Bharath Reddy

Bharath has over 17 years of experience in general corporate and advisory work. He advises both domestic and international clients on legal aspects of their entry strategy in India (GCCs) and specializes in employee stock options and shared based incentive structures.

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Qualifications

2008 B.A., LLB., NALSAR University

Expertise

Practice Areas

Corporate Governance
General Corporate

He is part of the Firm’s General Corporate team and advices on various corporate issues. He further specializes in employee stock options, investigations, director appointments, managerial remunerations, and opinions on general corporate matters.

Bharath has assisted many multinationals in setting up their business in India, including Global Capability Centres (GCC) of Chevron, National Australian Bank, Lloyds Bank, McDonalds, and other MNCs such as Equinix, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, Amadeus, TD-Ameritrade, Omnicell, Randstad, Talend and Keshet by incorporation private limited companies, opening branch and liaison offices.

Bharath has advised on various share based benefits schemes, including employee stock options, share purchase schemes, phantom stock schemes, stock appreciation rights and sweat equity schemes. His clients include Kotak, Infosys, ICICI, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, HDFC, Titan, Nykaa, IndusInd Bank, KKR, Blackstone, Colgate-Palmolive, ABinBev, Swiggy, Zomato, Cars24, , Indeed, etc.

Bharath is also part of the core team of the firm’s Corporate Governance Centre, the first of its kind, it is the centrepiece of the Firm’s thought leadership and advisory initiatives in this practice area, advising various stakeholders in the governance space.

Further, Bharath also heads the firm’s corporate secretarial team, assisting in incorporation and various secretarial matters, such as appointment of directors, change in registered office / name, holding board and shareholders meetings, etc.