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Your Partner in Growth

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About Kaizen

Your Partner in Growth

Crafting Legal Solutions for Your Success.
As a boutique corporate law firm in Gurgaon, we prioritize client satisfaction. We emphasize providing solution-oriented advice to clients by leveraging our extensive knowledge of Indian laws and experience in advising on corporate law transactions. Our aspiration is to establish ourselves as clients’ preferred law firm for Indian corporate law advice, offering exceptional services that consistently meet their needs. Furthermore, we are committed to being recognized as thought leaders in Indian corporate law, staying ahead of industry trends, and sharing our expertise with the wider legal community.

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advise both the buy-side and sale side on all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions involving listed and unlisted companies.
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Private Equity

Advise on investments by private equity investors and growth-stage companies looking to engage with private equity across various sectors and industries.
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Venture Capital

Advise on early and late-stage financing of startups in India. We represent both venture funds and entrepreneurs.
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Commercial Contracts

Advise on general corporate law, Indian employment and regulatory advice, and all aspects of commercial contracts.
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Mergers & Acquisitions

We specialize exclusively in mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial investments, and general corporate advisory services across various industries and sectors. With expertise in handling routine to complex transactions, we provide comprehensive support to our clients from the term sheet until the consummation of a transaction. What sets us apart is our commitment to personalized service, attentive understanding of our clients’ deal drivers, and delivering tailored legal solutions. Our approach involves grasping each transaction’s intricacies, identifying our clients’ key commercial drivers, and establishing essential deal protection strategies for the non-negotiables goals.

Buy-side/ Investor Representation

Evaluating the Target

As part of our tailored services, we assist buyers/investors in gaining a deep understanding of the target company’s overall structure and legal compliances. We conduct comprehensive legal due diligence to identify potential red flags or non-compliance with laws that mandate deal protections. Based on our findings, we help establish appropriate covenants and obligations for the company, founder, and management team.

Protecting purchaser and investors’ rights

We develop appropriate legal mechanisms to safeguard the rights of purchasers and investors when acquiring majority or minority interests in a company. We identify and manage the transaction and regulatory consents required for successful transaction completion and seamless integration of the target company into the purchaser’s existing operations.

Interplay of rights

For financial investors, we offer expert guidance in managing the interplay of rights among various investors on the capitalization table. We establish effective checks and balances and conduct periodic audits to ensure the protection of founders’ rights while maintaining a clear exit roadmap for investors. The effective drafting of deal strategies, such as implementing liquidation preferences and incorporating anti-dilution provisions, are designed to maximize investor proceeds and safeguard against potential down rounds

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Sale side/Promoter Representation

Deal Structuring
We assist our clients in evaluating transaction structures that align with their corporate, regulatory, and overall commercial goals. In cases involving M&A transactions with tranche exits, earnouts, or staggered/deferred consideration payment structures, we provide alternative deal structure options if needed.
Risk Mitigation Plan
Our team helps prepare a comprehensive risk mitigation plan that includes appropriate limitations of liabilities and disclosures for representations, warranties, and indemnities related to the factual aspects of the business. We formulate a detailed governance structure for promoters to effectively operate the target company post-acquisition by a strategic acquirer. We also advise on structuring tranche exits, particularly in cases with earnouts or staggered/deferred consideration payment structures, to ensure a smooth transition and mitigate potential risks.
Dealing with stakeholders

We guide in managing relationships with multiple stakeholders, including existing financial investors, angel investors, employees, and regulators. By ensuring the timely resolution of post-closing compliances in accordance with corporate governance requirements, we help our clients navigate through stakeholder concerns effectively

Fundraising

In fundraisings, we assist founders in balancing the rights with investors based on prevailing market practices. We also address exit obligations, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution provisions, liquidity, and ratchet provisions to establish reasonable and well-articulated terms.

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Kai

Kai means “change” or “improvement” in Japanese. It is a philosophy of continuous improvement that focuses on making small, incremental changes that can have a big impact over time.

Zen

Zen means “mindfulness” or “focus” in Japanese. It is a state of being that is characterized by awareness, concentration, and clarity.

Kaizen

Kaizen is the combination of Kai and Zen. It is a philosophy of continuous improvement that is based on the idea that small, incremental changes that are made with mindfulness and focus can have a big impact over time

How Kaizen helps enterprises

Investing in India

We specialize exclusively in mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial investments, and general corporate advisory services across various industries and sectors. With expertise in handling routine to complex transactions, we provide comprehensive support to our clients from the term sheet until the consummation of a transaction. What sets us apart is our commitment to personalized service, attentive understanding of our clients’ deal drivers, and delivering tailored legal solutions. Our approach involves grasping each transaction’s intricacies, identifying our clients’ key commercial drivers, and establishing essential deal protection strategies for the non-negotiables goals.
Thanks to the law firm's expertise in navigating complex legal landscapes, our ecommerce venture received invaluable guidance, ensuring compliance and protecting our interests every step of the way.
David Hugo
David HugoCEO
The law firm played a pivotal role in our ecommerce success, providing strategic legal advice and expert guidance that enabled us to confidently grow our business while mitigating risks and ensuring compliance.
Gerrard Koel
Gerrard KoelCEO
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Streamlined Processes

We keep ourselves updated with the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape in India, providing clients with the most relevant and accurate legal advice tailored to their unique business requirements.

Risk Mitigation

We meticulously analyze the legal, financial, and cultural aspects relevant to your business operations in India. Our attention to detail helps identify potential risks and develop comprehensive solutions to maximize your chances of success in your investment ventures.

Collaborative Partnership

We foster a strong partnership with our clients, gaining a deep understanding of their business goals, values, and aspirations. This collaborative approach enables us to align our legal services with their strategic objectives, providing tailored solutions that are both legally compliant and commercially advantageous.

Ethical and responsible practices

Operating with transparency, integrity, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations is a fundamental aspect of our business. We uphold high standards to ensure that your market entry process in India is conducted with professionalism and trustworthiness.
We have engaged with Harsh in an M&A transaction and he was taking the Legal Lead on the project. He is a phenomenal lawyer with deep expertise in corporate + M&A law. In the negotiations, he was able to convince with his calm, sunny manner and support us in the best possible way. We will work out all future issues in India together with Harsh and can only recommend him to everyone who is looking for a sophisticated and well-educated Indian lawyer.
Marc Vesely recte RihaHead of M&A // IR, Montana Aerospace
Harsh is an excellent lawyer with many years of experience - he proved this in the course of a sell-side M&A transaction on which he advised. He and his team provided advice throughout the entire process, from the start of negotiations to the completion of the transaction. Both his negotiation skills and expertise were a great asset to the progress and outcome of the transaction. He is very reliable and responds to queries and emails in the shortest possible time and assists with various queries and concerns with the utmost precision. It was a pleasure to work with him. I highly recommend Harsh to any person looking for an experienced M&A lawyer!
August ReinischConsultant, Roland Berger
Harsh is known to me for nearly a decade. We have worked together on number of transactions in the healthcare space ( acquisition related diligence/ transaction structuring/ definitive agreements).  Have found him a very receptive legal ( listener) advisor, proactively finding workable solutions.  His willingness to understand the client needs and evolve solutions makes him unique
HARINARAYAN SHARMACEO, Manipal Foundation, Manipal Foundation
I have had the opportunity to work with Harsh and he comes out as a smart, dedicated and knowledgeable professional. client interaction is pleasent and he goes beyond the commitments. I am confident he will succeed very well in his profession
VIKRANT DHAWANVice President Legal, HCL Technologies
harsh is a great guy. i really thank him for giving excellent advise during my acquisitions. a true professional. i would recommend him for all my future transactions.
Roopak AhluwaliaHead of Legal, V-Guard Industries Limited
Harsh provided swift, concrete and very business oriented support for a M&A matter in India by a large Japanese corporation.
Tatsuya SoedaPartner, Hibiya-Nakata
I know Harsh close to fours years now and had the pleasure to work with him during a stretegic M and A transaction. His firm was legal advisor to KWE , japan in this deal . I found him extremely smart , pregemtic, trusting , articulate and uptodate which helped us close the transaction well in time . There were difficult times during closing but his balanced approach eased the whole process . I know he is doing well and wish him all the best ! Sanjeev
Sanjeev JainManaging Partner, Amicus Growth Advisors
I had the pleasure of working with Harsh Kumar in a complex acquisition under intense time pressures. I found him to be very intelligent, diligent and committed to doing what it took to get the deal closed in a way that pleased our mutual clients. I certainly would recommend Harsh Kumar.
Lee WilkinsPresident, Wilkins Law Group
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Streamlined Processes

We keep ourselves updated with the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape in India, providing clients with the most relevant and accurate legal advice tailored to their unique business requirements.

Risk Mitigation

We meticulously analyze the legal, financial, and cultural aspects relevant to your business operations in India. Our attention to detail helps identify potential risks and develop comprehensive solutions to maximize your chances of success in your investment ventures.

Collaborative Partnership

We foster a strong partnership with our clients, gaining a deep understanding of their business goals, values, and aspirations. This collaborative approach enables us to align our legal services with their strategic objectives, providing tailored solutions that are both legally compliant and commercially advantageous.

Ethical and responsible practices

Operating with transparency, integrity, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations is a fundamental aspect of our business. We uphold high standards to ensure that your market entry process in India is conducted with professionalism and trustworthiness.

Industries We Serve

We specialize exclusively in mergers  Our approach involves grasping each transaction’s intricacies

Healthcare & Pharma

Ecommerce

Edtech

Consumer Goods

Technology

Logistics

IT & ITES

Financial Services

Real Estate

Technology

Healthcare & Pharma

Ecommerce

Edtech

Consumer Goods

Technology

Logistics

IT & ITES

Financial Services

Real Estate

Manufacturing

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