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The Indian real estate sector has witnessed high growth in recent times, with increasing demand for residential, commercial spaces, warehousing, and special economic zone projects. Similarly, infrastructure, which is the backbone of any economy, has seen a boost in terms of digitization and innovation as well.
Our team has a widespread understanding in all aspects of property development. Our service offerings cater to the requirements of all players in the segments— including real estate developers, public & private participants, educational trusts, foreign investors, banks and lenders.
Our services include handholding clients in cost and risk mitigations through transaction structuring, due diligence activities, real estate transaction documentation, land use conversion, real estate litigations, annual real estate audits for statutory compliances, and compliance under various environmental laws.
Our areas of expertise include:
All businesses must comply with various regulatory requirements, which could lead to exposures and risks not only from regulators, but also from its business vendors.
Our team handles disputes of civil nature arising from contractual relationships, and we represent clients before courts, tribunals, and at various forums. We believe in providing a holistic solution by way of commercial, corporate and regulatory disputes, and also in rendering litigation strategy. This covers the following:
There are circumstances in the life cycle of a company where it may encounter and experience significant financial or operational tremors, which may require substantial re-organization of its legal structure, management or operation.
This is often a complex task, because while there are various methods of restructuring —ranging from mergers, demergers, reverse mergers, disinvestment, takeovers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, franchising or slump sales and more — there are various regulatory requirements to be maintained under the Companies Act, taxation regimes, SEBI and RBI stipulations, and court processes.
Our team has significant experience in providing innovative and pragmatic solutions for these complex issues. We advise clients on a gamut of corporate restructuring transactions, including debt rescheduling , capital restructuring, structuring of corporate finance, buy-outs and strategic investment.
Joint Ventures are one of the most common legal structures in India used to draw foreign investments into permitted sectors. Joint Ventures help coordinate the competitive advantages of the investing partners, tap the opportunities of the target sector and market, and unlock the domain expertise and experience of the partners.
The form and legal structure of joint ventures may vary based on the goals and purpose of the joint venture partners. These include technology collaboration, bringing in know-how, project specific joint ventures or special purpose vehicles, joint venture agreements to harness expertise of the partners, to strengthen the distribution channel etc.
Our team helps clients mitigate the downside risk of the venture, and also guides them to structure it so as to optimize and synergize their expertise and competitive advantages with well-structured legal documentations. We advise clients on strategizing shareholding patterns, FDI compliances, sector-specific compliances, royalties and lump-sum fees, and issues on competition law exposures.
We understand the nuances, be it in identifying the red-flags during due diligence, structuring the control and exit in the documentation, or helping in in-bound and out-bound transactions. Our team’s aptitude for diving deep into complex challenges propels us to come out with innovative solutions. From inception of the proposal, establishing the joint venture, and throughout the life-cycle of the collaboration or exit, our team is adept to handhold the client through any issue.
Working closely with our Fund & Assets Management team, our Private Equity team provides end-to-end services to clients for fund formation, investment strategy, and exit. Our team has experience in advising funds in investments in growing companies and mid-market segments. Our sector specializations help in providing the right support to clients, particularly to understand the nuances of sector-specific regulations during investment.
Our legal advice extends to:
Digital payments are one of the key segments in Fintech, which require specialised services and legal advisories in tune with the regulations of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Our team has the necessary experience in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market in India, and we provide the following specific support to our clients:
India is one of the fastest growing Fintech markets in the world, and is ranked the highest in the world for Fintech adoption rate. Higher banking penetration, technology/smartphone penetration, growing disposable income and government initiatives are some of the key factors for this.
Our team brings experience in matters pertaining to technology, data protection and financial regulatory regime (including in banking and insurance). We help clients — ranging from financial institutions to technology companies — in sectors such as Micro Finance, P2P lending, and Debt Capital.
Our key support areas extend to:
While our practice specialization in Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions help cater to the specific requirements of the client in terms of investments and acquisitions, the Technology, Media and Telecom practice helps clients in advisory on technology laws, data protection, technology transfer and licensing and thereby, providing an end-to-end solution to our clients in Fintech and financial service sector.
Employment and labour law related issues are important legal complexities that affect human resources of most organizations. Our team possesses decades of experience and expertise and are highly skilled in providing pragmatic solutions for employers facing complex HR-related legal issues, at any stage during the life cycle of an organization — from start-up, acceleration, scaling up, expansion, outsourcing, merger or acquisition, to management-buyout.
Other areas of labour laws we are adept in include:
The micro-finance segment in India is specifically targeted towards the low-income promising section of society, which still has limited access to formal financial services. A specialization of this segment requires a thorough knowledge of varying regulations brought in by the Government of India as well as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
With our thorough knowledge of the nuances of micro-finance, our team offers legal counsel in the following areas:
The debt capital market in India is gaining importance due to the various fixed-income instruments and regulatory changes brought in by the Government of India. The Indian debt capital market broadly covers Government securities and corporate bonds.
At Juris Arena, we cater primarily to clients in the corporate bond segment both in unlisted and listed market. With the regulatory relaxations brought out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in debt instruments, the market for debt capital in certain sectors like real estate is on the rise.
We advise clients in transactions involving the issuance of financial instruments such as private placement of non-convertible debentures, optionally convertible debentures, compulsorily convertible debentures, commercial papers, foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs), hybrid instruments and term loans. Our team has advised clientele that ranges from start-ups issuing commercial papers, to funds, financial institutions and foreign investors in the debt segment.
Robust corporate governance and proper regulatory compliance is a crucial element of creating valuable goodwill for an organization, and to mitigate the risk of dispute with key stakeholders.
We provide strategic corporate counsel and a wealth of experience in the following areas of corporate governance:
We also pro-actively handhold clients on:
Our team has a unique understanding of the dynamic technology sector and its emerging trends. Having worked closely as in-house counsel for several international and domestic clients, we provide in-depth expertise in drafting, advising and negotiating the legal documents related to various aspects of technology law.
We frequently advise and assist our clients in responding to changing government regulations and orders — especially related to issues such as online intermediaries, domain names, trademark issues and cyber-squatting. These are more important for clients engaged in BPO or ITES services.
The Media and Entertainment industry requires a thoughtful and systematic legal approach, since the correct application of intellectual property rights is the key to success here. Our team possesses the acumen to envision multiple scenarios based on the client’s requirements, and accordingly provides tailored legal structuring to mitigate the client’s risk.
We offer our legal services to clients dealing with the following diverse array of issues:
Rapid changes in the global economy have resulted in India emerging as a strong market for global enterprises that target organic growth. This has also set the trend of domestic and multi-national companies (MNCs) acquiring potential companies through management buyouts, leveraging of existing markets, and integration with global suppliers and vendors.
Our Team has distinctive experience representing both — the buy-side as well as the sell-side — and is well-placed to provide hands-on support for clients to structure a merger or acquisition deal. Our expertise extends across a spectrum of industries and geographies, including cross-border and domestic transactions, while maintaining our unique insight into each sector. We have worked closely with the foreign counsel of several multinational companies (MNCs) to successfully complete various complex India-based acquisitions under strict timelines to meet our clients’ regulatory and economic requirements.
Right from the first letter of intent to the post-merger or acquisition compliances, we help clients evaluate every aspect of the deal from due diligence, deal structuring, documentation, negotiation and regulatory approval to seamless closure — thus ensuring a holistic and satisfactory transition.
Our areas of expertise include:
For any fund to be successful, it has to be structured and aligned with the vision and mission of both the sponsor and the investment manager. Our team advises sponsors and fund managers (ranging from seasoned alternative-asset managers to independent boutiques and first-time fund sponsors) about fund structuring for various categories.
These range from angel funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, debt fund to private investment funds in all major sectors.
Our clients value our counsel for: