Transactional Advise

The Firm regularly advises its international and domestic clients on all aspects of competition law in India involving anti-competitive commercial, licensing and distribution agreements, cartels, pricing, abuse of dominance, investigation procedures, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures control, intellectual property issues, analysis of sector specific policies and market studies to identify competition concerns, etc., under Indian competition law. We also carry out due diligence with respect to competition law issues in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures with appropriate anti-trust safeguard measures and policies.

It is advisable for the companies to assess the competition law issues under Indian law beforehand, and avoid engaging in complex and long-winding legal proceedings. The companies must endeavour that their transaction documents are drafted appropriately to minimise the competition law issues. Our lawyers have significant experience in handling competition law issues and drafting transaction documents such as term sheets, definitive agreements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, franchise agreements, escrow agreements, stock agreements, etc., to minimize the risk of competition law issues in India. The Firm provides practical solutions to complex competition law issues under Indian law in sync with the client’s business interests.

The Firm also assists the clients in obtaining approvals and clearances of combinations from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) beforehand, which significantly avoids any future risk of competition law issues arising during or after the transaction is completed.