth transition, maximizing your business’s value and facilitating a seamless handover for a prosperous future.

Valuation

Optimize your business's value with our comprehensive valuation services. We evaluate business interests, tangible and intangible assets, securities, and derivative products. Our experienced practitioners help you structure your business for tax efficiency and regulatory compliance while maximizing profitability and sustainability.

We provide end-to-end solutions to our clients on ongoing transactions right from the planning stage to the successful closure of the deal.

Buy-side: We help clients in planning the acquisition strategy, conducting comprehensive due diligence, structuring domestic and cross-border tax issues, searching for potential targets, negotiating a fair value, and handling post-close integration.

Sell-side: We assist clients in achieving the most favorable valuation, developing appropriate negotiation strategies, conducting detailed seller diligence, and minimizing the impact of taxes.

We help in scouting for deals that provide potential synergies and are a ‘right fit,’ keeping in mind the long-term objective of the acquirer. We support our clients in any M&A deal in the following ways:

• Target/Buyer Search: We achieve this through our extensive network and relationships in the market.
• Transaction structuring and documentation: We assist in developing strategies and providing solutions for both buy-side and sell-side transactions, helping you structure your deal.
• Valuation Support and Financial Analysis: We conduct business valuations applying various methodologies for our clients.
• Strategic Planning and Due Diligence: We provide financial, legal, tax, and investigative due diligence.
• Implementation and Closing Support: We offer end-to-end solutions in M&A advisory and assist in closing and executing the deal.
• Negotiation and Deal Execution: We help you navigate negotiations and execute deals successfully.
• Post-merger Integration: We offer support for seamless post-merger integration.

Corporate restructuring

• Determining or structuring corporate governance structures
• Corporate restructuring, including takeovers, mergers, and de-mergers
• Providing post-merger related services
• Revival of defunct or sick companies
• Variation of class rights
• Forming joint ventures and alliances
• Converting companies from private to public, from public to private, or from companies into LLP
• Dissolution and winding up of companies
• Managing changes in company management
• Providing turnaround management
• Asset restructuring

Financial restructuring

• Issuing and allotment of securities for cash or other considerations
• Offering rights issues, bonus issues, sweat equity, preferential issues, or private placements of securities
• Reclassification, consolidation, sub-division, or cancellation of share capital
• Managing employees stock option schemes and employees stock purchase schemes
• Executing buyback of securities
• Facilitating reduction of share capital

We have established a strong reputation as the most trustworthy and reliable FEMA consultant based in India. We offer comprehensive consultancy services that cover the entire spectrum of foreign exchange law in India and abroad.

Our Expertise Includes:

• Advisory on permissible foreign exchange activities and related procedures
• Advisory on matters related to inbound and outbound investment
• Preparing and filing periodic statutory requirements with the RBI
• Overseas direct investment (ODI), external commercial borrowings, issue of foreign currency convertible bonds, and related matters
• Periodical FEMA compliances, FEMA audit, and due diligence
• NRI and PIO-related matters
• Opening, registering, and closure of liaison office, project office, and branch office in India
• All types of Reserve Bank of India approvals
• Reviewing and drafting foreign collaboration agreements with government approvals
• Preparation and filing of returns: Form FC-GPR for allotment of shares, FC-TRS for transfer of shares, FLA to reflect foreign assets and liabilities, and APR for overseas structure of Indian entities.
• Obtaining a Chartered Accountant's certification for repatriation of income/assets from India
• Compounding of offences
• Preparation and filing of returns related to Non-Banking Finance Companies

We provide insightful financial valuation models to help you convert business opportunities into meaningful financial data. Whether it's a proforma for your startup, project NPV, wealth modeling, or deciding whether to raise capital or grow the business organically or through acquisitions, we have you covered.

Our financial modelling services include:

• Financial statement analysis
• Project finance modeling
• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) modeling
• Capital budgeting
• Risk analysis
• Financial planning and forecasting
• Preparation of an income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and supporting schedules (3-statement model)
• Preparation of more advanced models such as discounted cash flow analysis (DCF model), leveraged buyout (LBO), and sensitivity analysis

We offer a range of taxation services to support clients in achieving their business objectives, mitigating risks, and improving business performance. We specialize in International Taxation, Expatriate Taxation, and have rich experience in handling matters related to Direct Tax, Indirect Tax, and GST. Our team of experienced tax professionals can assist with everything from tax planning to compliance.

• Direct Tax: Corporate Tax, Transaction Services, compliance and documentation, etc.
• International Taxation: Building tax-efficient structures, assisting with the interpretation of international tax treaties and exchange of information agreements.
• Taxation of Expatriates: Advisory on taxation of mobile employees or expatriates in India, meeting statutory obligations like visa documentation, bank account opening, PAN, FRRO, and income tax returns.
• Analyzing the impact of the Pillar 2 framework
• Transfer Pricing: Documentation, report preparation, benchmarking analysis, strategic planning, and transfer pricing litigation

Legal Support

• Intellectual Property: We help clients protect their IP rights through various means.
• Patents: We assist clients in obtaining patents for their inventions.
• Copyrights: We help clients register their copyrights for their literary, artistic, and musical works.
• Trademarks: We assist clients in obtaining and registering their trademarks for their brands and products.
• Trade secrets: We help clients protect their trade secrets through appropriate confidentiality agreements and security measures.
• IP Litigation Services: We help clients enforce their IP rights against infringers.
• Assistance with Data Privacy, E-commerce, Cybersecurity, Contracts, Consumer Data Protection, Insolvency Laws, among others: We provide comprehensive support in various legal areas.

Representation

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
• Company Law Board (CLB)
• Central Government (CG)
• Official Liquidator (OL)
• National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
• Stock Exchanges (SE)
• Regional Director (RD)

Specialized Representations

• SFIO: Investigations into corporate fraud and malfeasance.
• CBI: Investigations into corruption and other criminal offenses.
• ED: Investigations related to money laundering and other financial crimes.
• NCLT: Winding up and insolvency proceedings.
• Customs: Matters related to import and export of goods.

Others

• Providing written opinions and memorandums
• Drafting legal documents
• Offering opinions on corporate law-related queries
• Facilitating corporate filings and compliance

We help businesses of all sizes to improve their efficiency, productivity, and profitability by automating their processes and digitising their data, through:

• Business process automation
• Cloud computing
• Artificial intelligence, Machine learning
• Digital strategy and planning
• Business process improvement
• IT infrastructure design and implementation
• Software development and customization
• Cybersecurity
• Data Analytics