Anshul Shyam

Senior Associate | Chandigarh

Professional Summary

Primary Practice

Professional Memberships

Education

B.Com, Kurukshetra University (2013)
Company Secretary (2015)

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Anshul Shyam

Introduction

Anshul is a Senior Associate at Aekom Legal with over 10 years of experience across corporate and securities law. He has particular depth in insolvency and restructuring matters, and possesses deep insight and practical skills in navigating complex compliance requirements under the Companies Act, 2013, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, FEMA and other relevant corporate regulations.

Beyond restructuring, Anshul advises independently on end-to-end lifecycle management on corporate secretarial and compliance matters. He is skilled in legal operations and liaisoning and regularly advises on regulatory approvals, disclosures, and corporate governance.

Representative Matters

Corporate Governance, ESG, CSR & Business Compliance

Board Operations: Convened, structured, and recorded governance documentation for over 10 years of Board, Committee, AGM, and EGM proceedings for public entities and private corporations.
Equity & Capital Restructuring: Directed high-value corporate actions, including Section 68 share buybacks, preferential allotments, loan-to-equity conversions, and NSDL portal filings.
ESOP Administration: Executed end-to-end compliance for employee stock option plans, spanning initial implementation, vesting cycles, exercises, and regulatory filings.
RPT & Compliance Frameworks: Engineered Related Party Transaction (RPT) governance frameworks to verify arm’s length terms and secure Section 188 Board approvals.
Jurisdictional Restructuring: Managed the legal and procedural complexities of shifting corporate Registered Offices across diverse state jurisdictions.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

CIRP Management: Led end-to-end litigation, operational compliance, and legal strategy for high-stakes Corporate Insolvency Resolution Processes (CIRP).
Tribunal Advocacy: Drafted and argued petitions under Sections 7, 9, and 10 of the IBC, representing clients directly before the NCLT for case admissions.
Asset Recovery Operations: Secured critical tribunal directions and warrants under Section 19(2) of the IBC to counter non-cooperation and drive asset recovery.
Moratorium Enforcement: Litigated complex interim matters regarding moratorium boundaries to protect corporate debtor assets during insolvency.

General Corporate & Regulatory Affairs

Foreign Investment Ingestion: Managed foreign inward remittances by executing time-bound filings for Form ARF and Form FC-GPR.
FEMA Regularization: Utilised the Late Submission Fee (LSF) framework to regularize delayed FC-GPR, FC-TRS, FLA, and ODI filings, successfully bypassing the compounding process.
AD Bank Negotiations: Managed strategic communications with Authorized Dealer (AD) Category-I banks to secure conditional acknowledgments and condonation of reporting delays.
Statutory Audits: Conducted comprehensive secretarial audits and structural reviews for multinational units, including on-site governance consulting for DELL (Gurugram).
Regulator Engagement: Liaised with the Registrar of Companies (ROC), Regional Director (RD), and Revenue Department (SDM) to secure critical regulatory clearances.
Transaction Drafting: Structured, vetted, and negotiated high-stakes commercial agreements, corporate deeds, indemnity bonds, and risk-mitigation affidavits.