Aastha Sharma is an Associate attorney in the firm’s Business & Finance Practice Area. She focuses her practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital, and early-stage investment transactions.
She has represented and counseled small and middle market companies, across a range of industries, on a number of stock and asset-based transactions, financing transactions, drafting and negotiations of complex commercial contracts, GDPR and general corporate matters.
Aastha has also practiced in India where she counseled various multi-national banking and financial companies and foreign institutional investors on sophisticated corporate and securities transactions.
Before Bowditch
Prior to joining Bowditch, Aastha worked at a boutique financial services law firm in Mumbai after receiving her law degree.
Besides work
Aastha enjoys crafts and has DIYed quite a few things at home. A craft/DIY skill she particularly loves is staining or color washing and finishing wood projects, although, she leaves the wood sanding part for her husband whenever possible. Aastha is also a native of India and is fluent in Hindi.
Affiliations
- Board Member, Waltham Partnership for Youth
- Member, Senior Associates Forum Advisory Committee, Boston Bar Association
- Member, Women’s Bar Association
Articles + Talks
Articles
- “Solving the Puzzle to Improve Corporate Governance,” Bowditch, 2023
- “Are You Ready for the Corporate Transparency Act?,” Bowditch, 2023
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
- LLM, Business & Commercial Law, Boston College Law School
- B.L.S, L.L.B, Government Law College, Mumbai University, India
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Asset Purchase and Stock Purchase transactions ranging in value from $100,000 to $20M, representing buyer and seller side clients from varied industries including:
- Sales Team Evaluation Technology
- Manufacturer of Medical Technology
- Specialized Dental Services
- Data Cloud and Modernization Solutions
- Testing Services for Aviation Industry
- HR Management Platform Services
- Designer and manufacturer of Digital Infrastructure
- Wholesaler and Importer of Handknitting Yarns
- Custom Window Solutions
- Restaurants (including transfer of liquor license)
- Events Rental
- Retail Store with a related E-Commerce business
CONTRACT DRAFTING AND NEGOTIATIONS
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including:
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Customized Master Services Agreements for clients in various industries, including software technology companies
- Independent Contractor Agreements
- Licensing and Subscription Agreement
- Terms of Use and Privacy Policies for Websites and Mobile Applications
COMMERCIAL FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
Assist on commercial loan transactions ranging in value from $100,000 to $40M. Represented both lenders (including banks) and borrowers.
GENERAL CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
- Entity formation (LLC and Corporations) along with drafting of core governing documents including Operating Agreements and Bylaws
- Reinstatement and dissolution of entities
- Providing advice on general corporate issues, including corporate governance issues