Corporate & Commercial

Novation Legal provides comprehensive corporate and commercial legal services to businesses, companies, founders, investors, promoters, and other stakeholders. Our lawyers advise clients across the business lifecycle, from incorporation, investment, and growth to restructuring, transactions, and strategic exits. We combine legal expertise with a practical understanding of commercial objectives to provide solutions that are aligned with our clients' business needs.

Businesses operate in an increasingly complex regulatory and commercial environment. Effective legal advice can help organisations manage risk, structure transactions, protect their interests, and make informed decisions. At Novation Legal, we work closely with clients to understand their business models, commercial priorities, contractual relationships, and long-term objectives before developing a legal strategy.

Our corporate and commercial practice covers corporate advisory and governance, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders' and founders' agreements, corporate restructuring, legal due diligence, startup and venture advisory, and foreign investment and India entry matters.

We advise companies and their boards on corporate governance, decision-making, regulatory requirements, shareholder matters, and corporate documentation. Our lawyers also assist businesses with drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and structuring commercial contracts designed to clearly define rights, obligations, liabilities, and risk allocation between contracting parties.

In transactional matters, we assist clients with mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions. Our approach involves identifying legal and commercial risks at an early stage, conducting appropriate due diligence, negotiating transaction documents, and supporting clients through completion and post-transaction requirements.

For startups and emerging businesses, we provide practical legal guidance on matters such as founder arrangements, investment structures, shareholder rights, commercial agreements, fundraising, and business expansion. We understand that growing businesses require legal solutions that are commercially sensible, scalable, and responsive to changing business requirements.

We also advise Indian and international businesses on foreign investment and establishing or expanding operations in India. Our team assists clients in understanding applicable legal and regulatory considerations and structuring market-entry and investment arrangements appropriately.

Whether you are establishing a new business, negotiating a major commercial contract, raising investment, acquiring a company, entering into a joint venture, restructuring an existing business, or expanding into India, Novation Legal provides strategic and client-focused corporate and commercial legal assistance.

Our Corporate & Commercial Practice

Corporate Advisory & Governance

Novation Legal advises companies, boards, directors, promoters, and shareholders on corporate governance, corporate decision-making, regulatory requirements, board matters, shareholder rights, and corporate documentation. We help clients establish appropriate governance frameworks while addressing legal and commercial risks associated with corporate operations.

Commercial Contracts

Well-structured commercial contracts are essential for protecting business interests and managing contractual risk. Our lawyers assist clients with drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and revising a wide range of commercial agreements, focusing on clear obligations, appropriate risk allocation, liability provisions, termination rights, dispute resolution, and other key contractual considerations.

M&A and Joint Ventures

We provide legal assistance in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions. Our services include transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation of transaction documents, regulatory considerations, closing requirements, and post-transaction legal support.

Shareholders' & Founders' Agreements

Shareholders' and founders' agreements help establish clear rights, responsibilities, decision-making mechanisms, ownership arrangements, and exit provisions. Novation Legal assists founders, investors, and shareholders in structuring and negotiating these agreements to address governance, transfer restrictions, funding obligations, deadlock situations, and other important commercial considerations.

Corporate Restructuring

Corporate restructuring may be undertaken to improve operational efficiency, reorganise ownership, facilitate investment, manage liabilities, or support strategic business objectives. We advise clients on the legal aspects of corporate restructuring, including transaction structures, documentation, regulatory requirements, and implementation considerations.

Legal Due Diligence

Legal due diligence is an important component of investments, acquisitions, financing transactions, and other strategic business decisions. Our lawyers review corporate records, contracts, regulatory matters, litigation, intellectual property, employment issues, and other relevant legal areas to identify potential risks and provide clients with a clear understanding of the legal position.

Startup & Venture Advisory

Novation Legal provides legal support to startups, founders, investors, and emerging businesses at different stages of growth. We advise on founder arrangements, fundraising, investment documentation, shareholder matters, commercial contracts, corporate structuring, and other legal issues that commonly arise as businesses scale.

Foreign Investment & India Entry

We assist international businesses and investors evaluating opportunities in India with legal and strategic guidance concerning foreign investment and India entry. Our lawyers advise on appropriate structures, applicable regulatory considerations, transaction documentation, corporate arrangements, and other legal aspects relevant to establishing or expanding business operations in India.