Category: Private Equity

MCA Opens a New Way Out for an Old Problem – Squeezing Out the Minority Shareholders from a Company The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India (“MCA”) vide its…

Sanctions, Exports Controls, CFIUS and ICTS As an important foreign policy tool to tackle geopolitical challenges, the United States (US) continues to impose economic sanctions on various countries including Iran,…

SEBI Framework on Superior Voting Rights INTRODUCTION In a previous edition of ‘India Update’ (Part 2 of 2019), given the backdrop of a hostile takeover in India’s IT sector, we…

Leading Mumbai-headquartered law firm Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has created a detailed analysis of the annual union budget presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, examining the…

Case Study: IBC – Essar Steel – Arcelor Mittal Judgment BACKGROUND As recommended by the Oversight Committee, the Reserve Bank of India issued a press release dated June 13, 2017…

Lessons from 2019 for the Indian Arbitration Regime: A Commercial Viewpoint INTRODUCTION The year 2019 saw a second amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act) and a plethora…

Tax Litigation: The Saga Continues INTRODUCTION Litigation’, said Ambrose Bierce, ‘is a machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage’. A look at…

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to M&A Transactions in 2019. CAM advised M&A deals worth $15.8 Billion (across 46 qualifying deals). Shardul…

FEMA Overhaul and Bifurcation of Debt and Non- Debt Instruments The Finance Act of 2015 had proposed certain amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (“FEMA”). After a long…

AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in 2019. AZB advised PE deals worth $16 Billion (across 106 qualifying deals) during…