Our dedicated investment funds practice comprises professionals with expertise and experience in advising clients from the funds sectors on the relevant legal, regulatory, and tax perspectives.
The seamless integration of our investment funds practice, with the tax practice, helps us provide a holistic legal, regulatory and tax solution to clients. We help clients with fund formation and structuring. We have worked across asset classes including seed funds, angel funds, venture funds, private equity, infrastructure funds, debt funds, credit funds, special situation funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, fund of funds, secondary funds, REITs, INVITs, mutual funds, UCITs and other alternate asset classes.
We advise Indian and global funds in different jurisdictions through various market cycles. Our commitment to research and understanding of global trends enables us to anticipate the future needs of our clients and create innovative fund solutions right from fund formation to eventual winding up and throughout the lifecycle of a fund.
Advised client, on a joint venture with Bain Capital Credit for the establishment of India Resurgence Fund as a Category II AIF with a target corpus of USD 1 billion.
Acted as the Fund Counsel in structuring Piramal Alternative Opportunities Fund, a scheme of Piramal Alternative Opportunities Trust.
Advised IDFC Alternatives Limited in relation to transfer of the real estate and private equity asset management businesses to Investcorp Asia Services Pte. Ltd by way of a slump sale, on a going concern basis.
Acted as the transaction counsel and advised client in relation to setting up of a Fund, organized as a limited liability company with under the laws of Mauritius and holding a Category I Global Business Licence issued by the FSC.
Acted as the legal advisor from an Indian law perspective in structuring Motilal Oswal ICAV, and also assisted Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (MOAMC) in its application to the relevant Indian regulators in relation to its 100% subsidiary in India, i.e. Motilal Oswal Capital Limited (MOCL) to act as the investment advisor of Motilal Oswal ICAV Fund.
Acted as Fund counsel to Category II AIF set up by client. Also acted as the India counsel in respect of the offshore pooling vehicle set up in Mauritius by the BPEA Group to make investments into the India Fund.
Assisted and acted as the ‘Fund Counsel’ in the setting up of Category II Alternative Investment Fund which has a target corpus of INR 750 crores with a Greenshoe Option, exercisable at the discretion of the Investment Manager, of INR 250 crores, thereby totalling to INR 1000 crores.
Acted as Fund Counsel in the setting up of a Category III open-ended Alternative Investment Fund with the objective to achieve capital appreciation in the medium to long term, from a portfolio that is constituted of equity, equity related securities and derivatives of companies/issuers domiciled in India.
Assisted on investor negotiations with a large development financial institution to obtain capital commitment by IIFL.
"Clients note the calibre of advice provided, and praise its "legal understanding coupled with the commercial understanding of the team."
