Corporate and Commercial

Indian company law places continuing obligations on a business from the day it is incorporated, and the consequences of missing them fall on directors personally as often as on the company. We advise on the structures a business is built from and the filings that keep them intact, from a first entity through to a transaction.

WHAT WE DO
• Incorporation, MOA and AOA, and entity structuring
• Share capital, allotment, transfer, buyback and reduction
• Director appointment, DIN, disqualification and statutory duties
• Board and general meetings under Secretarial Standards SS-1 and SS-2
• Related party transactions, loans to directors and inter corporate loans
• ROC compliance calendar including AOC-4, MGT-7, DIR-3 KYC, DPT-3 and BEN-2
• Significant Beneficial Ownership determination and reporting
• Charges, creation, modification and satisfaction
• Share purchase, asset purchase, slump sale and business transfer
• Schemes of arrangement, merger, demerger and fast track routes
• Shareholders agreements, SSAs, joint ventures and founder arrangements
• ESOP design and administration
• Strike off, dormant status and revival

HOW THE WORK IS ORGANISED
Entity, governance and secretarial · Transactions and M&A · Shareholder and investor arrangements · Employee equity · Restructuring and exit

KEY INSTRUMENTS
Companies Act, 2013 · LLP Act, 2008 · Partnership Act, 1932 · Secretarial Standards SS-1 and SS-2 · CSR Rules, 2014 · SBO Rules, 2018

FEES
Fixed fee for defined scopes, retainer arrangements for ongoing volume, and time based billing where scope cannot be fixed in advance. The basis is agreed in writing before work begins and discussed at first contact.