About
Provided by Dua Associates
Dua Associates has a robust Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity (PE) practice, which is globally top ranked for several consecutive years. The transactions and deals undertaken are across sectors such as manufacturing, financial services, telecom, media, information technology, power , infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, aviation, cosmetics, defence and real estate. The M&A and PE practice team comprises of 20 partners and over 35 professionals who represent institutionally affiliated and stand-alone private equity houses on complex and sophisticated transactions, including buyouts, control investments, re-capitalisations, co-investments, public market and venture transactions.
The team also advises on legal and commercial issues and alternatives for PE investment such as investor exit options, instruments of investment, economic/commercial aspects of the proposed transaction, the extent of management rights, if any, to be granted to the investor in listed companies and unlisted companies etc. The M&A and PE practice includes :
• Structuring transactions
• Joint ventures, collaborations and restructuring
• International and domestic tax planning
• Legal due diligence
• Assistance in preparation, negotiation and finalization of transaction documentation
• Advising on relevant laws including securities law, corporate law, foreign exchange laws and policies and anti-trust/ competition law
