Practice Areas

The aim of the firm is to provide clear, concise and practical advice with time bound deliverables to support its clients’ business objectives. Its innovative and pragmatic solutions extend beyond practices and borders to suit clients’ business needs. The firm’s global perspective is based on its knowledge of the sector/industry, local laws and customs.

The team of professionals understand issues across a broad spectrum of
business and legal practices. This fluency allows the firm to bring the right talent and knowledge to deliver commercially pragmatic advice.
We are specialized in Deeds, Contracts (drafting, reviews and dispute)
Negotiations, Arbitrations, Advices, Documentations, Dispute Resolutions,
Litigations and Corporate and Commercial Laws. Investors, Residential and Commercial Real Estate transactions, Shipping, Construction related, Bank
recovery, Insolvency proceedings, Disciplinary proceedings and Criminal
Proceedings of Financial Offences.

Our Services

Apart from the boutique law Firm’s experiences provided through its excellent team of professionals provides the following services throughout the country.

LITIGATION & ARBITRATION

The Firm’s Litigation practice is focused on Corporate Commercial Disputes including Shareholder Joint Venture Disputes, Contractual Disputes (Commercial contracts, Licensing contracts, Project contracts, Construction contracts, Real Estate contracts, Technology Transfer contracts, Asset and Business Transfer contracts and other Commercial contracts and arrangements), and Constitutional matters affecting client’s business interests. We handle matters before the courts, quasi-judicial authorities, and tribunals
including (i) Supreme Court of India; (ii) High Courts of various States; (iii) District Courts; (iv) Company Law Board; (v) Telecom & Electricity Regulatory Authorities and Appellate Authorities; (vi) Banking Tribunals; (vii) NCLT (viii) Environmental Tribunals; (ix) Competition Commission; (ix) Board and Appellate Tribunal Authority for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction; and (xi) Consumer
Protection Forum.

The Firm is also actively engaged in other Dispute Resolution processes such international & domestic Arbitrations. We advise clients on strategies, potential disputes and mediations, and have conducted several matters involving complex issues of law.

We represent a variety of clients, including domestic and International Corporations, Public Utility Undertakings and High Net worth Individuals.

GENERAL, CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL

We advise on legal issues concerning inbound and outbound investments, strategic alliances and collaborations. We advise on policies, laws and regulations in relation to (i) Structuring of investment vehicles; (ii) Subsidiaries & Joint Ventures; (iii) Technology transfers & licensing; (iv) Technical assistance & services arrangements; and (v) Governmental & regulatory compliance and approvals.

We also advise on day-to-day legal issues concerning commercial & business affairs on legal structuring of commercial arrangement, corporate legal affairs, formation of legal entities in India & overseas, corporate transactional matters, commercial contracts and documentation. We handle the entire gamut of Employment matters including Contracts, Benefits, Disciplinary action and termination.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (M&A)

We handle a full range of M&A transactions including (i) Mergers & Amalgamations; (ii) Schemes of Arrangement, Reconstructions and Demergers; (iii) Acquisitions & Divestments – of shares, assets and businesses (private, public and listed entities and (vi) Restructuring (for listed & unlisted entities), including Capital & Debt restructuring, buy-back of securities & reduction of capital.

We work very closely with In-house counsels, Investment Banks and Accounting Firms to achieve seamless implementation of any M&A transaction. Our complementary areas of practice are useful for resolving tricky legal issues in M&A transactions, and along with our well-equipped offices across important locations in India we provide cost efficient services to our clients.

BANKING & FINANCE

VS Associate has been widely recognized as having a leading national Banking & Finance practice which is highly regarded for its excellence, consistency and commercial sense, and has a reputation for working on challenging and innovative transactions.

The practice covers a wide range of financing transactions such as (i) Corporate Debt, including syndicated loans, secured and unsecured loans, revolving credits, guarantee facilities and other forms of security; (ii) Structured Finance; (iii) Acquisition and Leveraged Finance using senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt; (iv) Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships across all Infrastructure and Energy sectors; (v) Securitization; (vi) Estate Finance including structured lending, secured property lending and property securitization; (vii) Asset Finance; (viii) Derivative transactions; (ix) Debt Capital Markets encompassing issues of rupee denominated bonds and debentures, foreign currency convertible bonds, bank MTN programmes and other securities;
and (x) Debt Restructuring and re-financing, including asset reconstruction and schemes of arrangement.

We have extensive experience in diverse types of Banking & Finance transactions and have represented clients on high-profile and complex Syndicated Lending, Structured Products, Project Finance, External Commercial Borrowings, and plain vanilla bilateral lending deals. Our scope of work covers the entire spectrum including structuring transactions, drafting term sheets and transactional documents, negotiations, advising on the regulatory framework and related issues.