Corporate
Bhushan Rajaram advices corporates and firms from incorporation and thru various stages of their evolution and business expansion and entry strategies including:
- Entry Plans
- Entity Incorporation Advice
- Complex tax efficient structuring to divestitures and exits
- Equity investments and change of control transactions
- Corporate Governance and Companies Act compliances
- Employment Matters
- Regulatory compliance relating to FEMA, RBI, FIPB etc
- Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaboration Agreements
- Day-to-day advice on all legal forms
- Real Estate Title Diligence
- Agreements and Deeds for Sale
Commercial Contract
Companies engage with multiple stakeholders and execute contracts that bind them to their suppliers, customers, licensors, distributors and other strategic partners. Our Commercial Contracts practice helps structure, draft and negotiate these agreements and guide clients through the complexities to ensure their commercial goals are achieved while safeguarding their legal interests. We advise across sectors and regulatory regimes, including:
- Outsourcing and Master Services Agreements including those conducted through detailed procurement processes or an RFP
- Services distribution
- Software licensing
- Development Agreements
- Product marketing and Distribution
- Manufacturing
- Supply
- Maintenance and Support
- White Labelling
- Collaboration
- Online Terms and Conditions
Intellectual Property
We advise our clients on a wide range of IP issues, including
- Trademark Registrations
- International Trademark Registrations
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
- Copyright Registrations
- Patent Registration
- Prosecution and Litigation
- IP Enforcement (Cease and Desist)
- Licensing/Assignments
- Advertising (including comparative advertising)
- Advise on issues in relation to meta tagging, deep linking and cybersquatting.
- End User Licence Agreements
Litigation
Bhushan Rajaram approach is to structure our legal advice to keep our clients out of painful and expensive litigation. However, disputes sometimes arise and we represent our clients in the following forums:
- Madras High Court
- NCLT
- IPAB
- Arbitration
Mergers and acquisitions
We work with all types of transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic ventures and slump sales. Our unique expertise helps in identifying risk that crop up during the diligence process and the remediation and de-risking strategies while concluding the transaction documents.
- Term Sheet
- Due Diligence
- Strategy and Counsel
- Shareholders Agreement
- Share Purchase Agreement
- Closing Documents
Outside General Counsel
Maybe you’re a start-up, growth stage company or a foreign corporation exploring the Indian market. A big risk is operating without appropriate legal and compliance in India. Many businesses run afoul of the law or incur financial liability because of mistakes which could have been easily avoided: a poorly-drafted contract with a key customer, regulatory notices due to compliance failures, or competitors infringing your trademarks, patents and intellectual property. To avoid these issues, without incurring the cost of a fixed legal team we provide outside General Counsel services to select clients.
Our in depth market experience, helps us to know our client’s business and identify the legal and regulatory challenges. Our founder partner, GV Anand Bhushan will work closely with your key managerial personal and business partners to (i) identify key risk areas, (ii) remediation strategies and (iii) long term path to legal compliance. The following is an overview of the legal issues we address.
- Country Entry and Exit Advice
- Strategic Entity Incorporation
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate Governance
- Human Resources
- Intellectual Property
- Non-Profit Formations and Compliance
- Dissolutions and Winding Up
- Terms of Use and Privacy Policies
- Litigation and Disputes
- Data Privacy
Technology
Our lawyers think like entrepreneurs, with a practical, solutions oriented approach. We pride ourselves on our focussed understanding of a client’s business and markets, to provide efficient, effective and responsive services. Our services include:
- Outsourcing Agreements, Master Services Agreements, SOWs etc
- EULAs
- JV, Technology Transfer Agreements
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreements
- Cloud Computing
- Support and Maintenance
- Procurement
- OEM, reseller, co-sellers, affiliate, referral programs and strategic alliances
- Data Privacy
- Drones
- Geospatial Data and Regulations
- Fintech
