Corporate law

Corporate Law Litigations

Our Corporate Law Attorneys offer a complete set of representation practices to public and private middle-market and smaller client companies. They draw from their significant legal and business experience and combine that experience with the capabilities of a large full-service law firm, ie. Active Law Associates.

WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE US?

It is a fact that, in contrast to the adversarial nature of trial law, corporate law is team-oriented. That is, we have a team of Corporate Law experts at Active Law Associates.

Our Team of Corporate Law attorneys at Active Law Associates ensures the legality of commercial transactions. We have a broad knowledge of statutory law and regulations passed by government agencies to help their clients achieve their goals within the bounds of the law. Our Corporate Lawyers have thorough research on aspects of contract law, tax law, accounting, securities law, bankruptcy, intellectual property rights, licensing, zoning laws, and other regulations relating to a specific area of business. Therefore we structure a business and legal transaction. We ensure that a transaction does not conflict with local, state, or federal laws. Our corporate law experts consider customer needs, selection skills, flexibility, and most importantly, service mindset to simplify the business process. 

Types of corporate developments we deal

In Active Law Associates office at Lahore, our Corporate Law Attorneys counsel entrepreneurs and executives at all stages of corporate development, beginning with selecting the appropriate type of entity, such as:

• C corporation development
• S corporation development
• Limited liability company development
• Partnership 
• Limited partnership

Our Corporate Law Law Practice Areas

Our Team of Corporate law attorneys has an intelligent mind and excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Through the negotiation process, they constantly write and revise the legal documents, which will bind the parties to specific terms for the transaction. This process is lengthy, and typically our corporate lawyers work incredibly long hours. Some of our services include:

• Representing businesses
• Corporate development
• Traditional corporate representation
• Modern corporate representation
• Counsel entrepreneurs and executives 
• Companies merger 
• Companies acquisition
• Reverse merger
• Making agreements
• Operating agreements
• Introduction to sources of financing
• Equity financing 
• Debt financing
• Corporate governance
• Securities regulations 
• Regulatory compliance
• Business Advising 
• Acquisition skills
• Divestiture
• Financing of financially troubled companies
• Negotiating 
• drafting letters of credit
• Guarantees
• Security
• Consignment

Types of Agreements We Made

At Active Law Associates, our Corporate Law Attorneys represent businesses in many industries in connection with all types of commercial contracts, such as:

• License agreements
• Franchise agreements
• Non-competition agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Employment agreements
• Consulting agreements
• Distribution agreements
• Joint venture agreements
• Merger agreements
• Stock purchase agreements
• Asset purchase agreements
• Shareholders agreements 

The Companies We Counsel

We handle all Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) filings for public companies. Our corporate lawyers often act as outside general counsel for companies such as:

• Small-cap companies
• Mid-cap companies
• Public companies
• Private companies

Which We Represent?

We also have considerable experience in a reverse merger, so we provide Alternative Public Offering (APO) strategies as a vehicle for a private company to become public.

During the last 12 years, our corporate lawyers have represented many private companies from their formation through their sales.

They have made many IPOs with the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) under the Securities Act, 2015 (the Act).

Our corporate lawyers represent:

• Underwriters
• Investment banks
• Placement agents
• Venture capitalists
• Private equity
• Pools of investors in all types of corporate financings
• Private issuers for raising capital 
• Public issuers for raising capital 
• International financier
• Debtors
• Trustees
• Secured creditors 
• Unsecured creditors
• Committees in all aspects of litigated and negotiated restructurings
• Bankruptcies
• Corporate workouts 
• Reorganizations
• Financially troubled companies 
• Purchasers of assets 
• Credit departments 
• Institutional clients.

Our Mergers and acquisitions practice

Our mergers and acquisitions practice includes the purchase and sale of private and public companies, whether they are private transactions, reverse mergers, or other combinations. 

We represent both acquirers or sellers in the structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, exchanges, and joint ventures. We have extensive experience to complete large, complex transactions and the breadth to efficiently complete a high volume of deals, whether small or large. 

Active Law Associates advises on:

• Corporate governance
• Securities regulation
• Regulatory compliance
• Federal and state securities regulation
• Provincial securities regulation
• Listing standards
• Maintenance standards
• Securities compliance issues
• Disclosure corporate governance
• Stricter corporate governance
• Advise public companies filing requirements 
• Periodic SECP filing requirements
• Annual SECP filing requirements,
• Stockholder meetings
• Proxy statements
• Disclosures
• Executive compensation.
• Regulation requirements for SECP securities
• Exchange requirements for SECP securities

What is our strategy to avoid the adverse actions of the Government Authorities?

Corporate governance helps to cultivate a company culture of integrity, leading to positive performance and a sustainable business overall. 

It exists to increase the accountability of all individuals and teams within your company, working to avoid mistakes before they can even occur.

Moreover, corporate governance is the foundation of SECP securities regulation and exchange requirements. Our Law attorneys at Active Law Associates review documentation, guidelines, and practices of public companies to ensure compliance and advise of improvements. They do this practice to avoid adverse actions of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan SECP, Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), Planning Commission of Pakistan(PCP) State Bank of Pakistan.

In cases violations alleged

In cases where violations are alleged in a corporation, our corporate lawyers represent clients, such as:

• In defense of investigations 
• In defense of enforcement
• In administrative proceedings
• In arbitration proceedings

We Have Extensive Experience in Securities Offerings, Corporate Financing, and Other Transactions

Our corporate law attorneys at Active Law Associate represent a wide range of private and public issuers raising capital and placement agents, underwriters, venture capital, international finance, and other corporate financing entities in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of a wide range of transactions, including:

• Alternative Public Offering (APO)
• Initial Public Offering (IPO)
• Recapitalization
• Divestitures of assets
• Friendly acquisition or hostile takeover
• Secondary securities offerings
• Listing on stock exchanges
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Bridge financing
• Private placements
• PIPEs (private investment in public equity)
• Reverse mergers, vertical mergers, and horizontal mergers
• Equity-based compensation plans, including stock options and restricted stock
• Dividend reinvestment plans

 We offer solutions in lending and factoring

Our Corporate Law Attorneys at Active Law Associates represent commercial banks, thrifts, loan associations, and other lenders as well as borrowers in a broad range of commercial financing transactions, including:

• Commercial loans
• Asset-based financings
• Debtor-in-possession financing
• Equipment 
• Other lease financings
• Off-balance sheet financing
• Banker’s acceptances
• Trade factoring
• Letter of credit financing

What sets our corporate lawyers apart

At Active Law Associates, our clients can expect the highest level of competence and personal attention from the firm’s CEO. She provides hands-on service to our clients, which they will likely not find at other large firms.

Along with this personal service, clients working with Active Law Associates benefit from the broad array of practice groups linked with each other. Our corporate attorneys collaborate daily with other Active Law Associates lawyers focused on: government and private relations, trade and commercial litigation, intellectual property, trademark, real estate, employment law, labor law, tax laws, business laws, bankruptcy law, healthcare, and several other specialized areas of practice, which other firms often need to outsource. 

By possessing this experience and expertise readily available, our corporate lawyers can operate more efficiently, saving our clients time and money while offering highly advanced legal advice.