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  • LEGAL ISSUES THAT START-UPS FACE

    LEGAL ISSUES THAT START-UPS FACE

    [slideshare id=28850014&style=border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px;&sc=no] Legal issues that Startups face from Novojuris           Disclaimer: This is not a legal opinion and should not be construed as one. Please speak   with your

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – CHANGING GAME

    CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – CHANGING GAME

    The Companies Act 2013 (the ‘Act’) has brought in new provisions for responsible conduct of businesses. And one such new provision is the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Earlier, CSR was voluntary. Now, there are provisions included in

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • THE FRIENDS/ FAMILY INVESTMENT ROUND

    THE FRIENDS/ FAMILY INVESTMENT ROUND

    For a first-time and young founder, when the founder himself is not too sure of his idea or is in need of money during the early stage of business, it is family and friends(based on ‘trust’ or because they ‘love

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • THIRD PARTY PAYMENTS FOR EXPORT / IMPORT TRANSACTIONS – ALLOWED

    THIRD PARTY PAYMENTS FOR EXPORT / IMPORT TRANSACTIONS – ALLOWED

    Recently RBI liberalized the procedure relating to payments for exports/imports, through circular (A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.70) dated November 8th  2013 (‘Circular’), allowing third party payments for exports and import transactions. Earlier, payment for exports was to be received from

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • LISTING WITHOUT AN IPO FOR SME: ALTERNATIVE EXIT ROUTE FOR INVESTORS

    LISTING WITHOUT AN IPO FOR SME: ALTERNATIVE EXIT ROUTE FOR INVESTORS

    Recently, SEBI vide its Circular dated October 24, 2013 (“Circular”), allowed listing of specified securities of small and medium enterprises (“SME”) which do not have their securities listed on any recognized stock exchange,  exclusively on the institutional trading platform (“ITP”),

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION - COMPANIES ACT 2013

    MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION - COMPANIES ACT 2013

    [slideshare id=30031123&sc=no] This article pertains to the compliance requirements at the shareholder meetings in terms of calling for meeting, the quorum requirements, the manner of conducting the meetings including the annual compliance with the registrar of companies. The analysis seeks

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago
  • INCENTIVES FOR INFORMATION AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

    INCENTIVES FOR INFORMATION AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

     The Karnataka Government recently announced various fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to give an impetus to Information Technology (IT) and Bio-Technology (BT) industries in the State. In order to enable identification of eligible units so that these incentives can be applied

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
  • NEGOTIATING TERMSHEETS: EXIT OPTIONS – Part 5

    NEGOTIATING TERMSHEETS: EXIT OPTIONS – Part 5

    In the previous post ( read Part 4 here) , we discussed a few exit options. In this post we discuss about IPO, which is the preferred option in most investment deals. Many a time, even the early stage investment agreements capture quite

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
  • NOTE ON PATENT NOTIFICATION

    NOTE ON PATENT NOTIFICATION

    IPO to act as International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority India has seen some major reforms in intellectual Property (IP) domain over a decade or so. Talking about Patents in IP, the most technical and specialized domain, few

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
  • MANDATORY REGISTRATION - ESI

    MANDATORY REGISTRATION - ESI

    A business entity needs to procure, few of the registrations as per various state and central laws, depending upon the eligibility threshold provided under each act. One of the essential registrations, subject to Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act),

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
  • NEGOTIATING TERM SHEETS - EXIT STRATEGY - PART 4

    NEGOTIATING TERM SHEETS - EXIT STRATEGY - PART 4

    The most critical aspect in any investment deal for the investors is the exit clause, which is when they get to see the return on investment. In a typical early stage investment deal, the options are initial public offering (IPO),

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
  • DUE DILIGENCE

    DUE DILIGENCE

    Today’s competitive forces have brought a paradigm shift in the mindsets of the investor community, that focuses more on business ground rules than ever before. Profitability is not the only parameter which plays a role. Preferably, the product/business must also

    Sharda Balaji
    By Sharda Balaji about 10 years ago
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