Akriti Yadav
Associate Partner
Professional Qualifications
- Associate Member, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)
- LL.B.
An experienced corporate legal and compliance professional with over 11 years of practice, Akriti has developed extensive expertise in Indian company law, foreign investment structuring, and regulatory advisory. She specializes in incorporation and compliance management for Indian and foreign entities, mergers and acquisitions, FEMA-related matters, and representation before statutory authorities.
Over the past decade, she has consistently managed the entire corporate lifecycle from company formation, statutory filings, and governance to corporate transactions, including share issuances, capital reduction, capital restructuring, due diligence, and voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. She has gained experienced in drafting and filing of petitions before the NCLT, including matters related to compounding of offences under Companies Act, FEMA, voluntary liquidation, mergers and acquisitions. She has been advising clients on corporate governance issues, including cases involving oppression and mismanagement.
She regularly advises foreign investors on structuring their business presence in India, including setting up Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, Branch Offices, Liaison Offices, and Project Offices. Her role includes managing ongoing FEMA compliances, regulatory filings, and facilitating business exits. She liaises with regulatory authorities such as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrar of Companies, Regional Directors, and the Official Liquidator to ensure smooth and compliant execution of assignments.
Her comprehensive secretarial expertise includes the conduct and documentation of meetings, secretarial audits, and meticulous statutory record maintenance, including registration of Trusts and Societies.
Practice Areas
Key Experience
- Provided advisory services to foreign investors on establishing business presence in India, including the incorporation of subsidiaries, joint venture companies, branch, liaison, and project offices, while managing FEMA compliance, regulatory filings and liaising with RBI and Authorized Dealer Banks for smooth entry, compliance, and exit structuring.
- Ensuring timely secretarial compliances for Indian companies, along with preparing board and general meeting documentation and handling regulatory filings and maintenance of statutory records.
- Managed end-to-end processes for buy-back of shares, bonus and rights issues, private placements, preferential allotments, conversion of loans, debentures, and ECBs into equity, while also drafting and implementing CSR policies and advising on compliance with SBO regulations, director KYC, MSME disclosures, deposits return, and other filings under the Companies Act.
- Advisory on investment in Indian listed companies by way of preferential issue of shares and related issues.
- Preparation of corporate due diligence reports and handling of secretarial compliance documentation related to funding transactions, share transfers, and acquisition-related restructuring.
- Drafted and filed petitions before NCLT and Regional Director, including matters relating to compounding of offences, capital reduction, change of financial year, change of registered office, CSR non-compliance, and matters of oppression and mismanagement and representing Indian and foreign clients before Regional Directors, Registrar of Companies, Official Liquidator etc., in regulatory matters and corporate law disputes.
- Assistance in Voluntary liquidation of Indian companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Companies Act, liaising with regulatory authorities, including, the Official Liquidator, RoC, and Regional Director.
- Structuring and execution of Fast-track mergers of various group companies and drafting of Scheme of Arrangement.