Vernacular E-Commerce Anyone?
Economic Times has an interesting article on the opportunities and challenges of E-Commerce in regional languages. Extracts: About 75% of Indian internet users are expected to be regional language speakers…
KPMG Tops League Table for Financial Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in H1 2018
The transaction advisory unit of KPMG claimed the top position in the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity deals in the first half of 2018, advising…
Legal Capsule: Summary of judicial decisions defining the indirect tax landscape in India by Economic Laws Practice
Indian tax litigation landscape assures a plethora of court rulings, given the 24 High Courts and various benches of the Tribunal pronouncing verdicts on a regular basis. Broadly speaking, various…
Legal Capsule: Defence & Aerospace: Analysing the Opportunity in India by Economic Laws Practice
Driven by an ambition of creating a local military-industrial complex in India, Defence & Aerospace has been a priority sector for the government over last several years and has been…
Legal Capsule: International Trade – Sectoral Highlights from India by Economic Laws Practice
Per the latest economic data, India’s global trade has increased by 16.32% to USD 767.9 billion in 2017-18. As India continues to create a modern, vibrant economic framework for business,…
Legal Capsule: General Data Protection Regulation: Impact on India-based businesses by Economic Laws Practice
General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), approved and adopted by European Parliament in April 2016, is a ‘rights based’ data protection model which allows the users to have greater rights over…
Legal Capsule: Emerging Trends & Issues under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by Economic Laws Practice
India’s jump from Rank 130 to 100 in World Bank’s ease of doing business rankings can be largely attributed to various legal reforms in the country, including the Insolvency and…
Fintech emerges as the most favoured sector among VCs in Q2 2018
Fintech Companies grabbed 26% of all Venture Capital (VC) funding in the quarter ended June 2018 – 24 deals worth $81 million – compared to 11% in the immediate previous…
Q2’18 is Biggest Ever for PE Investments in India at $8.2 B; up 60% YoY
With 24 investments worth over $100-M each, Mega Deals are back with a bang. 12 Deals over $200-M each account for 64% of the total investment value Private Equity firms…
Why IBC and other Big M&A Deals Take Forever to Close
Extracts from the recent Times of India article on the topic: While shareholder activism, regulatory roadblocks and tightening of acquisition financing are among different reasons behind slow-moving M&As in the…