Infrastructure

Infrastructure practice requires experience of infrastructure issues & disputes and in- depth understanding of complexity of legal matters arising therefrom. Being long term projects continual legal engagement is necessary. Be it tender and bidding process, or arrangement with contractor, sub-contractor relationship, negotiations and modifications on the scope, commercials and various other parts of the projects, mainly in the field of in the transportation (road, rail and airports), ports and other sectors.

Agama has extensive experience in advising clients on various aspects of developing infrastructure projects and manufacturing facilities, in particular on equipment procurement, construction and services arrangements. We have also advised on a number of private public partnerships.

Agama’s role commences from the time of initial bidding and forming of consortia for meeting the various technical and financial qualifications. Agama has the expertise to play a key role in structuring (right from the term sheet stage), providing inter-se documentation and collateral provision for parties making the bids. Prior to commencement of the acquisition process, Agama has also provided due-diligence related assistance from the projects’ perspective, which includes regulatory diligence.

Agama also facilitates compliance and risk mitigation in the conduct of business of infrastructure clients.

Transactions Advisory

Preparing framework agreements for parties desirous of jointly bidding for a project.

Drafting, negotiation and finalisation of various JVs, business associate agreements, alliance documents and various transactional documents, for private-public partnership projects by Government of Maharashtra.

Documentation

In addition to drafting of various transactional documents, Agama provides legal documentation services for drafting and finalisation of various commercial documents, such as

  • term sheets,
  • MOUs,
  • framework agreements,
  • brand licensing agreements,
  • EPC and O&M contracts,
  • PPAs
  • civil contracts
  • bid documentation,
  • documentation for importing of oil rigs etc
Dispute Resolution

In addition to the above, we have experienced of working with other EPC contractors and sub-contractors, advising and strategizing on dispute resolution/management and avoidance from the time of bidding until the closing of the transaction, coordinating with their ground team and project managers and advising them on the course of action in relation to the contracts executed by the company with owner/employers.

We routinely assist infrastructure companies in handling their disputes before NCLT, High Court and arbitration on pan-India level.