Financial Advisory

We advise our clients on complex areas of law involving regulatory ambiguity, including matters related to regulatory compliances, risk management, business/product structuring, conflict management and domestic/cross-border investments. We advise all categories of SEBI-registered intermediaries and entities holding other financial sector licenses. We have also advised major stock and commodities exchanges, self-regulatory organisations and their constituents. Further, we regularly work with listed companies, their promoters, and directors on a wide range of issues related to mergers and acquisitions, private equity, regulatory compliances, capital raising, corporate governance, domestic and foreign investments, internal investigations, white-collar crime, and other matters involving corporate and securities law.

We also advise several major mutual fund houses in India on domestic and international regulatory issues and provide a wide spectrum of legal services right from fund formation to winding up. Further, we advise major wealth management firms including asset management companies, private equity and venture capital firms, portfolio managers, alternative investment funds, foreign portfolio investors, stock brokers and distributors on issues ranging from corporate governance and regulatory compliances to strategic advice on risk management and restructuring of business operations.

We have also advised numerous fintech companies and start-ups that are disrupting the financial world. We have designed and vetted new-age businesses and product structures related to fractional ownership, foreign investments, distribution of investment products, microfinance, payment systems, crowdfunding, P2P lending, virtual currencies, and crypto-assets. Further, we advise and assist clients in filing regulatory and innovation sandbox applications with SEBI.