Merger, Amalgamation, and Acquisition (M&A) have been pillars of the financial and economic environment all across the world. After the Indian economic reform, it has opened up a lot of challenges and, at the same time, opportunities from within and outside the country. The increased competition in the international and domestic markets has played an important role in the adoption of the concept of merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) by Indian companies. The demographic dividend India enjoys also played a key role in the intense competition the Indian market is facing, which has also led to the adoption of merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) as the primary strategy to remain flag bearers. In simple words, merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) remains a quick and effective way to transform a business or improve growth not only in existing but also in new business areas. Whether it is used to shed redundancies and focus on core business areas or acquire an advantage over peers through expansion, in all spheres, merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) remains a preferred roadmap for the following, amongst other benefits:

1. Consolidation of the resources for better opportunities, better finances, and adequate resource mobilisation to sustain growth;
2. Strengthening and consolidating it and enabling it to participate vigorously in an increasingly competitive and liberalised market;
3. Enhancement of economic value addition and shareholder value;
4. Enabling better leverage of facilities infrastructure, human resources, and administration;
5. Enhancing and strengthening core businesses, resulting in enhanced shareholder value;
6. Enabling the new entity created through the process of merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) to raise funds from the financial institution on better terms;
7. Significant reduction in the multiplicity of the legal and regulatory compliances required at present to be carried out and to avoid duplication of administrative functions and elimination of multiple record keeping; and
8. Enable the new entity created through merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) to achieve and fulfil the objectives more economically and efficiently.

One can adopt composite schemes wherein merger, demerger, restructuring, or reduction of the share capital, modification of voting rights of the shareholders, compromises and arrangements with creditors or classes of creditors, and compromises and arrangements with shareholders or classes of shareholders can be clubbed into one scheme to meet the particular requirements of the company.

We at ILS take immense pride in stating that merger, amalgamation, and acquisition (M&A) is our prime national practise area, led by well-erudite, experienced, and dedicated lawyers accompanied by a band of professionals from the ranks of chartered accountants, company secretaries, cost accountants, and financial advisors and consultants. We have lawyers who have successfully gotten approval for 200+ schemes of arrangement, including mergers, demergers, and compromises, from the Hon’ble High Court (under the earlier regime) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the new regime.

Our team comprises 15 lawyers with vast experience handling and representing leading corporate houses before the Hon’ble High Court (under the earlier regime) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the new regime. We provide single-point assistance in all the phases of the transaction. During such a period, we offer a spectrum of services ranging from strategizing, valuation, scheme preparation, representation before NCLT, representation before regulatory authorities, and assistance until proper implementation of the approved scheme from NCLT.