Ms. Trina Banerjee is a senior associate at TLA [Tree of Life Associates] a boutique law firm in Bangalore, India, a boutique law firm with depth of understanding and domain expertise in Corporate and Commercial Laws, Technology & Outsourcing, IP, Privacy law, Labour & Employment matters, and Start-Up legal offerings.  Ms. Banerjee’s focused domains are corporate  and commercial, contractual law, cross-border investment, mergers and acquisitions, start-up practice, corporate structuring and restructuring. 

At TLA, she currently provides commercial and corporate transaction support for reputed investment funds, Indian start-ups, and foreign start-ups operating in India on a diverse range of legal matters, such as entity formations, equity management, funding rounds, due diligence processes, regulatory adherence, acquisitions, secondary share transfers, and dissolutions and navigating through Indian legal framework concerning foreign investment and overseas investment. 

Key Corporate Law Expertise

Ms. Banerjee advises extensively on a wide range of corporate matters, key areas include:

• Equity and Debt Financing: Assisting in all stages of equity and debt financing, including drafting of the transaction documents, due diligence and compliance. Representing both the investor and investee company in various series of investment, i.e. from bootstrap to Series C. 
• Corporate Structuring and Restructuring: Advising Indian and multi-national corporate on the manner of corporate structuring, including setting up of the company, issuance of founder shares, creation of employee stock incentive pool, issuance of sweat equity, founder exits. Also assisting the restructuring of the existing corporate to make them a global structure.
• Foreign Direct Investment: Advising on all aspects of the foreign inbound investment policy, including the FDI policy, permitted sectors and routes of investment in India. 
• Overseas Investment: Advising on various aspects of overseas investment by resident Indians and manner of structuring a multinational corporate structure. 
• Cross-border Transactions: Advising on permanent establishment and related party transactions.
• Commercial Contracts: Assisting in all legal aspects of business transactions of varied nature, including drafting of master service agreements, negotiating terms of the contract, assisting in obtaining necessary licenses and approvals from governmental authorities, advising on the legal aspects of the commercial transaction and the like. 
• POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment): Advising on all aspects of India’s POSH law, including compliance, putting in place best practices and POSH policies, and conducting training workshops for ICC and employees that are based on case study. 
• Real Estate: Assisting in drafting, advising and managing due diligences in relation to leasing and structuring related transaction including commercial leases, co-working space services, cloud kitchen, setting up of manufacturing units.
• Dispute Resolution: Supporting and representing clients in disputes arising out of commercial contracts commercial courts or in relation to corporate disputes in National Companies Law Tribunal.