Desai & Diwanji has consistently been a leader on the Indian M&A landscape and has advised on some of the largest M&A transactions for over three decades. Our award-winning M&A team is highly acclaimed in both domestic as well as international markets for consistently advising on marquee transactions. We are known for completing complex high value domestic, in-bound and out-bound investments, cross-border transactions, India legs of global acquisitions and mergers within accelerated timeframes. We have decades of experience in developing incisive, effective and practical solutions for our clients and ensuring that the interests of our clients remain well protected. This, along with our ability to anticipate market trends, is what sets our team apart from other players in the market.
The Firm expertise is well recognized in business circles, and we have diverse experience in handling transactions involving listed and unlisted companies alike across various industry sectors, including banking and financial services, retail and e-commerce, manufacturing and industrials, FMCG, technology, media & entertainment, sports and leisure, telecom, energy & natural resources, oil &gas, mining and metals/ minerals, chemicals, hotels & hospitality, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, hospitals & healthcare, automotive & auto-ancillary, real estate & construction, transport and logistics. Team D&D’s role includes advising on the following:
- legal due diligences, risk assessment, risk mitigation advice;
- transaction structuring, entry strategies, investment routes, choice of equity or debt and types of securities, divestitures and exit strategies;
- regulatory advice pertaining to foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, foreign exchange (FEMA) regulations, competition compliance, industrial laws, labour laws, anti-bribery laws and the like;
- advice on industry specific statues, rules/ regulations, bye-laws of industry associations and market practices;
- corporate restructurings, capital reduction, bonus issues;
- mergers (vertical and horizontal), reverse mergers and demergers, amalgamations;
- fresh subscriptions, preferential allotments, rights issues and the like;
- acquisitions, investments, slump sales and business transfers, asset transfers;
- joint ventures and strategic alliances, technical collaborations, IPR assignment and licencing;
- takeovers, buyouts (MBOs and LBOs) and control deals;
- spin-offs, hive-offs, carve-outs and the like;
- M&A in special situations, distressed companies and stressed assets;
- drafting of the entire gamut of documentation starting from term sheets to SSAs, SPAs, SHAs and the like;
- drafting documents pertaining to and advising on issues involving IPR, trade secrets, goodwill, non-compete, confidentiality, non-solicitation; senior executive employment agreements and the like;
- support for corporate secretarial documentation and compliances such as board or shareholder resolutions and statutory forms and filings
Lawyers from our M&A practice consistently collaborate with members of the Firm’s other practice areas in order to provide clients with in-depth as well as domain-specific legal advice and solutions coupled with a seamless service experience, resulting in an efficient realisation of client objectives.
The Firm has received various awards and recognitions in this practice area, and our work consistently ranks us among the leading Indian law firms in the M&A league tables.