PEOPLE

Punya Shekar

Partner

LOCATION
Bangalore

Profile

Punya Shekar is a Partner at the Bangalore office of the Firm.  She has extensive experience in corporate in regulatory matters.  She also heads the Prevention of Sexual Harassment practice at the firm’s Bangalore office.

Punya’s practice areas include foreign investments, corporate law, transactional, advisory and regulatory affairs, including advising companies on general corporate compliances and assisting them with resolving pre-acquisition corporate non-compliances.

She has been involved in representing companies with regard to foreign investments in India such as establishment of wholly owned subsidiaries, incorporation of limited liability partnerships, acquisitions and also assisting with their on-going corporate and regulatory compliance in India and their exit from India. She also have been involved in organizational structuring, due diligence and advice on regulatory approvals.

Punya leads the Prevention of Sexual Harassment practice at the firm’s Bangalore office.  She has extensive experience of training employees and executives of Independent Committees of companies.  She has also handled several enquiries into complaints of sexual harassment of various companies.

She has handled corporate compliance for the world’s leading blue-chip and Fortune 500 companies across diversified industry sectors.

Expertise

Corporate/M&A
Restructuring & Insolvency

Publications

Co-authored “India Employee Share Plans Global Guide” published by Thomson and Reuters

Education

  • B.A.L, LL.B, Bangalore University

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Karnataka

Select Experience Statement

  • Assisted a client in an USD 90,000,000 value acquisition for an Indian subsidiary with review of merger agreement, change in directors of the Indian subsidiary, and other corporate compliance, real estate, IP, and employment law related support for the entire transaction from India law perspective.
  • Assisted in obtaining the desired name to completing the approval to be received for the name to be changed. This included several corporate compliance actions and follow with the corporate registry to complete the assignment in a timely manner.
  • Assisted in cross-border merger transaction of matter value of USD 130,000,000 which led to the merger of the Indian subsidiary.
  • Assisted in providing legal opinion in relation to contribution of funds by a foreign brand towards the charity event held in one of Indian palaces and on the legal implications of charitable contributions worth $ 50,000.
  • Assisted the firm in a share transfer worth approx USD 18,000,000 including advising and preparation of necessary corporate documents.

Contact Details

  • 201, Prestige Sigma, No. 3 Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore 560001 Karnataka (India)
  • +91 80 4030 8000
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