Mr. Sumes Dewan is a corporate and securities lawyer with a broad range of experience in M&A transactions and international listing transactions with over twenty (20) years’ of experience. His background and experience proves particularly valuable in international transactions.
He specializes in Foreign Investment in India, Project Financing, Corporate Laws, Joint Ventures, Cross Border Taxation Issues, Technology Transfer, Securities Law, SEBI Takeover Regulations, Banking and Finance. He has been advising clients on issues relating to acquisition of both Indian and overseas companies including the foreign exchange and other governmental regulations applicable to such transactions; structuring the domestic and cross-border acquisition, with focus on issues such as tax management, determining the type of SPV, jurisdiction of SPV, type of instruments etc; advising clients on various laws, rules and regulations applicable to the setting up of business operations in India; and advising domestic and foreign clients in setting up joint ventures in India or overseas, including issues that are of critical significance to a joint venture, such as the nature of the entity to be set up, inter-se rights between the joint venture parties and the Indian legal, tax and exchange control implications.
Mr. Dewan has extensive experience in advising clients on issues such as negotiating shareholders and debenture subscription agreement, business transfer agreement, asset sale purchase agreement, secondment and support agreement, supply agreements, technology and brand transfer agreement, license agreements.
Mr. Dewan has been nominated as a leading lawyer by numerous global publications and has been consistently awarded numerous awards including “Lawyer of the Year” award by various organizations.
Mr. Dewan is one of few lawyers in India to be admitted as an honorary fellow of the Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars, Center for International Studies; and Member of Congress of Fellows of the Center for International Legal Studies. He has also been nominated on Direct Taxes and Intellectual Property Committee of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India).
