Corporate and Commercial Advisory
Ongoing Indian corporate law support for companies, boards, founders, shareholders and management teams.
Businesses require legal support between major transactions. Corporate actions, new products, key contracts, management decisions, shareholder issues, group arrangements and regulatory developments can each affect the company's legal position and governance processes.
DB Legal acts as recurring corporate counsel for businesses that require access to external legal advice without building a full specialist legal team internally, and supplements in-house legal teams on specific Indian corporate and commercial workstreams.
Company law and corporate actions
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Incorporation, constitutional documents and changes to business objects.
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Issue, allotment, transfer, consolidation, subdivision and reclassification of securities.
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Rights issues, preferential allotments, bonus issues, buy-backs and capital reductions.
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Dividends, reserves and distribution-related corporate actions.
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Board, committee and shareholder approvals and meeting documentation.
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Related-party transactions and intra-group arrangements.
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Change of registered office, name, management or governance arrangements.
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Closure, strike-off, restructuring and other corporate lifecycle events.
Shareholder, founder and group matters
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Shareholder and founder arrangements.
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Transfer restrictions, pre-emption, exit and governance rights.
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Board composition and management authority.
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Inter-company services, cost allocations, licences and funding arrangements.
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Family-owned and closely held company governance.
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Corporate reorganisations and internal transfers.
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Interpretation and implementation of shareholders' agreements and constitutional documents.
Policies and governance documentation
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Delegation of authority and approval matrices.
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Codes of conduct and conflict-of-interest policies.
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Related-party transaction policies.
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Insider trading and securities dealing codes where applicable.
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Whistleblowing, document retention and corporate compliance policies.
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Data protection, acceptable use and information-security policies in coordination with specialist teams.
Business and regulatory advice
The Firm advises on legal questions arising from new business models, products, corporate collaborations, consumer-facing arrangements, e-commerce, commercial communications, data use, employment decisions and sector regulation. Advice may be delivered as a legal memorandum, issue note, contract mark-up, board note, policy or practical action list.
External general corporate support
Support can be arranged around a defined project, a monthly or quarterly workstream, or recurring instructions. The scope may include contract review, corporate approvals, legal research, policy updates, management queries, transaction support and coordination with company secretaries, accountants and other advisers.