Kaizen Law

India

IFLR1000 Reviews

Financial and corporate

Founded in 2022, Kaizen Law is a boutique and independent Indian law firm headquartered in Gurgaon, India, with a newly established office in Bangalore. Key figures include founding partner Harsh Kumar.

The firm specialize in general corporate and transactional work, including M&A, private equity (PE), and venture capital (VC). Its client includes emerging growth companies, financial investors, and listed Indian and multinational companies from diverse industries.

 

Highlights 

In M&A, the firm advised the target Zywie Ventures, and its founders Aarti Gill and Mihir Gadani, in the sale of a controlling stake to HUL, a listed Indian company. This transaction presented several unique challenges, including a tight deadline for completing deal documents, regulatory obstacles related to the differential pricing structure for payments to the promoters and other existing shareholders, and the need to safeguard the promoters' earnout payments in the years following the initial closing.

In another notable M&A mandate, the firm advised Comic Con India and its promoters, Jatin Varma, and Karan Kalra. Nodwin Gaming, the acquirer purchased all the shares of the promoters, Jatin Varma and Karan Kalra, in the target. Nodwin Gaming paid Jatin and Karan partly in cash and partly in new shares allotted by Nodwin Gaming. Jatin and Karan continue to be engaged as consultants to the target until April 2025. As Nodwin Gaming paid Jatin and Karan partly in cash and partly in new shares allotted by Nodwin Gaming, the transaction structure triggered additional compliances under the Companies Act 2013 and SEBI regulations, which the firm had to evaluate and advise on.

 

Key clients 

Hudson Bay’s Company, Alcobrew Distilleries India, TBO Tek, Shizuoka Gas Company, Urbanclap Technologies

 

Testimonials

M&A

“Kaizen Law always provides timely, to-the-point and feasible advice.”

“Subject matter expertise is commendable and always a call away whenever needed. Also, they help us land the desired output during negotiations.”

“The team is tenacious when negotiating on your behalf and they help commercial team members understand complex legal points in an easy way so we can take decisions on the deal.”

 

Private equity

“Kaizen Law team is very proactive and hand-on in their engagement with clients. They have never missed a deadline and it very motivated to get the transaction over the line.”

“They take genuine interest in understanding the commercial aspects of the transaction. They work in a spirt of win-win and find constructive solutions partnering with their counter parties.”

 

Harsh Kumar

“Clarity of thought and industry benchmarking and relevant inferences from law and industry.”

“Excellent knowledge of the law combined with ability to understand the commercial aspects of the transactions. Finds innovative solutions for tricky problems.”

“Explain complex legal terms and issues so we could take commercial decisions.”

“Harsh is one of the industry leaders in the VC/PE and M&A space in India. He is very hands on and remains motivated to get a transaction over the line. He has built a fantastic team with limited resources. He has an exceptional ability to solve problems, and he tries to find a solution that works for all stakeholders.”

“While he is the founder of Kaizen Law, he always be at the front of the deal and provides his service based on his experiences in major law firms in India.”