Inflow of Investment is usually a joyous time for any business. A lot of effort goes in finding the right investor for a business or vice versa. When you do, it is important to have an investment contract that represents the interests of everyone involved. The investor would want to make sure his investment is protected, and the company will want to make sure that the funds are delivered smoothly and the founders have protected their stake in the venture. This makes writing a proper investment contract a critical first step in the business relationship. Clear & unambiguous investment agreement is very significant to establish a win-win situation for the parties involved in any PE, VC and M&A Deals.
This program will create a solid understanding of the documentary processes relating to PE/VC and M&A transactions, identifying commercial issues and producing clear instructions to lawyers and executives involved. It will also help in equipping with the technicalities involved in clear and well thought out term-sheet negotiation, proper deal structuring know-how to maximise returns and unambiguous deal documentation to avoid pitfalls and will enhance your deal-making skills that you can immediately put into practice.
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Session 1:
Legal Issues & Documentation
Overview of the fund raising process from a legal perspective
Documents that may be involved and their purpose / utility:
Critical provisions of these documents:
Session 2
Deal Structuring
Session 3:
Tax Structuring
Session 4:
Negotiation of PE, VC and M&A deals
Course Concludes
Prashant's experience in Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) spans over 12 years, of which the two years have been with Grant Thornton, UK. After moving to TAS in Grant Thornton in 2002, his experience has been diverse, including viability reviews, financial due diligence in connection with acquisitions and fundraising, floatation and public company transactions.
Prashant focuses on buy-side and fundraising transactions for venture capital and private equity houses, banks and corporates. Prashant has led teams on all aspects of Transaction Services work including a number of cross border assignments. He has managed a wide variety of AIM (London Stock Exchange) transactions, including flotations, acquisitions, reversals and fund-raisings, as well as corporate and private equity backed transactions.
Prashant has extensive experience in acquisition, pre-sale and pre-lending due diligence, buy side assistance, deal and negotiation support, forecast assessment and evaluation and transaction project management. He has advised clients on business restructuring including business feasibility strategy, corporate structure and investment advice.
Sector experience includes across Apparel, Consumer Retail, Education, Food, IT & ITES, Lifesciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate and Construction and Telecom. Prashant is based in New Delhi.
Vaibhav Kakkar is a Partner in the Corporate and Regulatory Practices Team of L&L Partners, New Delhi and has nearly ten years of experience. He has a unique mix of extensive regulatory and transactional expertise, and specializes in structuring transactions (especially cross-border), and advising on foreign investment/exchange laws, company law and securities laws.
As part of his profile, he has advised several global corporations on appropriate strategies in relation to investments in India and domestic and multinational clients on significant and complex corporate matters including cross border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions. He has also taken the lead in drafting and negotiating the entire spectrum of definitive agreements and commercial contracts in relation to the same. He has in-depth experience with industry-specific legal and regulatory issues in sectors including retail, real estate, telecommunications, gaming, hospitals, pharma, education mutual funds, education and the financial sector (banking and non-banking). He regularly advises and works with the Government on policy issues relating to company law, exchange control, and is key member of the Firm’s advocacy and policy development team.
On the transactional side, he has advised on many notable joint ventures including Tata-Starbucks, DLF-Pramerica Mutual Fund and Khazanah-IDFC road venture. He has advised clients including DLF, Moser Baer Group and Devyani International in raising capital totaling nearly USD 600 million from top-flight PE and financial investors. Some of the prominent M&A deals that he has been involved in the last few years include:
(i) Cairn India in relation to the acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India by Vedanta Resources;
(ii) buy-out of Fallaron Capital’s investment in seven projects of Indiabulls Real Estate Limited worth USD 190 million;
(iii) Mylan Inc. on the acquisition of Agila Specialities Division from Strides Acrolab, India for approx USD 1.6 billion;
(iv) Ranbaxy Laboratories in relation to their recent merger with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd worth USD 3.2 billion.
He has also been nominated as a leading lawyer by Asialaw in 2012 and 2013 in the following areas:
(i) General Corporate;
(ii) Regulatory Practices;
(iii) Corporate Governance. He has also been recently mentioned in the 2015 RSG Report (a report based on independent client recommendations) as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the area of corporate and commercial laws.
Raghav has over 12 years of consulting experience, working with clients operating in sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, auto components and ancillary, IT-ITES, and oil and gas. Currently, leading the tax and regulatory practice for Deloitte in the Chandigarh Tri-city / Punjab region.
Extensive experience in advising large promoter and family based companies in the areas of family settlement / succession planning, domestic / offshore structuring of business, investment strategy, corporate and international tax matters, incentive advisory and transfer pricing.
Abhinav Harlalka is a senior member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice at Nishith Desai Associates. Abhinav focuses largely on domestic and cross border M&As, private equity transactions and structured finance along with providing regulatory and general corporate advice across sectors. Abhinav has advised extensively on banking and financial services and the infrastructure sector.
Abhinav completed his LL.B. from W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and has also completed the company secretary course. Abhinav has been credited for his work in RSG India’s survey.
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The Lalit, Delhi
Date: Feb 13, 2020
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