Secretarial Due Diligence is an essential component of mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, strategic alliances, IPOs, and other corporate transactions. It provides stakeholders with a clear understanding of the target entity's compliance history, governance practices and potential legal risks.
Our due diligence process involves a systematic review of corporate records, statutory filings, approvals and governance practices to identify existing and potential compliance issues.
Scope of Secretarial Due Diligence
- Review of incorporation documents
- Review of Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Verification of statutory registers
- Review of Board and Shareholders’ Meeting records
- Verification of resolutions and approvals
- Review of filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Share capital verification
- Director and Key Managerial Personnel compliance
- Charges and borrowings review
- Corporate governance review
- Related Party Transaction compliance
- Review of statutory licences and approvals
- Secretarial Standard compliance
- Review of pending litigations from a secretarial perspective
- Identification of non-compliances
- Regulatory risk assessment
- Compliance gap analysis
- Preparation of Due Diligence Report
- Recommendations for corrective actions
Our reports provide investors, acquirers, lenders and management with meaningful insights into the legal and secretarial position of an organisation, enabling informed commercial decisions.
