Service Overview
Spiritus Legal, Advocates and Legal Consultants, advises clients on foreign investment regulations in India, commercial transactions, corporate institutions, joint ventures and partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, day-to-day operations, regulatory concerns, government regulations, general corporate law, and a variety of other areas.
Spiritus Legal, has extensive expertise advising on corporate and commercial contracts and joint ventures, inbound and outbound investment, regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, operational and structure issues across a wide variety of industries. Our firm assists clients in developing the mechanism for commercial transactions in various domestic and international ventures by obtaining the necessary licences, labour law compliances, secretarial and regulatory compliances. Our firm also advises clients on general corporate regulatory and transactional issues, including drafting of domestic and international agreements.
Spiritus Legal, led by a team of professionals, supports corporate entities with structuring incorporation process, pre or post incorporation contracts, restructuring, and winding up. It provides proper entrance tactics for investing in a variety of sectors while maintaining exit options to accommodate any unforeseen needs. The firm has in-depth knowledge of the Indian legal system and adopts a fair method when counselling clients on the planning, negotiation, and closure of commercial transactions.
Spiritus Legal uses its vast experience working with a variety of authorities and regulatory concerns to provide its clients with viable solutions. The company works with experts in the fields of accounting, finance, and secretarial duties in order to best serve the interests of its clients. We have extensive experience with commercial contracts in all areas, including logistics, agency, distribution, sales and marketing, outsourcing, e-commerce, licencing, trademarks, master service agreements, consultancy/employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, equipment purchase, advertising and sales promotion, and so on. Our Lawyers combine industry-specific and technical knowledge and skills with the ability to create creative contractual solutions.
Service Highlights
Strategy & Structuring Advice
We assist clients on transaction structure in accordance with applicable RBI guidelines, FDI rules, Income Tax requirements, SEBI regulations, DTAAs, stamp duty consequences, and so on. To improve each transaction structure and provide solutions to the trickiest scenarios, our Corporate & Commercial team closely coordinates with our efficient tax, regulatory, and competition practises. This also assists us in providing a speedy turnaround, which is critical in any M&A deal.
Spiritus Legal has also effectively structured capital flows such as dividends, royalties, technical services fees, and so on.
Transaction Support
Our team assists with the review, drafting, negotiating, and execution of transaction documents such as term sheets, business purchase agreements, shareholder’s agreements, voting rights agreements, non-compete, non-disclosure agreements, escrow agreements, schemes of arrangement, stock swap agreements, employment agreements, and transition agreements etc.
Corporate Secretarial Services
We provide a specialised company secretarial service to assist you in meeting your statutory requirements to retain and maintain the company registers and documents required by the Companies Act 2013, as well as with routine and other mandatory Company Registration filings.
Spiritus Legal offers corporate trustee services and company formations in India and abroad.
Capital Markets
We provide advice on issues relating to takeovers, IPOs, ADR and GDR, external commercial borrowing, foreign currency convertible bonds, domestic debt offerings, and secondary issues, across a variety of industry sectors.
Regulatory Audit Support
The Corporate and Commercial team assists clients in drafting, filing, and organising regulatory approvals and consent processes, such as RBI, SEBI, FIPB, and CCI clearances, as well as any other local licences and consents. We also provide our clients with the option of conducting tax optimization studies at target firms. This service has resulted in significant savings for our clients.
Post-Closing Support
We provide post-closing support to our clients in the form of integration planning, risk mitigation, restructuring board, listing agreement compliances, etc. We have a dedicated team with experience in corporate financing, structured financing and securitization.
General Corporate & Commercial Laws Advisory
We offer post-closing support to our clients in the form of integration planning, risk management, restructuring boards, listing agreement compliances, and other services. Our team is specialised and has experience of corporate financing, structured financing, and securitization experience.
Support for PE & VC Investments
Spiritus Legal’s Corporate & Commercial Practice has been strengthened by the advice provided by our PE & VC team to significant participants in private funds, such as investment managers, sponsors and seed investors, lead investors, funds of funds, placement agents, and co-investors. Our team has experience representing both funds and portfolio firms in transactions and has a complete understanding of all issues.