Company and Securities Law advisory and compliance
Company & Securities Law
Company Law
In India, corporations were governed by the Companies Act 1956 until the enactment of Companies Act 2013 in 2013 and subsequent amendments to it. The Law governs company’s incorporation, responsibilities, Directors’ responsibilities till its dissolution
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) & Allied
Established in 1992, SEBI governs India’ capital markets and corporations’ trading and trading related matters.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) & The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Stock Exchanges provide for trading, clearing and settlement services in equity, equity derivatives, debt and currency derivatives segments of capital markets. In India, BSE was established in 1875 while NSE came into existence in 1992 and today they are considered world’s 11th largest and 12 largest stock exchanges, respectively.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrar of Companies (ROC), Serious Frauds Office
ROC came into existence with the Companies Act 1956. ROC’s prime responsibility is to register companies and LLPs in respective states and union territories of India and administer. ROC comes directly under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs which is responsible for enactment and administration of Companies Act 1956 and the Companies Act 2013.
Registrar of Companies (ROC)
ROC came into existence with the Companies Act 1956. ROC’s prime responsibility is to register companies and LLPs in respective states and union territories of India and administer. ROC comes directly under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs which is responsible for enactment and administration of Companies Act 1956 and the Companies Act 2013.
National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
Established in June 2016, NCLT is a Quasi-judicial body that adjudicates the legal matters related to companies. Including one Principal bench in Delhi, the Tribunal has 11 branches across India. It takes care of matters pending before The Company Law Board, Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) under Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act 1985, Appellate Authority for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction and for claims of oppression and mismanagement of a Company.
Besides these entities, other such authorities include Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Secretariat of Industrial Approvals (SIA), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) etc. govern various aspects of business.
OUR OFFERINGS
Business Set Up
Compliances for a entity start right from Setting Up / incorporation. We help companies set up new businesses with not just compliance to meet with but also with in-depth consulting on nature and size of new business. Key business types by ownership nature include Private Limited,LLP, Public Limited. We also help businesses to convert from Proprietorship & Partnership to Private Limited or Public Limited and within company space, between Private Limited and Public Limited or the other way.
Corporate Secretarial
Complete Retainership Services: Managing meetings of Boards, Shareholders, Creditors and post meeting documentation.. Maintenance of Minutes and other statutory records.
Corporate Return and various other documents filing with MCA.
Capital & raising Equity or Debt ,share capital alterations and securities related transactions like private placements & preferential , rights offerings etc.
Transaction based compliance management & advisory services for enabling audit & attestation.
Merger, Amalgamation, Acquisition & Takeover Advisory & Support
Mergers & Acquisitions or M&A as we know in common parlance are often tedious and leave space of a lot due diligence. We help corporations with detailed advisory and support in M&A field like:
Planning and executing the M&A process including nature of SPV, Jurisdiction and instrument type.
Legal Advisory and Compliance: Government approvals, Corporate Laws, M&A Regulations, Listing Requirements, Regulatory Filings etc.
Planning and guiding through ‘due diligence’.
Managing various documentation regulations like definitive agreement, non-disclosure agreement etc.
Securities Laws Pre & Post Capital/debt Raising Advisory & Support
Coprorates go for listing of their securities, and the process prior to listing is governed by Companies Act 2013 & SEBI and other Intermediaries . We work with companies to chalk out a sound and compliant listing plan and procedure.