Investments
Tailored Legal Solutions for Strategic Investments and Growth Initiatives
The M&A, PE, and VC practice at MetaLaw comprise domestic and international transactions which include share acquisitions, joint ventures, business transfers, technology transfers, asset purchases, and strategic and financial investments across multiple sectors with clients ranging from domestic start-ups to multinational companies, private equity, and venture capital funds.
Our firm’s emphasis is on providing end-to-end solutions to our clients for corporate structuring as well as restructuring transactions, acting either for the buy-side or for the sell-side. Our primary focus is on pre-transaction advice, deal structuring, due diligence activity, transactional support, and post-transaction assistance.
Merger and Acquisition (M&A) advisory is one of the core areas of practice of our firm. We have successfully advised our clients on multiple M&A deals, including cross-border transactions.
Our broad areas of service include:
- Advising on business and operational restructuring;
- Selection of an appropriate business entity or vehicle;
- Advising on domestic and cross-border transactions;
- Advising on legal, foreign exchange, and regulatory aspects of a transaction; stamp duty advice; and support for corporate compliance.
- Carrying out legal due diligence with an industry-specific focus across information technology, telecom, satellite, information technology-enabled services, banking, financial services, business process outsourcing, pharma and life sciences, biotechnology, automobiles, manufacturing and various sub-sectors in the manufacturing space, real estate and construction, infrastructure, and leasing.
- Drafting, negotiation, and review of Share Subscription and Shareholders Agreement (SHA), Share Purchase Agreements (SPA), Business and Asset Transfer-Transactions (BATA), Intellectual Property (IP) Assignment Transactions; and
- Similar transaction documents.
India has immensely benefited from the growth in the activities of Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) over the last decade or so.
The Partners at MetaLaw having gained substantial experience in dealing with private equity and venture capital investments, have advised investors and founders of the companies with services starting from pre-funding activities, deal structuring, and negotiations to post-completion activities.
Our broad areas of service include:
- Advising on regulatory and legal aspects of investment transactions and funding activities;
- Guiding regarding the structure of private equity and venture capital investments;
- Conducting Legal and Corporate Due Diligence on behalf of Investors and Promoters.
- Drafting and negotiation of Term Sheets, Memorandum of Understanding, Letters of Intent, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Subscription Agreements, Investors Rights Agreements;
- Promoter Employment Agreements;
- Escrow Agreements.