Joint Venture

A joint venture can be either Joint shareholding in a single company, Joint ownership on a single asset or joint arrangement for a common objective. In all these arrangements there is a requirement of deep understanding of the industry, the policies/procedures involved in initiating /concluding the arrangement as well as commercial nitigrities among two people with vested interests. The lengthy documents sometimes are the need of the venture but at times become too much complicated to understand.

Our expertise lies in simplifying the document and tilting it towards the practical side of the transaction rather than making it complex and cumbersome.

A takeover seems to be the easiest transaction of buying shareholding in a company either full or in parts may be in one go or through a series of acquisitions. However, this simple transaction gets different path if pertains to a listed company & takeover is hostile (existing managements unwillingness to part with its equity or control). It generally deals with change of control & requires many approvals like SEBI/CCI/Lenders/State government etc.

We advise our clients to acquire the target company with a strategy. Though in smaller transactions the target is itself in search of bigger partners but in many cases the target may have great growth & would not be interested to part with the stake. In such cases the negotiations become very critical &its necessary that the advisors understand the business well and has experience to deal with target without annoying it.

Our team carries experience in strategizing such takeovers by advising our clients not only on the pricing, structure and timelines but on documentations, approvals and processes.

Such agreements are set of documents carry single objective governed by an agreement defining the rights and obligations of parties. Builders, Real estate developers, Infrastructure companies create such collaborations either direct or through special purpose vehicles (SPV) so as to achieve the common objective.

A merger is transfer of one company’s assets and liabilities (transferor) into the assets and liabilities of acquirer (transferee company) through a court approved scheme while a scheme can be equally devised to de-merge the new company out of an existing company. These schemes of arrangements can be devised in many ways resulting into few companies/businesses or there consolidation.