Mergers and Acquisitions
Most Indian acquisitions are lost in diligence or in the six weeks after signing, and rarely at the negotiating table.
What we do
We run the transaction end to end. Structuring the acquisition as a share purchase, an asset purchase or a slump sale, and saying which one the tax and stamp position actually favours before the term sheet locks it in. Legal diligence that reports on what will affect the price or the conditions rather than on everything discoverable. Share purchase and business transfer documentation with the indemnity, disclosure and escrow architecture drafted as one system rather than three clauses that contradict each other. Conditions precedent written as real gating items with an owner and a date against each. Competition and sectoral approvals, foreign investment conditions where an offshore acquirer is involved, and the reporting that follows closing. We stay through the integration period, because the warranty claim, the employee transfer and the licence transfer all land after the money has moved and they land on whoever drafted the document.
Experience
The matters below are described without identifying the client, unless the client has consented in writing to being named.
