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Extract from the Preface by Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner: In the first budget, post the thumping victory in the elections, the Finance Minister has been rich on intent and has…

CYBERTURFING – SHROUDED PERILS IT POSES AND THE APPLICABLE LAW ‘Cyberturfing’ is the online equivalent of the off-line ‘astroturfing’, a term said to be coined by a US Senator back…

Press Release Private Equity and Venture Capital firms invested $5.9 Billion (across 190 deals) during the quarter ended June 2019, according to data from Venture Intelligence, a research service focused…

‘ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS’ IN INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: IS IT USEFUL DEFINING THE PHRASE? It is quite common to notice the phrase ‘ordinary course of business’, used across various investment and…

Supreme Court of India Clarifies Retrospective Applicability of Amended Section 148 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”) was amended last year and two new…

Revised FDI policy on e-commerce: Ensuring Fair Play? Authors: Madhavan Srivatsan Law Office of Madhavan Srivatsan “It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.”…

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) was legislated with the intent to resolve the banking crisis The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) was legislated with the intent to…

AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to M&A Transactions in Q1 2019. AZB advised M&A deals worth $7.8 Billion (across 15 qualifying deals). Shardul…

AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in Q1 2019. AZB advised PE deals worth $5 Billion (across 24 qualifying deals)…

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has issued Press Note 2 on 26 December 2018 (Press Note), which has amended the Consolidated FDI Policy issued on 28 August…