Legal Advisory Services

Legal Advisory Services

Legal Advisors are necessary in today’s competitive world where the organizations are going global, not just to assist with day-to-day activities but also various corporate life events across boundaries. We deliver transparent & efficient support through various leading technologies that our Legal practitioners use to manage companies legal activities

Our Range of services includes:
Corporate Law Businesses face various legal issues arising from daily operational activities, we provide guidance to our clients on these broad range of issues. Having a global presence our team is able to merge the know-how of Global coordination and merge it with our local-jurisdictional experience.

Among the most common ways we serve our clients are by supporting:

• Opening of subsidiaries, and representative and branch offices of foreign companies in any jurisdiction
• Corporate regularization
• Corporate record maintenance and legal bookkeeping
• The drafting and negotiation of NDAs, as well as confidentiality and settlement agreements
• Requests for legal advice regarding foreign investment matters
• Corporate restructuring, conversions, dissolutions, and winding-up procedures
• Corporate compliance and risk assessment
• The drafting of board minutes, proxies, and general or special powers-of-attorney
• The negotiation and drafting of all kinds of negotiable instruments and credit transactions
• The incorporation of corporations and companies in their various forms and characteristics
• The review, negotiation, and drafting of all types of commercial agreements
• The drafting of confidentiality, anti-corruption, and privacy corporate policies

Digital Law The Digital Law is changing constantly with the rapid changes in technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics etc. This change is affecting the organizations of all sizes whether large or small. We at W&S combine our knowledge of digital law with our expertise in Advisory, Audit & Taxation to create an integrated and holistic approach for our clients.

We focus on:

• Contract laws and private laws including cloud, outsourcing and smart contracts
• IP laws & Trade secrets related to data, cyber, IT and e-commerce and cloud, e.g. copyright, patent and trademark laws, Legal aspects of IP taxation (e.g. OECD BEPS and Digital Value Chain Alignment)
• Mandatory laws and regulations – cyber, IT, e-commerce and related regulatory aspects around privacy and data protection, and e-commerce

Dispute Resolution W&S Legal’s dispute resolution professionals can assist multinational clients challenged with cross-border concerns in avoiding any possible litigations or represent them in court to obtain a beneficial judgment when the litigation is unavoidable. Our integrated network of Global Lawyers help protect our client’s rights and interests in conflicting situations

Areas of focus include:

• Tax litigation
• Employment litigation
• Civil and commercial litigation and arbitration
• Public litigation

Employment Law & Benefits Enterprises can face issues like damage of its reputation and market value which can also impact its ability to attract and retain talented employees due to workforce related issues. We can assist such enterprises through our trusted & globally scalable employment law solutions.

W&S Legal helps companies with:

• Contingent workforce: from establishing the workforce strategy to drafting the appropriate context, clauses and policies
• Workforce transformation: from consultation to down- or right-sizing procedures
• Compensation & Benefits: from global stock plans to corporate governance and regulation, including CEO pay ratios, gender pay-gap reporting, and compliance with minimum wage requirements
• Individual employment law: from hiring, employment contracts, handbooks and policies, to termination
• Global mobility: managing the growing complexity of an internationally mobile workforce

Mergers & Acquisitions We cover risks from every angle through aligning our tax & finance professionals and thus assist businesses by advising them through every stage of transaction from negotiation to execution.

We provide support during the following critical phases:

• Compliance due diligence
• Legal structuring
• Anti-trust filing/merger control clearance
• Post M&A integration
• Capital market compliance
• Sourcing
• Screening
• Due diligence
• NDA
• First review
• LOI / NBO
• Binding documentation, completion & closing
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Post-merger integration
• Legal Project Management

Regulatory & Compliance Companies have to keep looking for better solutions in order to achieve various objectives of becoming a better organization, specialization and increasing the sectorial knowledge. This has resulted due to increased complexities of various regulatory challenges across the globe. We at W&S can combine our global insights with the local regulations to help companies develop and execute various solutions.

Our regulatory and compliance services provide support to clients in areas such as:

• Antitrust, Competition, and Trade
• Sanctions
• Financial Services Regulation and Investigations Regulation
• Business Integrity and Financial Crime
• Insurance
• Energy
• Public law

Private Clients Legal Services W&S Private client’s legal services team assists private businesses and individuals around the world to address unique challenges and unlock growth, innovation, expansion and other opportunities. We bring together practitioner from across our global network to deliver insights and advise to private business and individuals around the world

Our practitioners tailor the full scope of business law services for:

• High-net-worth individuals
• Small, high-growth enterprises
• Private equity funds/houses and their portfolio companies
• Family-run businesses and their family offices
• Privately-owned and small cap businesses

Real Estate W&S Legal services team serves various Construction companies and Real Estate investors. We have necessary expertise and experience to serve real estate clients in various countries across the world with a broad spectrum of services

Services include:

• Lease and sublease agreements
• Registration services
• Development, building, and planning
• Litigation
• Ownership restructuring
• Real estate transactions and due diligence
• Financing and syndication

Banking & Finance Having worked alongside various Financial Advisors & Accounting and Tax practitioners, W&S Legal serves clients with various banking and securities related legal solutions. Along with Financial transactions we also help our clients in funding arrangements such as operating and finance agreements and intra-group funding.

Commercial Law Increasingly rigorous regulations and local enforcements are not easy to manage, W&S Legal team bring a practical focus to commercial law solutions. Our multidisciplinary team work alongside our legal team offering a holistic perspective to key sectors and industries

Services include:

• Full-Scale Pre-Insolvency Solutions
• Transfer Pricing Documentation, Intra-Group Contracting
• Commercial Contracts
• Commercial Advisory