In light of the fact that the startup ecosystem is rapidly evolving around the world driven by an extremely young, diverse and inclusive entrepreneurial landscape, in the capacity of a business-friendly Firm, we take immense pride to be associated with Start-Ups having novel, enterprising and futuristic business ideas and ventures which are ready to take off in today’s India.
Keeping in line with the Firm’s objective and vision of providing legal support and hand-holding to the Start-Ups, the Firm has engaged itself with a lot of start –ups directly and as panelist with the incubation centres and accelerators who work with Start-Ups.
A. We provide following legal services to the start-ups from their incubation stage:
- Incorporation of private/public company/OPC/LLP/partnership
- Maintenance of secretarial records like minutes of the board and shareholders’ meetings, statutory register, periodic and annual filing of returns, Annual account, Directors’ Report and Annual return with ROC
- Obtaining approvals/licenses across sectors
- Corporate legal structuring
- Trademark search, Registration and suggest ways for protection of Intellectual
- FEMA & RBI Compliance for Inbound Investments
- Compliance Management with respect to all applicable laws
- Advise on Employment and Labour laws
- Contracts/Agreements
❖ Strategic Investment Agreement/Shareholders’ Agreement/ Share Purchase Agreement
❖ Employment Agreements/ Noncompete/Nondisclosure Agreements/Employee stock option/ Sweat equity
❖ Manufacturing & Supply Agreement/ Distributor Agreement
❖ Brand Sub-Licensing Agreement
❖ Other Services Contracts
❖ Web site contracts, T&C , Privacy Policy, work-for-hire agreements,
❖ Vendor contracts
- Registration under Shops & Establishment Act,
- Consultancy on GST registration
- Issue of Demand letters/legal notice, reply to legal notice and notice received from any government authority
- Legal Due Diligence
B. Pre-Funding Stage
- Health Check of the Start Up to make them Investor ready
- Legal advice with respect to:
❖ legal structuring
❖ issues faced by them during the take-off phase
❖ Structuring of compensation of hired resources
❖ Sweat equity, ESOPs –its operations in India under relevant laws
❖ Ways of structuring the Company when investors come on Board
❖ Assist to HR department in framing employee handbook and policies required to be framed by a company.
C.Legal Support in case of Investor Funding
We provide legal support to start-ups during their different rounds of financing from Angel Investors, Private Equity Funds, VCs and assist them in :
❖ Assist in structuring of the transaction and negotiations with the Investor,
❖ documentation including drafting of Term Sheet, MoU, Shareholders Agreement and other transaction related documents,
❖ Assistance in closure by taking care of the requisite compliances under Companies Act, Foreign Exchange Regulations and other sector specific compliances.
❖ Post funding assistance in compliance management on a regular basis.