We understand the competition law regime and regularly advise clients in complying with competition (antitrust) regulations. Our lawyers combine their legal acumen with the understanding of the practical complexities associated with businesses across several sectors, including heavy industry, oil, gas, petrochemicals, pharmaceutical, transportation, manufacturing, supply and distribution, which enables them to offer strategic insights to clients with regard to structuring their businesses and agreements to avoid possible anti-competition issues such as abuse of dominance, cartelisation and appreciable adverse effect.
Our lawyers are experienced in drafting and negotiating diverse commercial contracts - like, strategic business partnerships, distribution contracts, franchise agreements, SAAS agreements, settlement agreements. We work with clients to understand their specific transaction requirements and structure documentation accordingly.
We regularly advise clients on the regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labour laws in India. We are well-versed in drafting and reviewing employment-related documentation and contracts, and handling employment disputes. We also structure HR policies and manuals, ESOPs, termination and exits, non-compete and non-solicitation issues
Our engagements in this space include:
- Legal Due diligence of businesses including in the real estate development sector, energy sector (oil, gas, CGD, LNG terminals); manufacturing sector - shoe manufacturing facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, and education space.
- Structuring transactions and documentation for units in special economic zones and export oriented units.
- Advisory in respect of foreign direct investment transactions and overseas direct investment, flip transactions.
- Advisory in respect of structuring and restructuring businesses, and implementation of the corporate structuring/ restructuring. For example, hiving off businesses to new entities for strategic or regulatory purposes (like from a competition law perspective).
- Preparation and assistance in the implementation of Competition Compliance Program; assistance with CCI notices; review of domain contracts across the entire vertical from the Competition Law aspect.
- Drafting and review of HR Policies of companies, ranging from Code of Conduct to Electronic Vehicle Charging policy.
- Drafting, negotiating and finalising documentation in relation to business acquisition, such as share purchase agreement, share subscription agreement, shareholders’ agreement, business transfer agreement, asset transfer agreement, joint venture agreement, raising private equity and funds.
- Drafting, negotiating and finalising documentation in relation to procurement and distribution of goods and services, in sectors including, petrochemicals, petroleum products, oil, lubricants, ammunitions and electrical goods.
- Drafting, negotiating and finalising contract manufacturing contracts in sectors including footwear , nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and garments.
- Advisory in relation to right sizing employment and implementation thereof.
- Advisory to international clients in relation to hiving off the India business segment in export oriented unit, particularly, with respect to the return of assets and proprietary machinery from India, and handling export obligations under DGFT regulations.
- Review of Standards of Interactions with Healthcare Professionals of an International pharmaceutical company, in jurisdictions across the globe.
- Structuring of licensing agreements for marketing and sale of solar powered equipment in India and abroad.
- Advisory to real estate and sustainable construction material companies in relation to policies for ‘green buildings’ and drafting and reviewing documents to incorporate provisions relating to future considerations, such as carbon credits, net-neutrality and disposal of construction waste.
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