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Our leading Capital Market practice has earned us an enviable list of domestic and international clientele across sectors. ARA LAW’s capital market team is recognized as one of the leading teams in India. We work closely with our clients to meet their expectations  and need for a full securities law service.. We offer a one-stop service to clients looking to access Indian and offshore capital markets and also provide services to the various intermediaries in markets through our financial services practice.

 
   

Our Capital Market practice includes:

 
Primary/Secondary Market Equity and other Issuances
Debt Related Issuances
Financial Services & Markets
 
   
Primary/Secondary Market Equity & Other Issuances
 
   

Our capital market team tailors its service to provide the appropriate level of support at all stages of the issuance process towards ensuring that the key milestones are achieved and coordinates resources effectively to deliver the appropriate legal advice in a tight time frame. Our team has advised issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in private placements and domestic and international public offerings, such as, IPOs, FPOs, GDRs, ADRs, FCCBs, AIM listing, etc. The Firm regularly advises its listed company clients on disclosure and corporate governance matters, securities laws as well as listing agreements and other bye-laws issued by recognized stock exchanges. We drawn pride in saying that our capital market team was involved in the first GDR issue in India.

 
   
Our practice inter alia focuses on:  
Advising on initial and secondary equity and quasi-equity issuances;
Advising on Qualified Institutional Placements
Advising on Euro Issues (American Depository Receipts / Global Depository Receipts and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds) and private placements
Assisting in structuring, drafting documents, advising on the legal considerations involved in an AIM offering
Assisting in conducting legal due diligence
Assisting in all areas of the issuance, including drafting / reviewing offer document / prospectus / private placement memorandum
Assisting in negotiating and execution of the transaction documents and advising on regulatory, tax and structuring issues
Providing legal opinion / comfort letters
Advising on corporate actions and compliance
Liaising with international law firms, etc.
 
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Debt Related Issuances
 

We have regularly advised on all forms of debt-related transactions, domestic and international. Our practice inter alia focuses on:

 
Advising on convertible bond issuances (such as euro bonds)
Advising on high-yield offerings, warrants, External Commercial Borrowings
Advising on complex debt restructuring as well as tender offers and regularly advise leading domestic and international investment banks, initial purchasers, underwriters, trustees, and issuers
Assisting in drafting of offering documents, negotiating and execution of the transaction documents
Providing legal opinion / comfort letters
Advising on regulatory provisions, listing requirements, corporate actions and compliance, interacting with international law firms, etc.
 
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Financial Services & Markets
 

As part of capital market practice, our team advises on areas relating to the Indian financial services market. Our team has extensive experience in providing advice on all aspects of regulatory governance and systems. We apply our experience, insight and specialised knowledge to devise solutions that meet our clients’ specific needs. Our practice inter alia focuses on:

 
Providing regulatory advice on an ongoing basis
Seeking FII/sub-account/VCF/FVCI registrations with SEBI
Advising on marketing and selling restrictions
Supporting our clients in complex cross-jurisdictional regulatory investigations and enforcement issues
Conducting in-depth reviews of the compliance and corporate governance of various financial institutions.
 
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December 6, 2008
Further measures announced by RBI for managing liquidity and enhancing growth
October 16, 2008
Enhancement of FII investment limits in Corporate debt and dispensing with the requirement of 70:30 investments in equity and debt
February 25, 2009
Amendments to SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000
April 29, 2009
Buyback / Prepayment of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)and Loans to Non-Residents/third party.
May 6, 2009

New regime for Private Equity (PE) investments likely soon

 

September 18, 2009

Prior approval of RBI required in cases of acquisition/transfer of control of NBFCs accepting deposits

 

September 25, 2009
Revised Code of Conduct for Mutual Funds Intermediaries and SEBI Board Meeting
 
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