Biography
Gerald (Jerry) has over 20 years of experience as a corporate commercial lawyer and has worked with several clients on diverse matters, including investments, corporate advisory, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, contracting, dispute advisory and real estate. Jerry advises technology companies on entity setup, structuring, compliances and contracting.
As a transactional lawyer, Jerry works with companies and promoters in transactions involving fund raise (both domestic and foreign), strategic investments, mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes mergers, demergers and acquisitions which are supervised by the National Company Law Tribunals. He has worked with promoters and investors in transactions involving staggered sale of ownership with earn-out options, investment in the overseas parent, stock option plans and sweat equity plans.
Jerry has developed a very strong real estate practice. He represents some of the largest developers in South India. His sector practice covers: (i) land aggregation; (ii) conducting title due diligence of lands and issuance of title opinions; (iii) working with governmental agencies for grant of lands under special categories; (iii) Special Economic Zones; (iv) drafting, negotiating and finalizing: (a) joint development agreements; (b) construction contracts; (c) facility maintenance agreements; (d) leasing contracts for commercial, hospitality, recreational and warehousing spaces and; (e) sale transactions including acquisition and funding for the same.
Jerry also leads the start-up initiative of the firm where the firm has created an eco-system to enable and grow start-ups by providing them access to quality legal advisory and mentoring. Jerry also conducts workshops and training sessions for incubators and accelerators for stimulating better legal awareness amongst startup entrepreneurs. He is also a visiting faculty at Mount Carmel College (Autonomous) Bangalore, where he teaches Media Laws to the undergraduate students of the Communications Study program.