Corporate Commercial
The Corporate Commercial team at MetaLaw Offices provides innovative solutions to clients involved in distressed company situations
We focus on acting for clients engaged in different sectors and we are at the forefront of the legal market when it comes to advising on strategically significant agreements and transactions. Our sector approach means we have a deep understanding of how businesses work and understand the key business drivers applicable to our clients’ sectors. This enables us to guide you through the entire lifecycle of your business, providing practical legal solutions to practical business challenges. A high proportion of our lawyers have extensive corporate commercial experience, the result of which is that such commercial lawyers better understand the practical application of law and also understand the pressures that affect you. Clients come to us to act not only as expert technical lawyers but as ‘trusted advisors’ who support the business as a whole and help them to achieve its objective.
Licensing and other technology transactions represent a critical component of any comprehensive monetization program relating to entity’s intellectual property rights. These transactions generate significant economic value, leading to strategic growth and other competitive advantages when effectively structured and executed. Our technology practice is at par with global standards in offering legal services to leading-edge transactions in the technology realm. We have advised and assisted start-ups with drafting and negotiating of technology transfer and licensing agreements, research and development agreements, royalty agreements, product and equipment sales distribution, manufacturing and supply agreements, reseller agreements, software license and subscription agreements, technology escrow agreements and procurement of open-source software and further assist with implementing best practices and contractual safeguard policies for an organization. We further advise our clients on legal compliances applicable to them, including intermediaries’ obligations, laws regulating online content, e-commerce regulations, data privacy, and cybersecurity laws.
The Corporate Commercial team at MetaLaw Offices also provides innovative solutions to clients involved in distressed company situations, allowing clients to enhance value, minimize costs and properly position themselves for the future. We represent troubled companies, boards of directors, management, owners, creditors, lenders, investors and acquirers in strategic business restructuring transactions, including financial recapitalizations and business reorganizations.
Strategic collaborations, tie-in agreements, licensing and arrangements of similar nature involving revenue/royalty sharing is generally considered to be complex and risky business as it involves not only the practical application of law but also the practice insight of the market trends and business structures generally implemented worldwide to ensure the smooth and successful execution of such transactions. We present a specialized team with a real aptitude for providing specialist and strategic legal and commercial structuring inputs and support to companies undertaking such complex strategic deals and collaborations. Built on exceptional legal expertise with a strong multiple sector focus, we are specialists advising in industry sectors where technology, regulation and intellectual property are key. We represent parties, including large multinationals to SMEs, domestic and cross border, handling all manner of private strategic collaborations, revenue sharing and technology licensing transactions. We offer advice throughout the entire transaction cycle, from strategic planning and structuring, and deal implementation through to closing integrations and life cycle of the collaboration/partnership.
In relation to infrastructure/projects, we have a team which has a remarkable experience in leading transactions encompassing the energy, infrastructure and natural resource sectors. We have advised investors, project developers, suppliers/contractors (both onshore and offshore) on diverse commercial / transactional issues and all aspects of market structures, competition, performance standards and tariffs. Additionally, our team has deep experience in advising clients on various aspects of investment, financing and development of infrastructure projects and manufacturing facilities. We have also advised on various PPP projects, both in India and overseas, in the transportation, healthcare, housing and urban infrastructure sectors.