General Corporate
At Kaden Boriss Advocates and Legal Consultants, our corporate law team is fully equipped to guide transactions from inception to completion. We bring extensive expertise in drafting and negotiating contracts, reviewing standard-form agreements, and advising on a wide range of complex corporate matters.
Area of Focus:
1. Mergers & Acquisitions
We advise both buyers and sellers on share and asset purchase transactions across diverse sectors, including private enterprises and publicly listed companies.
Our services include:
- Structuring and Compliance – Advising on structuring issues in M&A transactions, including compliance with Competition Law
- Transaction Negotiation – Negotiating M&A transactions with strategic insight and legal precision.
- Transaction Documentation – Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating essential documents such as term sheets, non-disclosure agreements, disclosure letters, share purchase agreements, non-compete agreements, escrow agreements, stock-swap agreements, and employment contracts.
- Board Advisory – Providing expert counsel to Boards on their roles, fiduciary duties, disclosures, governance responsibilities, risks, and accountability.
2. Joint Venture
Our team facilitates the formation and management of joint ventures across various industries. We draft, negotiate, and implement joint venture agreements, ensuring regulatory compliance and the alignment of commercial interests to support strategic business growth.
3. Contractual and Commercial Support
Contracts form the foundation of all commercial relationships. We protect our clients’ interests through meticulous contract drafting, comprehensive reviews, and effective negotiation strategies.
We assist clients with:
- Strategic Business Advisory – Developing effective business models, fostering strategic partnerships, managing regulatory challenges, mitigating risks, and addressing day-to-day business concerns.
- Contract Negotiation and Drafting – Negotiating and drafting outsourcing, procurement, sales, and distribution agreements, along with other business-critical contracts.
- Corporate Distress and Insolvency Support – Advising lenders, debtors, investors, and insolvency professionals on issues arising from corporate distress, distressed investments, and formal insolvency processes.
- Dispute Resolution – Offering practical dispute resolution and operational support for commercial issues.
4. Technology and IP Transactions
We advise on technology transfers, licensing arrangements, and IP commercialisation strategies. Our legal frameworks ensure that technology-driven transactions are secure, enforceable, and structured to protect intellectual property rights.
5. Funds, Investment Management and Start-ups
- Fund Formation and Structuring – Providing comprehensive legal support for fund formation, including tax-efficient structuring, commercial negotiations, leverage and bridge financing arrangements, managed accounts, carried interest, and co-investment schemes. We also advise on secondary transactions and fund spinouts, ensuring compliance with Indian regulations and international best practices.
- Institutional Investor Advisory – Strategic legal counsel to sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, hedge funds, and other institutional investors on governance structures, fund investments, and regulatory compliance.
- Governance and Director Representation – Advising on strategies to protect investments and safeguard the interests of nominee directors under fiduciary and governance obligations.
- Exit Strategy – Advising on and implementing efficient and compliant exit strategies.
5. Company Law
Choosing the right legal structure is a critical decision for start-ups and new ventures. Our firm provides end-to-end assistance in the incorporation and legal structuring of businesses under Indian law, ensuring compliance from the outset.
Start-up Legal Structures:
- Partnership (governed by the Partnership Act)
- Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) under the LLP Act
- Private Limited Company under the Companies Act, 2013
Our services include:
- Business Structuring Advisory – Evaluating and advising on the most appropriate legal entity based on the client’s business objectives and regulatory environment.
- Company Name Reservation – Assisting with the selection and reservation of unique company names in compliance with the MCA portal’s naming conventions.
- Drafting Foundational Documents – Drafting the Memorandum of Association (MOA) and Articles of Association (AOA), outlining the company’s objectives, internal rules, and governance structure.
- Director and Subscriber Declarations – Preparing consents, declarations, undertakings, and disclosures required from directors and subscribers during incorporation.
- Statutory Registrations and Licensing – Assisting in procuring statutory registrations such as PAN, TAN, EPF, ESIC, GSTIN, and IEC. Our team liaises with regulatory bodies to ensure seamless and timely registrations.
- Drafting Essential Business Agreements – Preparing key legal documents tailored to business needs, including Shareholders’ Agreements, Employment Contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and Vendor Agreements.
- Regulatory Representation – Representing clients before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Registrar of Companies (ROC), and other statutory or quasi-judicial authorities under the Companies Act, 2013.
- Corporate Legal Advisory – Handling matters related to incorporation, shareholding changes, board disputes, corporate restructuring, mergers/demergers, company strike-offs and revivals, and compounding of offences.
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We use our knowledge and experience to provide a complete legal service to clients in our core sectors.
Our offices around the globe are always open for you. Our legal professionals work hand to hand to ensure we efficiently cover legal inquiries across our practice zones. Thank you for your interest in Kaden Boriss.
