Corporate & Commercial Law

VA&A is a leading player in industry in this sector. The firm advises on transactions involving mergers, shares and business acquisitions and disposals, structuring of joint ventures including identification of and negotiating with joint venture partners and documentation of the terms between the parties, incorporation of legal entities and obtainment of the regulatory approvals, privatisation, private placements, private equity investment related due diligence and documentation, buy-outs and commercial agreements. The firm has experience of working with the acquirer and target companies involving acquisitions in all key sectors. The services of the firm include strategic policy and legal advice, due diligence, leading negotiations, legal documentation and regulatory compliances.

Corporate governance advice and compliance is major area of expertise of VA&A.

The firm provides company management services to several overseas companies - housing the registered offices of wholly owned subsidiaries in India, organizing mandatory board meetings and annual general meetings (including recording of minutes), maintaining statutory records, filing mandatory returns with the statutory authorities, advising on director liabilities and responsibilities.

The firm provides assistance in settlements, negotiating employment contracts, advising on labour issues in mergers and acquisitions, structuring voluntary retirement schemes, etc. The firm advises clients on employment, industrial, labour and other service law issues. This includes advice on terms of appointment and conditions of service, transfer, layoff, retrenchment, discharge or dismissal of employees and structuring of voluntary retirement schemes, employee stock options etc.

VA&A incorporates companies for many purposes, tailoring the memorandum and articles of association to the specific needs of each client. This can involve, for example, drafting a suitable principal objects clause to cover the purposes for which the company is being formed, or making provisions for specific share class rights.

Commonly, in connection with company formations, we can make an application to have a trading name registered as a business name.

 
     
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