N. Raja Sujith

Partner and Head of South India

N. Raja Sujith has more than 23 years of experience in corporate and commercial law, including foreign investment, technology, outsourcing, joint ventures, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, and real property law.  He also represents private equity and venture capital funds, and start-up companies in their financial investments, due diligence and documentation.  He has been recognized as one of the leading corporate/M&A practitioners in India.

Rankings & Credentials

  • Corporate/M&A
  • Employment
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Real Propert
  • Technology, Media and Telecommunications
  • Consumer and Retail
  • Financial Services and Insurance
  • Manufacturing and Industrial
  • Technology
  • B.A., LL. B, SDM Law College, University of Mangalore
  • India
  • Bar Council of Kerala
  • International Bar Association
  • Inter Pacific Bar Association

Recent Transactions

  • Represented Accelerator Enterprise Private Limited on the Series A investment by Accel Partners.
  • Represented Devang Mehta and Sandeep B. Shetty on their investment in Gaia Smart Cities Solutions Private Limited.
  • Advised Maybank, a Malaysian bank, in setting up their offshore development center in Bangalore.
  • Represented Thyssenkrupp India in acquisition of assets relating to crushers and screens from Nawa Engineers & Consultants Private Limited.
  • Advised Altran Technologies India Private Limited on a technology master consulting agreement between Lam Research and Vignani Technologies Private Limited, including on data privacy and IP protection issues.
  • Advised Kwench Global Technolgis Private Limited on drafting of online terms and conditions for the use of bots by the workplace clients of Facebook and privacy policy for online users of bots specifically considering the provisions of European and Indian data protection laws.
  • Advised Tyco Fire and Security India Private Limited (Now a part of Johnson Controls Group) on the process of transfer of employees from one group entity to another group entity including reviewing of all employee transfer related documentation as part of the transaction consists of divesting the business.
  • Advised Valagro S.p.A, an Italian company which has been offering a wide range of biostimulants and fertilizers for sustainable agriculture and other industrial application, on various employment law issues in India including secondment of an Italian employee as key managerial person in its India subsidiary.
  • Represented Suez Water Technologies in reviewing, finalising and registering the sale deed for acquisition of factory premises including industrial building from GE India Industrial Pvt. Ltd. as part of Suez’s acquisition of GE water and process technology business.

Articles

Occupational Safety and Health – an ever-evolving need

A safe and healthy work environment is the foundation of an efficient and decent work structure. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is an integral part of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Decent Work Agenda, 2015. Work can only be decent when it is safe...

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Can HIV positive individuals be terminated?

Introduction   The first Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) infection was detected in India in 1986, and currently, India has about 2.3 million people living with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”).  AIDS is not only life-threatening but,...

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Impact of new employment laws on business

N. Raja Sujith, Partner at Majmudar & Partners, and Sinjini Majumdar, Associate at Majmudar & Partners have authored a concise update describing in detail, how the new employment laws from the recently announced Labour Code by the Government of India affect...

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The Post-COVID PE and VC investment scenario in India

COVID-19 is having an adverse effect on private equity and venture capital investments in India. As per industry reports and experts’ views, PE and VC investments in India may decline up to 60% in 2020 due to the pandemic. In 2019, PE and VC investment activities...

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