Karavadi & Co

Who We Are

We are a full service law firm offering holistic, strategically valuable and cost efficient legal services to domestic and international clients including corporates, financial institutions, statutory bodies, start ups and individuals. Being a team of seasoned lawyers with expertise across sectors, we are committed to think ahead to craft specialized and timely solutions for our clients legal and business needs.

What We Do

We offer thoughtful and commercially pragmatic legal solutions for our clients. Our practice areas include general corporate advisory, corporate secretarial, dispute resolution, employment & labour, insolvency and bankruptcy, real estate and intellectual property.

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Our services include drafting and reviewing conveyance deeds and documents, including sale deeds, agreements for sale, construction agreements, title due diligence reports, leases, leave & license and joint development agreements relating to commercial, industrial and residential properties. We also advise and assist clients in planning, purchasing, developing, constructing, managing, selling and leasing operations, including holistic assistance on the registration process.

Dispute Resolution

We represent clients across courts, tribunals and various forms of alternate dispute resolution (arbitration, conciliation and mediation). We specialize in civil and commercial disputes before various courts, tribunals, commissions and quasi-judicial authorities. We represent clients across sectors in a variety of matters such as contractual disputes, insolvency, employment, labour and service law related matters, intellectual property disputes, criminal law matters, real estate disputes, writ petitions, etc. Our work includes pre-litigation strategy, advisory and negotiations as well.

General Corporate Advisory

We provide end-to end legal solutions to our clients spanning from incorporation, structuring business models and legal compliance to drafting, negotiating and reviewing various kinds of contracts and legal documents.

Intellectual Property

We provide end-to end intellectual property related services, including searches, filings, objections / examinations, oppositions, registration, renewal, assignment, licensing and litigation pertaining to trademark, copyright, patent and/or design. We also advise clients on prosecution and portfolio management of intellectual property.

Employment & Labour

We advise our clients on employment and labour related issues, including drafting and reviewing employment and service contracts, employee handbook/company policies, termination related documentation and also advise on compensation structures, applicability of employee beneﬁts and compliance related issues.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy

We provide end-to end legal services spanning all stages of proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. We act for creditors, corporate debtors and personal guarantors at the initiation stage of the insolvency resolution process. Post commencement of the resolution process, we advise and represent resolution professionals, committee of creditors and resolution applicants.

Our expertise also extends to assisting with the preparation of information memorandums and conducting legal due diligence for corporate debtors, financial creditors, and operational creditors, including in relation to an identified asset, in order to identify potential risks and liabilities.

We handle and advise on sale and acquisition of assets pursuant to an insolvency process, voluntary liquidation process and related compliances. We appear before the NCLT and NCLAT and present arguments in relation to corporate insolvency resolution process, liquidation and related processes.

Secretarial

We offer an extensive array of secretarial services, which include

• Incorporation of companies, LLPs, firms, trusts in India and abroad;

• Conversion of LLPs, firms into companies;

• Due Diligence, compliances prior to and after critical corporate actions;

• Consultancy, Legal Opinions, RoC searches and certifications;

• Planning, convening, conducting Board, General & Committee Meetings and managing pre / post meeting compliances;

• Preparation of drafts of agenda/minutes of board/committee meetings and timely circulation of such agenda/minutes;

• Setting up secretarial, compliance functions;

• Applications to and approval from MCA/RD/NCLT;

• Preparation of draft of Board report, CGR, BRR, IR, MD&A, ESG of listed companies;

• Preparation of draft AGM notice;

• Compounding of Offences;

• Support for managing inspections, investigations;

• Handling various compliance activities including filings with stock exchange under LODR, annual disclosures by Directors, NCD related compliances, etc.;

• Support to the treasury and finance team of the client in secretarial matters;

• Guide secretarial team of clients on various statutory and regulatory amendments;

• Preparation of reply to investor complaints;

• Preparation of annual report;

• Due Diligence, Data Collation, addressing major governance concerns for the Issuer and Promoter Group companies prior to IPO / FPO / Rights Issue / Preferential Allotment;

• In-Principle approval and final approval for listing and trading of securities on the stock exchanges;

• Compliance pursuant to SEBI SAST, PIT Regulations;

• Postal Ballots, Scrutinizers, Proxy Advisory Firms relationship management;

• Drafting and vetting of investment, shareholders, share subscription agreements, share purchase agreement, asset

purchase agreement, SEBI takeover code and compliance, etc.;

• Due diligence of mergers/acquisitions, Due Diligence before acquisition, takeover, investment by strategic investors;

• Secretarial, compliance audit;

• NBFC Incorporation and compliances;

• Restoration of companies and transmission of shares.