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Your Legal Team
NOVOJURIS
• Corporate Advisory• Fund Formation
• Fund Investments• Cross border Transactions• M & A• Business Structuring• Intellectual Property• Startup Legal• Accelerators
• Mediation and settlements
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Your Legal Team About us…
NovoJuris fast outpaces most well-known legal counselors andis ranked as India’s No. 1, legal counselors in early stage
investments and No.5 on all India basis as active legal
counselors. Venture Intelligence Reports – December 2015.
Legal counselors specializing in corporate, technology, IP, capital
markets, fund formation, private equity Over the last eight years we have worked with more than a thousand
businesses on the continuum from ideation, funding, becoming the
legal department, acquisitions, corporate governance and beyond.
Started by a team that is experienced in business strategy, law and
technology.
Specific services and solutions for companies at various growth
stages.
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Your Legal TeamOur Typical Engagements
Proven capability in private equity investments, investment fund formationand SEBI registration requirements.
Successful engagements in corporate structuring including JV, merger,amalgamation, take-over, hiving off, acquisition of companies / businesses.Experience in handling IPO.
IP protection, audit, enforcement
Structuring of incubation and accelerator programs Cross border structuring, extensively focused on Israel, Singapore and US.
structuring and setting businesses in India
Being the legal department. Top management legal orientation
Corporate governance, company secretarial activities
Foreign exchange compliances, both inward and external remittances (FDI,ODI)
Due-diligence, agreements, legal policies, ESOP
Customized legal solutions for commercial transactions
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Your Legal TeamSome of our experiences in M & A
Majority stake sale of Pennywise Solutions to Ogilvy & Mather (a WPP
company).
Strategized and assisted E-litmus in takeover of a company in assessment
and tests.
Identified and managed business and asset sale of 2tion Online Services
and SmartLearn WebTV to Edserv a listed company.
Reverse merger of Molex’s legal entities in India.
Identified and managed acquisition of a company in the education domain.
Merger of Intel’s group companies in India through the court process.
World-wide restructuring and divestment of India entity of a companydeveloping voice over packet products for optical networks.
Merger of a loss making entity manufacturing spring mattresses, resulting
in substantial tax advantages.
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Some of our experiences in investment…
More than 180 deals and counting. Experience on both sides of the table.Ranked as India’s No.1 in early stage investments and No.5 on all India
basis in private equity.
Notable deals: USD 8.75m in group buying by Greylock and Battery
Ventures, USD 9m in data-center by Intel Capital, USD 16m in home
services by Orios, Ivy Capital and Mayfield, USD 12m in mobile software
company by TigerGlobal and FlipKart.
Investments representing:
– IDG Ventures
– Blume Ventures, an entrepreneur friendly early stage India fund.
– PixVine, a Singapore based tech fund.
– Insitor, a Cambodia based social impact fund. – Accion, a very large US fund with focus on financial inclusion.
– Indian Angel Network (IAN), the largest network of angels
– SmartStart Fund based in Dubai focused on early stage.
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Your Legal Team
Representing the Funds
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Your Legal TeamRepresenting the Funds
Fund Formation:
Structuring the fund both onshore and offshore
PPM, Governance Board and Advisory Board structures
Investment committee structures
Agreements – contribution, GP compensation, standard
investment agreements
Investment closure documents and other transaction related
documents based on fund structure and reporting requirements
SEBI related application, registration, Trust formation and other
associated compliances for India funds.
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Your Legal TeamInvestments from the Fund
Due-diligence from legal, financial perspective and compliance
perspective.
Issuance of legal opinion
Drafting of standard termsheet and investment agreements (SSA,
SHA and other transaction documents)
Follow through with the company for completion of CP/ CS
documents and alerting the Fund’s management team wrt call for
money
Archiving company documents for Fund’s compliances
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Your Legal TeamPortfolio
Extended arm of the lean funds for mapping portfolio’scompliances
If the Fund mandates us to become the portfolio company’s legal
department for ongoing legal requirements and corporate
governance
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Being the Legal Department
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Outside Inhouse Counsels
Emerging companies and Indian subsidiaries retain us as theirlegal department. Queries on employment, vendors, customers are
handled by us.
We build the compliance framework. Governance and other
policies.
Some of the notable companies are:
– Act-on Software, online marketing services, ready for IPO in US
– Molex, manufacturer of tools, dies and connectors, a fortune 500
company
– Ivy Mobility, enterprise mobility Indian MNC with group companies in 6
countries and we are attorneys for the group.
– LGCL, fast growing real estate group of companies.
– WebEngage, GrabHouse, Instamojo, HolidayIQ and many more
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Your Legal TeamDeals we specifically enjoyed
Representing the Purchaser in a take-over of a Enterprise Mobility
Solutions company, which upon acquisition has become a global companywith presence in 5 continents and as their attorneys we continue to be on
the board of the holding entity.
IPO of a 20 year old real estate company. Successfully hand-held the
company through the IPO preparation stage to DRHP stage in 2.5 months
and complete the Listing process during difficult times.
Legal Compliance Forum for Intel India. 84 legislations. 12 Business
Units.
Sustainable legal compliance structure for LGCL Developers.
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Your Legal TeamIP and Technology Suite
Patents
– Search: Novelty, Freedom to operate, Invalidation /Litigation, Technology landscaping – Patent Drafting. Filing (India, USPTO, PCT). Processing the application till grant.
– IP Strategy. IP Policy: Ownership issues. Exploitation. Employee Incentive Mechanisms.
IP Hygiene and culture. Inventory and portfolio management. Agreements and licensing.
Copyright – Protection. Filing. Opensource software consulting. Literary and art work including fine
arts.
Trademarks – Search. Protection. Filing. Defending.
Training and IP Audit.
Technology expertise in various industries: Ecom, telecom, mobile,VAS, SaaS, cloud, big data, analytics, payments and so many
more.
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Cross border
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Your Legal TeamCross Border
Focus on Israel, US and Singapore
Connects with government, universities and business eco-system
India entry strategy, structuring and execution
Identification of partners for JV, distribution of products and
collaborate through the process between India and Israel, US and
Singapore
Acquisition targets and due-diligence
Foreign exchange transaction compliances, immigration and tax
advisory
Continue to be the legal department for the group of companies
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Your Legal Team A few of our experiences…
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Your Legal TeamSome of the Funds & Incubation Centers
we represent…
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For Startups & Accelerators
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Your Legal Team Accelerators
Work with most well-known active accelerators / incubators
Structuring the accelerator program, beneficial from tax and legal
perspective.
All agreements, documents required from choosing the startup,
onboarding, investment and portfolio management.
Periodical training to the portfolio companies on compliances and support
on their subsequent round of funding to being their legal department.
Support in valuations and business plans.
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Your Legal TeamGranular details
Employment related aspects
Employment agreements. Employee issues. Policies. Stock Options and more.
Consumer related aspects
Payment issues. Legal notices. Consumer complaints. Franchise set up. Various kinds of
customer agreements and more.
Vendor related aspects Purchase agreements. PO. Contracts management and more.
FEMA related compliances
Foreign direct investment. Overseas direct investment. Repatriation processes and more
Technology related aspects
Research. Agreements. Statutory approvals. Licenses and more
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Your Legal TeamGranular details (contd)
Investment banking for growth companiesB-plan evaluation. Mentoring. Connecting to Investors. Getting Exits (M&A, Strategic sale)
Helping businesses with their India entry strategy
Structuring their business. Finding partners and collaborators. Teams for Build-Operate-
Transfer
Business Valuations
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Meet / Call / Mail us …
NovoJuris#33/3, Meanee Avenue Road
(Osborne Road Cross)
Next to Lake Side Hospital, Ulsoor
Bangalore 560042
Phone : 080 40924173, 25544365
www.novojuris.com
Twitter: @novojuris.com
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