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Our services in this practice area also include, inter alia, (i) advising on full range of deal structures from public takeovers and tender offers through to divestments, auctions, take privates and demergers, (ii) share-transactions, asset-sale transactions, business transfer and slump-sale transactions, (iii) joint ventures and structuring earn-out models for managements, (iv) advising on raising corporate finance, (v) advising on securities law issues (vi) advising on statutory compliances, and representing clients involved in winding-up, corporate insolvency and liquidation proceedings.
We have a specialised practice in insolvency resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and restructuring/acquisition of stressed assets in the insolvency arena wherein we handle a wide range of bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring matters, from creating specialised resolution plans, conducting sale under liquidation proceedings both as a going concern and asset sales, to overseeing liquidation and resolution procedures.
More particularly, our stressed asset acquisition and insolvency resolution practice includes inter alia (i) advising in implementing restructuring through formal court or tribunal process, including formulation of strategies in line with prevalent legal, regulatory and policy framework, preparation of schemes, (ii) negotiating, drafting and finalising resolution plans and other relevant transaction documents, including finance documents and inter-creditor agreements, (iii) advising on exit and/or divestment strategies.
Our team has drawn on its past experience under t h e S I C A , C D R , D RT/ S A R FA E S I r e g i m e s combined with its expertise in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to provide complete project lifecycle services to big ticket acquisitions.
We provide regular assistance to clients with restructuring plans and regulatory guidance to a broad range of clients, including advising corporations, prospective purchasers, strategic acquirers and investors who are looking to make opportunistic and key investments in distressed companies. We also advise financial institutions, banks, private credit providers and corporates on strategic debt restructuring, loan recovery and insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
Our team offers exceptional transactional advice and support, providing practical solutions to the legal, business and cultural challenges that the fast- changing global business environment ensuring maximum benefits and solving complex issues relating to the exchange control regime.
Additionally, we offer expert guidance on regulations established under FEMA and by the Reserve Bank of India, covering all aspects of foreign exchange law.
We collaborate with businesses to offer a comprehensive understanding of the potential benefits and challenges when considering these types of transactions. Our aim is to provide proper planning to address crucial corporate, tax, legal financing, and regulatory issues that are vital for the success of the deal.
Our corporate restructuring practice is an integration of our vast experience across the domestic regulatory framework and sector-specific knowledge including applicable tax laws to formulate innovative structures for the restructuring endeavours.
We have expertise in a diverse range of fields in order to thoroughly evaluate all potential legal issues and business considerations, and assist in finding solutions that will restore, maintain and increase the value of an organisation. We strive to evaluate and combine all the elements involved in complex restructuring and implement pioneering solutions to meet client objectives.
We specialize in creating structuring solutions for our clients which successfully implement their objectives in a tax efficient manner without drawing regulatory sanctions. We ensure to fix a bridge between client requirements, regulatory sanctions and financial partners’ expectations to create unique restructuring solutions and at the same time, cater to the particular business requirements of every case at hand.
We regularly advise companies on their regulatory and compliance related issues and represent and guide clients on traversing the changing regulatory and legislative framework across sectors on various aspects including but not limited to Companies Act, securities regulations, licensing, statutory compliances, foreign direct investment, regulatory checks in acquisitions and restructuring etc. More specifically, we help and assist in:
Aekom possesses a unique advantage of close synergy and cross-expertise between its insolvency advisory and insolvency disputes practises, enabling it to provide highly specialized representational services to entities acquiring stressed assets under insolvency from the stage of conceptualization of acquisition plan to documentation, approval, and adversarial litigations arising out of the acquisition. Aekom handles the entire disputes docket for the various high-value acquisitions implemented by its team, providing end-to-end services to its clients.
Additionally, Aekom has also represented financial and operational creditors from various industries in instituting proceedings under the Insolvency Code and in negotiating settlement agreements or seeking admission of petition against the Corporate Debtor. Our team has brought meaningful settlements to a number of foreign-based entities in recovery of dues from India-based businesses and companies. Aekom also boasts a widespread practice of advising and representing Resolution Professionals on diverse and complicated issues of law arising out of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and enjoys a close working relationship with leading Resolution Professionals across India.
Our estate and succession planning practice primarily involves advising individuals, high net worth individuals and families, as well as various corporate clients on estate planning, family business restructuring and transfer, accumulation, management and protection of wealth.
The portfolio of domestic and international tax advisory and litigation services in the area of direct and indirect taxation and transfer pricing include: