Pre-IPO Legal Review

Companies that have worked with us through pre-listing preparation rely on us because the standard shifts entirely at this stage. Practices that a private company tolerated will not survive a draft prospectus. Related-party transactions must be cleaned up and disclosed correctly. Historical share allotments and the cap table must reconcile perfectly. Statutory registers, board and committee records, and years of filings must be complete and consistent. Litigation and contingent liabilities must be identified and accurately disclosed. The cost of getting any of this wrong is not just delay; it is regulatory action and investor distrust.

Law Mahaguru’s review is built around that reality. We conduct a comprehensive examination of corporate records, capital structure, and the history of every issuance and transfer. We assess regulatory and sector-specific compliance, material contracts and their disclosure implications, intellectual property ownership, employment and ESOP matters, and the full landscape of litigation and contingent exposure. Crucially, we identify what must be disclosed in the offer document and what must be remedied before disclosure is even possible.

We then help you execute the fixes. That includes regularising past lapses, restructuring or properly documenting related-party arrangements, completing pending corporate actions, and assembling the diligence trail that merchant bankers and their counsel will demand. Our objective is a company whose legal house is so orderly that the diligence process accelerates rather than obstructs the timeline.

What clients value is that we work alongside the wider IPO team, the merchant bankers, the company secretaries, the auditors, and the legal counsel managing the issue, rather than in a silo. Pre-IPO readiness is a coordinated exercise, and we contribute the legal-review backbone that the rest of the process is built on.

A public listing is one of the highest-stakes events in a company’s life, and the time to find a legal problem is long before the prospectus is drafted. Law Mahaguru gives you the early, exacting review that keeps your IPO on track. Tell us your timeline, and we will tell you exactly what stands between you and a clean listing.