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21. A New Dawn for India’s Cross Border Merger Regime
(Blog: Corporate law)
Until recently, whilst it was possible for a foreign company to merge with an Indian company, it was not possible for an Indian company to merge with a foreign company within the court ...
Created on 24 May 2017
22. SEBI’s Informal Guidance on Continual Disclosures under the Prevention of Insider Trading Regulations
(Blog: Corporate law)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently issued an informal guidance in response to a request for an interpretive letter from Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) on the ...
Created on 23 May 2017
23. NCLAT Defines the Scope and Extent of the Corporate Debtor’s Right to Contest Admission of Insolvency Applications Filed by Financial Creditors
(Blog: Corporate law)
In a landmark judgment recently delivered by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in the case of Innoventive Industries Limited v. ICICI Bank Limited, the NCLAT has held ...
Created on 22 May 2017
24. Intellectual Property: On the Path to Reformation
(Blog: Corporate law)
Intellectual property (IP) forms part of our overall growth strategy. This is the message that the Indian government is sending out like never before, as is evident from a number of measures ...
Created on 17 May 2017
25. SC Clarifies the Scope of Regulatory Power under Section 79 (1) of Electricity Act, 2003
(Blog: Corporate law)
At least since 2012, there has been a fair amount of legal uncertainty on the ambit of powers of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and the State Electricity Regulatory ...
Created on 16 May 2017
26. Indian Insolvency Regime without Cross-border Recognition – A Task Half Done?
(Blog: Corporate law)
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Insolvency Code) has been one of the biggest Indian reform of recent times, which has moved the regime away from one that was highly uncertain ...
Created on 16 May 2017
27. Board Evaluations a Nightmare for Independent Directors?
(Blog: Corporate law)
This piece was previously published in the Economic Times Next on the list of dilemmas relating to corporate governance issues for independent directors (ID) of a listed company is Board ...
Created on 15 May 2017
28. SEBI’s Observation on Protective Covenants – Positive, But Law Not Settled Yet
(Blog: Corporate law)
As per the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) order dated March 31, 2017, in the Kamat Hotels (India) Limited (Kamat Hotels) case, Clearwater Capital (Clearwater) ...
Created on 08 May 2017
29. SEBI’s Observation on Protective Covenants – Positive, But Law Not Settled Yet
(Blog: Corporate law)
As per the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) order dated March 31, 2017, in the Kamat Hotels (India) Limited (Kamat Hotels) case, Clearwater Capital (Clearwater) ...
Created on 08 May 2017
30. Intellectual Property Rights: Building or Stumbling Blocks? – On The Right Track
(Blog: Corporate law)
This blog piece is excerpted from a previously published article in the Express Pharma, April 16-30 Issue Innovation is the root of success in the competitive world of today. Creativity ...
Created on 21 April 2017
31. Alleged Violation of FEMA now a Dwindling Defence against Enforcement of Contractual Rights
(Blog: Corporate law)
Foreign investors into India have often found that when they seek to enforce customary contractual rights in investment agreements, such as option rights, guarantees and indemnities, ...
Created on 21 April 2017
32. Payment Systems – The Digitalisation of Financial Services and its Future
(Blog: Corporate law)
India has historically been an economy driven by cash. With unique population demographics and modest literacy levels, it is a difficult market to “digitalise”. However, over the past ...
Created on 20 April 2017
33. Criminal Liability of Corporate Officials in India
(Blog: Corporate law)
In this day and age of scams, crime by corporate entities throws a lot of challenges at multiple levels. The level of crime may be extraordinary owing to the magnitude, powers and reach ...
Created on 19 April 2017
34. Survival of Employee Stock Options through the IPO process: Are former employees stranded?
(Blog: Corporate law)
Over the years, companies have used employee stock option schemes (ESOP Schemes) as an effective method to align employee interests with shareholders, reward their efforts, increase their ...
Created on 06 April 2017
35. FIPB – The Rites of Passage
(Blog: Corporate law)
Do We Really Need the “Approval” Route? The announcement in the Budget Speech that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is going to be wound down in 2017-18, has led to speculation ...
Created on 14 March 2017
36. Streamlining Reporting Standards
(Blog: Corporate law)
The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has, over the years, undertaken initiatives to align reporting and disclosure requirements for listed companies in India with global standards, ...
Created on 03 March 2017
37. Repeal of Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
(Blog: Corporate law)
The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA) was enacted to make special provisions for the timely detection of sick (and potentially sick) companies owning industrial ...
Created on 23 February 2017
38. Mere Allegation of Fraud – No longer an Obstruction to Arbitration Proceedings
(Blog: Corporate law)
There is a perception that arbitration proceedings in India are plagued with delays, interventionist courts, and parties attempting to scuttle the proceedings. A mere allegation of fraud ...
Created on 20 February 2017
39. FIPB – The Sunset Year
(Blog: Corporate law)
In the Budget Speech of February 1, 2017, the Finance Minister (FM) announced that the Government has “decided to abolish the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in 2017-18”. He ...
Created on 17 February 2017
40. National Company Law Tribunal: In the Scheme of Things
(Blog: Corporate law)
On December 7, 2016, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified and brought into operation a significant chunk of sections under the Companies Act, 2013, including provisions relating ...
Created on 13 February 2017