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Bar admissions:

India

Jurisdictions:

India

Practice areas:

M&A


Rupinder specializes in mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cross-border investments, regulatory issues for India entry, restructurings of Indian and international conglomerates, as well as compliance and white-collar crime investigations. She is an India Chapter Leader of Women’s White Collar Defense Association (“WWCDA”) and the Vice Chair of IBA – LFMC (Law Firm Management Committee).

She regularly advises clients on matters relating to foreign investments laws (inbound and outbound) and on corporate commercial transactions. Being recognized as a solution-oriented lawyer, she has a wealth of experience in advising on legal and contractual matters for the successful outcome of a transaction.  She has advised on several diverse transactions and matters across sectors such as real estate, healthcare, e-commerce, EV, fintech, technology, infrastructure & energy, services, and manufacturing.

Rupinder also advises and assists with compliance related matters and white-collar crimes investigations in connection with ABAC, fraud, cybercrime, money laundering and sanctions. She leads a team that advises and assists with compliance, corporate internal investigations and defending corporate clients facing enforcement actions in connection with white-collar crimes including issues under the (Indian) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the (Indian) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the (US) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the (UK) Bribery Act, 2010, and other local and international anti-corruption laws.

She has also extensively handled matters in connection with general employment law (undertaking staff accountability assessments) and workplace policies, code of conduct, Prevention of Sexual Harassment.  She advices and assists on advisory in relation to IT laws, contractual reviews, data privacy diligence and other related aspects.

  • Advised the client on the India leg of the 100% acquisition of Invecas Inc., which involved complex structuring and reorganisation of the target’s business operations in India and US and (a) business acquisition (by way of slump sale) by the India subsidiary of the target (from a group company), and (b) acquisition of the minority shareholding of the India subsidiary.
  • Advised one of Thailand’s most prominent multinational conglomerates of the acquisition of an Indian company specializing in Metaverse, 3D animation, modelling and technology development.
  • Assisted SPX Flow Inc. (SPX), a U.S. entity, in India leg of sale of its stake to Lone Star Funds, a U.S. private equity firm. SPX, which makes components for machinery used by industries such as food and beverages, operates its business in India through two subsidiaries.
  • Assisted Luminar Technologies in the India leg of its acquisition of the assets of Solfice Research Inc. (which also involved transfer of employees of Solfice’s Indian entity to Luminar).
  • Assisted and advised in acquisition of 100% stake of Telephonics Corporation from Griffon Corporation by TTM Technologies, Inc., and assisted the purchaser in India-leg of the transaction which involved restructuring of a joint venture named Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Limited.

  • B.A. Punjab University
  • L.L. B, Punjab University
  • World Trade Institute, Switzerland (Certificate, Dispute Settlement)
  • London School of Economics Political Science (Certificate, Commercial Law)
  • Political Science (Certificate, Commercial Law)