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Awkward regulatory tango over COVID-19 relief

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Protection of founder interests in VC transactions

By Nisha Mallik and Neha Mirajgaoker, Samvad Partners

Electricity Bill lights path but sparks controversy

By Abhishek Tripathi and Narayan Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Beneficiaries of public welfare schemes are consumers

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta, Bharucha & Partners

COVID-19, IBC suspension and operational creditors

By Shweta Bharti and Sukrit Kapoor,Hammurabi & Solomon

COVID-19 moratorium package: An RBI safe haven

By Nishtha Arora and Anjuli Hora, SNG & Partners

Foreign entities acquiring real estate in India

By Alok Tewari and Simrat Grover, Kochhar & Co
Bollywood

Will Covid spell the end for Bollywood?

By Sajai Singh, J Sagar Associates

Recommended drafting practises for FFL disclosure

By Piyush Sharma and Joginder Singh, LexOrbis

Amending use claims in trademark cases

By Omesh Puri and Ruchi Sarin, LexOrbis

A tool for financial trouble

Widely reported troubles at Yes Bank, IL&FS, DHFL and others have exposed inadequacies in the insolvency resolution regime for distressed banking and finance companies. Mohit Shukla, the legal head of Barclays India, argues that now is a perfect time to introduce a new composite code to address these shortcomings and rebuild public trust

New rules to socially distance non-resident investors

By Snigdhaneel Satpathy and Sanchita Kumari, L&L Partners

Surviving a ‘new normal’

India Business Law Journal teamed up with prominent arbitrator Ashok Sharma and a stellar panel of GCs to debate how in-house legal teams should rise to the unprecedented challenges facing Indian companies in a post-lockdown environment

Analysing financing models for infrastructure projects

By Sharmil Bhushan and Jyoti Punjabi, HSA Advocates

How to implement pre-packaged insolvency

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Puneeth Ganapathy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Are you being watched?

Governments adopting trace-and-track apps to prevent the spread of the pandemic have raised questions about the ‘right balance’ between pandemic response and privacy considerations

Innovative new debt financing method for UDICs

By Matthew Ching and Zhang Dong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Managing outsourcing contracts

Outsourcing companies face severe operational challenges under the pandemic and understanding the impact of the force majeure clause and the doctrine of frustration is important in determining recourse for parties.

Moving past the pandemic

The pandemic has thrown up challenges for maintaining productivity, honouring contracts and keeping workers employed

Most Recent

Tamil Nadu Real Estate Reforms

Growing Tamil Nadu’s real estate ecosystem

By Mohamed Sirajutheen and Varalashmi Arunachalam, Peritum Partners

Chennai snapshot: Dispute resolution, insolvency

By Durga Bhatt, Peritum Partners

Correspondents

Vodafone ruling redials rights over ringtone royalties

By Neel Mason, Ekta Sharma and Surabhi Katare, Obhan Mason
India ECB Framework Liberalisation

Liberalisation of India’s external commercial borrowing regime

By Nishtha Arora and Ashutosh Kumar, SNG & Partners
Delhi EV Policy 2026-2030video

Flaws diverting Delhi’s draft EV policy

By Abhishek Tripathi and Ashutosh Senger, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Features

AI in Arbitration Services

AAA tools up with AI

As AAA turns 100, CEO Bridget McCormack discusses ICDR growth and responsible AI tools reshaping arbitration services globally

Chennai Legal Market Overview

Chennai’s legal fabric

Chennai’s legal ecosystem goes beyond litigation as the port city has a high court legacy, specialised practices, local insight and relationship-driven advocacy

India FDI Policy Update

Policy, paradox and participation

LG India’s Rajiv Malik welcomes changes to Press Note 3 that mean a new FDI policy for close neighbours

Expert Briefings

Chennai: A future with data governance

By Kirthi Jayakumar, Peritum Partners
Tamil Nadu Real Estate Reforms

Growing Tamil Nadu’s real estate ecosystem

By Mohamed Sirajutheen and Varalashmi Arunachalam, Peritum Partners

Chennai snapshot: Dispute resolution, insolvency

By Durga Bhatt, Peritum Partners

Opinion

Prohibited Claims Arbitration

Clipping the clause

To what extent does party autonomy hold sway over contracts that involve exceptional or prohibited clauses?

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