Juris Legal

Juris Legal & Financial Services stands as a distinguished full-service law firm, renowned for its comprehensive suite of legal offerings spanning corporate and commercial law domains.

We possess wide-ranging expertise, covering an extensive array of areas such as Corporate M&A, Projects Infrastructure and Energy including Renewable Energy, Project Finance, Foreign Investments, Joint Ventures, Trusts Law, Labor and Employment Law, and Oil and Gas.

AWARDS

Consistently recognized by The Legal 500 as a "Leading Firm" Juris Legal earns accolades for excellence in the Corporate and M&A sphere. Notably, Rupin Pawha, esteemed for his contributions to Projects and Energy Sectors, garners commendation as a key figure within our ranks.

Chambers & Partners underscores our commitment to excellence, ranking Rupin Pawha as a "Leading Individual" for his prowess in Corporate/M&A and Projects. Praised for professionalism, clarity, vision, and care, his contributions shape our firm's sterling reputation.

In the 2015 edition of Chambers & Partners, Rupin Pawha emerges as a trailblazer, topping league tables in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy domains.

Further solidifying our standing, Juris Legal is honored as a "Winning Dealmaker" for its role in a Landmark India Related Deal of 2013 by India Business Law Journal.

Continuing our legacy of distinction, Juris Legal finds successive recognition in the World's Leading Financial Law Firm guides, published by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR 1000), spanning the years 2014 through 2024.

KEY PRACTICE AREAS 

M&A

We have experience in due diligence and documentation relating to acquisitions undertaken by family offices, corporates and PE and VC investors and ‘sponsors’, funds and other investment vehicles based in jurisdictions such as Mauritius, Cayman lslands, Luxembourg and Singapore. We routinely advice on transactions, acting for both the acquirers and the targets.

Juris Legal has assisted in acquisitions in the healthcare, manufacturing, jewellery, furniture and technology sectors.

We have acted for targets in relation to acquisitions by India Equity Partners and a listed FMCG major. We have advised a World Bank funded investment vehicle in relation to its proposed acquisitions in India. We advised on the cross-border acquisition of a technology business spread across 10 countries and assisted in relation to an acquisition of six (6) companies spread across four (4) jurisdictions in Europe. We advised on a $ 60 million acquisition by an Indian listed company in the auto manufacturing business. We assisted EverSource Capital, a private equity fund, in relation to acquisitions in the renewable energy sector in India. In December, 2023, we closed a © INR 300 crore acquisition of an Indian manufacturing entity. 

General Corporate Advisory 

We routinely undertake general corporate advisory for numerous Indian entities, advising them on general business contracts and legal compliances.

Infrastructure 

Our infrastructure experience includes renewable and conventional energy, mining, roads, airports and housing. Juris Legal has been appointed by: the Ministry of Coal to assist in developing the methodology and documentation for award of coal blocks; the central Government of India in relation to the ambitious SAGARMALA PROJECT; and retained to assist in creating model documents for the compressed biogas industry in India, in the context of the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, which is being supported by the World Bank Group. Juris Legal has been retained to advise the federal Ministry of Coal in setting up India's first coal trading exchange.  Juris Legal has been retained to assist with the US Department of Energy’s “Clean Hydrogen Initiative” in South Asia.

Financing

Project finance and general corporate finance transactions are routinely undertaken as part of project development. Our experience includes loan and security documentation in non-recourse and partial recourse contexts.

We have recently acted as borrower’s counsel to assist with the review, negotiation and finalization of all loan and security documents for a combined USD 30 million and INR 27 crore fund raise on behalf of an Indian oil exploration and production company. This was a complex and nuanced cross border transaction involving multiple entities from the jurisdictions of India, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and the Republic of Palau and included lending through the International Financial Services Centre Banking Unit in Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City of an Indian bank.

Juris Legal recently acted as borrower’s counsel to assist with the review, negotiation and finalization of all loan and security documents for a multi-million dollar fundraise on behalf of the Singaporean affiliate of an Indian entity engaged in the business of providing enterprise class mobile technology solutions and services with operations in USA, UK, UAE, the EU, China, Mexico, Brazil and Ireland.

KEY CLIENTS

1. Government of India, Ministry of Shipping
2. Government of India, Ministry of Coal
3. State Government of Karnataka
4. The World Bank Group
5. US Department of Energy
6. ICF India
7. CRISIL India
8. AVR Oil and Gas Private Limited
9. Max Group entities
10. India Today Group
11. Dabur Group entities
12. Anagha Infrastructure
13. Fly with VIP
14. Cargo Infrastructure
15. Cougar Motorsport
16. Fisher & Paykel
17. Hero Motors
18. Infraco Asia
19. General Electric
20. Axiss Dental
21. First Pacific Company Limited
22. Suntera
23. Jubilant Energy
24. Burman Family Office
25. Punj Electric
26. Ivy Mobility
27. Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
28. Taipan Resources
29. New Age (African Global Energy)
30. India Today Group
31. Apartment 9
32. Babcock & Brown
33. Ngwee Oil & Gas
34. C&S Electric
35. First Medical Diagnostics
36. HAL Offshore
37. Punj Lloyd Group
38. ReNew Power
39. IMC Limited
40. The Gwalior Agriculture Company Limited
41. Hayman Energy
42. The Sparsh Group
43. Akemi Technology India Private Limited
44. Biorex Healthcare
45. Health Care at Home