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

About us

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NovoJuris fast outpaces most well-known legal counselors and

is ranked as Indias 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.

Our Typical Engagements

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Proven capability in private equity investments, investment fund formation

and 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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Some of our experiences in M & A

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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 Molexs legal entities in India.

Identified and managed acquisition of a company in the education domain.

Merger of Intels group companies in India through the court process.

World-wide restructuring and divestment of India entity of a company

developing voice over packet products for optical networks.

Merger of a loss making entity manufacturing spring mattresses, resulting

in substantial tax advantages.

Some of our experiences in investment

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More than 180 deals and counting. Experience on both sides of the table.
Ranked as Indias 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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Representing the Funds

Representing the Funds

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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.

Investments from the Fund

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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 Funds management team wrt call for
money
Archiving company documents for Funds compliances

Portfolio

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Extended arm of the lean funds for mapping portfolios

compliances
If the Fund mandates us to become the portfolio companys legal
department for ongoing legal requirements and corporate
governance

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Being the Legal Department

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Outside Inhouse Counsels

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Emerging companies and Indian subsidiaries retain us as their

legal 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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Deals we specifically enjoyed

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Representing the Purchaser in a take-over of a Enterprise Mobility

Solutions company, which upon acquisition has become a global company
with 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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IP and Technology Suite

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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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Cross Border

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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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A few of our experiences

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Some of the Funds & Incubation Centers

we represent

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For Startups & Accelerators

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Accelerators

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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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Granular details

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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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Granular details (contd)

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Investment banking for growth companies

B-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-OperateTransfer

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

relationships@novojuris.com

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