Ullas Pai is a qualified company secretary by profession and has been closely associated with TLA [Tree of Life Associates]- a boutique law firm in Bangalore as a CS consultant and combined with his law degree, as a trusted advisor on corporate law matters. His experience and expertise are in the areas of Corporate Laws, laws relating to in-bound and out-bound investment, startup incorporation, corporate structuring and advisory, and employment taxation. He also supports the firm on labour and employment matters with his deep understanding of compensation and benefits and statutory benefits compliance. He has worked in outsourcing for KPMG and Deutsche Bank and subsequently has been in practice as a Company Secretary for the past 15 years. He is a BCom (Hons) Graduate from Delhi University, an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has a Law Degree.

Key Expertise

Ullas Pai advises extensively on a wide range of M&A and corporate and commercial matters, key areas include:

• Start-up Practice: Ullas Pai’s expertise is in advisory regarding entity formation, incorporation, ongoing corporate law compliance, fund raise documentation and filing, merger related compliance, demerger compliance and structuring advice. 
• Due Diligence: Secretarial and Corporate Law due diligence to ensure compliance and reasonable corporate law practices for funding as well as funded entity.
• Listing Compliance: Handling corporate actions for entities listing or SME or mainboard IPO. Working with stakeholders and understanding and managing the corporate law compliance to ensure smooth listing process.
• M&A transaction compliance: Corporate compliance and related drafting for M&A transactions and ensuring compliance, advising on regulatory approvals and corporate governance.
• FDI and ODI transactions: Advising on various legal and regulatory aspects of inbound and outbound investment including pre-emptive structuring advise. 
• Labour Audit and Compliance: Advising on statutory benefit compliance aspects, conduct of labour compliance audits and reviews, particularly focused on statutory benefits and compensation law.
• Compensation and Benefits: Advising on structuring of benefits and compensation from a taxation and benefits law standpoint, including advising clients on these aspects under the proposed labour codes of the country.