The practice consists of advising lending institutions in financing domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and equity investments. The Firm assists banks and venture capital firms on all aspects of the deal structure, negotiations and documentation, including issues of commercial lending, leasing and other asset-backed activity, real estate finance, securities and debt recovery issues. The partners and associates of the Firm represent the interests of bankers and investors on the boards of incubatees, start-ups and invested companies. The Firm has advised issuers, merchant bankers and investors on FCCBs, GDRs, IPO’s, high-yield offerings and other private placement transactions. In the year 2007 alone, the Firm acted as the legal advisor to lead managers and issuers of FCCBs / GDR issues in the Luxembourg and Singapore Stock Exchanges in over 20 issues.