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On how companies are formed, owned and run: mergers, shareholder rights, directors’ liability and corporate disputes.
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On boards, disclosure, ethics and accountability: how companies are directed, and how they answer for it.
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Securities and Capital Market Laws
On the regulation of capital markets: SEBI, listings, insider trading and the protection of investors.
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Banking and Finance Law and Fintech
On banks, lenders and financial technology: credit, payments, digital assets and the regulators who oversee them.
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On the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: resolution, liquidation, creditors and the tribunals that decide them.
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On the law of markets and contracts: competition, arbitration, trade, consumers and commercial disputes.
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All 203 blogsGreen Finance and Grey Areas: Rethinking India’s Sovereign Green Bond Strategy
Green financing has emerged as a buzzword amid the 21st-century crisis of global warming and climate change. The term refers to financial flows and investments in sustainable projects, products and policies, with lending decisions being taken on the basis of environmental screening and risk assessment.
Regulating Founder ESOPs: SEBI’s new proposal and its implications
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed an amendment, through a consultation paper dated March 20, 2025, to the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 (SEBI SBEB & SE Regulations).
Market Makers or Market Breakers? The Regulatory Dilemma in India’s Bond Forward Trade
On 21 February 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) unveiled the RBI (Forward Contracts in Government Securities) Directions, 2025 enlisting new guidelines (“the Guidelines”) governing forward contracts in government securities.
Stock Appreciation Rights: A Corporate Tool for Market Manipulation and Value Distortion
India’s startup ecosystem has witnessed a surge in financial engineering strategies to optimize capital raising while navigating regulatory constraints.
Addressing the Regulatory Void: Strengthening India’s Data Economy Legislation
The internet has played a major role in altering the world. It has generated billions of dollars of revenue for people, corporations, governments etc. As per the authors, ‘data’ is the main reason behind this phenomenon.
Reevaluating SEBI’s Rule 8: A Global & Broker-Centric Perspective
The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, of 1956 was enacted to achieve a stable market condition and stop undesirable securities trades.
IPO Exits Demystified: The Legal Architecture and Strategic Considerations
Initial Public Offer (“IPO”) is the transition process of a private company to a public listed company by offering securities in the primary market for the first time.
Dematerialisation Mandates for Private Companies: Challenges and Compliance Ambiguities
On 27 October 2023, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) inserted Rule 9B in the (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules 2014 (“PAS Rules”). These new provisions mandate private companies to dematerialise all securities and issue them only in dematerialised form by 30 September 2024.
Forward Yet Faulting: Decoding SEBI’s Straitjacketed Approach to the Artificial-Intelligence Genome
The proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Machine Learning (“ML”) in the financial sector is poised to play a significant role in the transformation of private investments.
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