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Regional perspective of Senegal and Ivory Coast
Senegal and Ivory Coast belong to two major regional entities – the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). They are also members of the...
Legislation, incentives to invest in Nigeria
Nigeria is regarded as a viable and attractive destination for foreign investment, mainly because of its abundant mineral resources and large population. The country also has a plethora of legislation, platforms and incentives for...
Investment risks and opportunities in Angola
The decision to invest in a new market by a foreign investor is often framed by the pursuit of a predictable legal framework, which among other things respects the sanctity of contracts and facilitates...
Trends in technology investment in India
Japan and India have a long cultural relationship, which date back to 752 AD. What started as a cultural exchange has now come to a point where more than 7% of all foreign direct...
Investment strategies, regulations and policies in India
In recent years, India’s story of growth has been widely considered as a paragon for Asian economies. Much of India’s success and growth has been due to its appeal to foreign investors, who are...
Roadmap for investing in Bangladesh
For the past three decades, Japanese brands like Toyota and Honda have dominated the Bangladeshi market, establishing the threshold of “Japanese quality” in the majority of households. Brands like Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Toshiba, Nikon,...
Trends in Japanese foreign direct investment
Japanese companies are key players in foreign direct investment. In 2020, FDI outflow from Japan was US$222.5 billion, which makes the country the largest investor in the world. Japanese investments are focused in Europe...
Deepak Nambiar – Kelley Drye – New York – Lawyer profile
The International A-List 2021
Deepak Nambiar
Kelley Drye
New York
Contact
Tel: +1 212 808 7982
Email: dnambiar@kelleydrye.com
Practice areas
Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital
Introduction
Deepak Nambiar is a partner in Kelley Drye’s New York office and the chairman of...
Ryo Kotoura – Anderson Mori & Tomotsune – Tokyo – Lawyer profile
The International A-List 2021
Ryo Kotoura
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo
Contact
Tel: +81 3 6775 1111
Email: ryo.kotoura@amt-law.com
Practice areas
Corporate/M&A; dispute resolution; FDI into India
Introduction
Ryo Kotoura is a partner and head of the India practice team at the Japanese law firm...
Bill Carr – CMS – London – Lawyer profile
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Bill Carr
CMS
London
Contact
Tel: +44 20 7367 2002
Email: bill.carr@cms-cmno.com
Practice areas
Corporate/M&A; FDI out of India; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources
Introduction
Bill Carr is a corporate partner in CMS, and co-leads the CMS India group. He has...
Babita Ambekar – CMS – Singapore – Lawyer profile
The International A-List 2021
Babita Ambekar
CMS
Singapore
Contact
Tel: +65 9770 0337
Email: Babita.Ambekar@cms-cmno.com
Practice areas
Corporate/M&A; FDI out of India; private equity & venture capital
Introduction
Babita Ambekar is a partner and the head of India practice at CMS in Singapore. She is...
The International A-List 2021
Based on the collective views of private practice lawyers in India and in-house counsel around the world, the following are the top India-focused lawyers at international law firms.
The International A-List is based on extensive...
India Business Law Journal – February 2021
Volume 14, Issue 7
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Highlights:
Insurance In Bloom: Will raising FDI cap attract foreign insurers?
Budget brings big changes to taxation of M&A deals
How criminal liability...
Japan outbound investment guide 2021
Trends in FDI---Trade agreements
Asia-Pacific
Europe, Middle East & Africa
North America
Once the world’s manufacturing hub, Japan is now a global financial powerhouse, and an investor of choice for countries across the world. It has been the...
Major changes in UAE’s foreign investment legal system
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has attracted global investor interest in recent years. The latest data from the World Bank reveal that the UAE ranks 16th in terms of its business environment in bank’s...
Increased liabilities for AIF committee members
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently amended the SEBI (AIF) Regulations, 2012. The amendment introduces several regulatory changes to the framework for governance of alternative investment funds (AIFs) in India. One...
Natashaa Shroff – Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co – New Delhi
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Natashaa Shroff
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
New Delhi
Contact
Tel: +91 11 41590700
Email: Natashaa.shroff@amsshardul.com
Practice areas
General corporate, mergers & acquisitions; private equity, venture capital & funds
Introduction
Natashaa is a partner in the M&A and private equity practice...
Future Legal Leaders
Based on the collective views of in-house counsel and India-focused partners at international law firms, the following are India's 50 future legal leaders. The Future Legal Leaders is based on extensive research conducted by...
What the 2021 budget holds for business
The budget for 2021-22, which was unveiled on 1 February 2021, impacts a number of commercial sectors.
In the corporate field, small companies are now defined as companies with paid up capital of ₹20 million...
Deals of the year 2020
Deals of the year 2022
Deals of the year 2021
Deals of the year 2019
China Business Law Journal’s editorial team has selected the top China-related deals for 2020, recognising their outstanding achievements
The pandemic of...
States can grow through nurturing neo agriculture
Setting up a company depends on how business people view circumstances. Factors such as infrastructure, stamp duty laws, domestic and international connectivity, the policies of state governments, the availability of labour and talent, and...
Policy tweak
The Draft Data Centre Policy 2020 is much needed for the digital economy, but could benefit from single window clearance, economic incentives and protections against misuse of data, writes PM Devaiah
The Draft Data...
The A-List: Vietnam Top 100 Lawyers
Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are Vietnam's Top 100 Lawyers. Biographies and contact details, where provided, were written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently verified.
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Zhu Hongwen – Sunshine Law Firm – Shanghai – Lawyer Profile 2020
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Zhu Hongwen
Partner, Head of International Practice, Managing Partner of Shanghai Office
Sunshine Law Firm
Shanghai
Contact
Tel: +86 186 6809 6588
Email: zhw@sunshinelaw.com.cn
Practice areas
Energy & natural resources; Project & infrastructure; International investment, M&A
Introduction
Zhu Hongwen is a...
Feng Yao – Sunland Law Firm – Beijing – Lawyer Profile 2020
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Feng Yao
Senior Counsel
Sunland Law Firm
Beijing
Contact
Tel: + 86 10 6595 8667
Email: yao_feng@sunlandlaw.com
Practice areas
Competition and antitrust; International trade; Foreign investment and national security review
Introduction
Feng Yao worked in the Ministry of Commerce’s (MOFCOM) Department...
The A-List 法律精英2020
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Based on research conducted by China Business Law Journal, the following are the 200 elite lawyers for China practice (including 100 lawyers working in PRC law firms and 100 lawyers in foreign ones), and...
Reach for the sky
The aviation industry is poised for soaring growth after flying through the current turbulence, writes Boeing counsel Akhil Prasad
The aviation industry has come a long way since the first commercial flight in India on...
IBLJ – November 2020
Volume 14, Issue 5
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Highlights:
Pulling the plug: New FDI cap sparks concern for digital media
How do new labour codes fare in a covid-19 work environment?
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Pulling the plug
The government's plan to cap foreign investment in digital media aims to control the influence of online news, and curb fake news, but the legislation leaves a lot of questions unanswered despite a clarification...
Alpha Partners, SAM assist on Mosaic Media deal
Alpha Partners advised HT Media when it acquired Mosaic Media Ventures, a subsidiary of News Corporation, for an undisclosed amount. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM) advised News Corporation and its Singapore-based subsidiary, NWS...
New foreign investment limits for digital news media
In August 2019, the government announced reforms to the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to permit 26% FDI under the government route in the uploading and streaming of news and current affairs through digital...
The A-List: Thailand’s Top 100 Lawyers 2020
Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are the Thailand's Top 100 Lawyers. Biographies and contact details, where provided, were written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently...
Future tense
Chinese businesses have shown significant resilience in reacting to challenges thrown at them this year, be it the trade war or the pandemic, and the market continues to offer plenty of opportunities for international...
The great outflow?
A pandemic, trade war and slowing global economy have disrupted China's outbound investment flow, but the dip may only be momentary as the nation picks up steam and investments regain momentum. Mithun Varkey reports
Chinese...
Billions on the line
Vodafone may have won the day after a favourable arbitration result cut off India's claim to massive back taxes, but will this crucial award remain unchallenged when so much more is at stake? Freny...
Press note 3: Restriction on investment from China
With the spread of the global pandemic coupled with an economic downturn, the government appears to have become concerned at foreign footprints in Indian industries. The growing global antagonism against China heightened concerns over...
Intelia Law Offices
ESTABLISHED IN 2019
Total number of professionals: 22 (5 partners)
Principal office: New Delhi
Key practice areas
Anti-corruption & compliance; capital markets; corporate & commercial law; HR & employment; FDI & ODI; insolvency & bankruptcy; intellectual property; litigation...
Covid-19 impacts exit of PE and VC investors
In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic and its economic consequences, the private equity and venture capital industry has seen a major downturn. The pandemic has also increased the focus on exit options available...
Corporate Associate 2-4PQE Beijing
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Corporate Associate 2-4PQE Beijing
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Beijing, China
Job Description
An international law firm is actively looking to hire a junior to middle level corporate associate in its Beijing office. In this role, you will be mainly focusing on...
Japan’s rising interest in the Indian startup scene
A look at investment trends over the past few years clearly shows that Japanese investors have made huge inroads into Indian private equity and venture capital markets. They are currently some of the biggest...
Expanding Indian manufacturing in EU, US
Exponential growth in the manufacturing sector that had been promised for more than a decade may soon be achieved. Post-1991 reforms that liberalized the economy led to substantial but gradual growth. The current government...
Facilitating exits in a post-covid-19 world
The economic reforms of 1991 gave India a high growth trajectory making it the fifth largest economy in the world. While complete capital account convertibility is still not permitted, significant steps have been taken...
Bangladesh: Ready for business
Often overshadowed in such a powerhouse neighbourhood, this populous nation has scripted an unlikely economic success story, creating lucrative opportunities for pioneering foreign investors. Miao Sha reports
Most would be reaching to bring any iconic...
Protection of founder interests in VC transactions
Before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, startups and the founders had a healthy infusion of funds, with multiple investors ready to assist them to achieve their revenue and customer acquisition targets. The chain from...
Foreign entities acquiring real estate in India
Every non-Indian entity (foreign entity) setting up operations inevitably becomes involved in the acquisition of real estate whether by lease, licence or sale. While Japanese entrepreneurs have long been doing business in India, their...
Screening Chinese investments: What happens next?
Entities affected by India’s new policy may be able to take measures to obtain fast-tracked approvals
During the first quarter of 2020, the People’s Bank of China made several purchases of shares in HDFC, India’s...
New rules to socially distance non-resident investors
“The times they are a-changin”, Bob Dylan sang in his famous song, which seems as apt for the current regulatory regime of foreign exchange laws as it did for the turbulent times in which...
Moving past the pandemic
The pandemic has thrown up challenges for maintaining productivity, honouring contracts and keeping workers employed. Mansha Shukla writes about the key considerations for in-house counsel
COVID-19 is preying on thousands of lives and has battered...
Jio-Facebook deal: Competition in jeopardy?
On 23 April, the Indian market saw one of its biggest deals go off. Facebook bought a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms for a whopping US$5.7 billion. With Jio attracting the largest FDI deal...
Slowing the free fall
Taking stock of the relief measures deployed by regulators to soften the impact of the lockdown. Gautam Kagalwala reports
With the COVID-19 outbreak, the government has been fighting on two fronts. It has introduced a...
Online payment players are now under the RBI
After first raising its intention to bring payment aggregators (PA) and payment gateways (PG) under its regulatory purview in its discussion paper of September 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17 March...
What’s in store for M&As in a post COVID-19 economy
The economy has come to a halt in the current unprecedented situation. Apart from medical and essential service providers, labour and capital have been idle during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, and the world economy seems...
Online lending: Chinese investors get second chance
India has growing internet penetration and a large unbanked population, but Chinese investors need to be wary of much tighter regulations when entering this market
The rapid boom and bust in China’s online lending market...
A chaotic situation in cross-border demergers
In December 2019, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the matter of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries held that the Companies Act, 2013 (act), read with the Foreign Exchange Management (Cross Border Merger) Regulations, 2018...
Budget gives foreign direct investment its rightful place
Despite weak macroeconomic trends due to various internal and external factors, India witnessed a sharp increase of 16% in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019. Structural reforms undertaken by the government, including a reduction...
Legal and financial plans beyond COVID-19
COVID-19 has presented challenges that nobody could have envisaged three months ago. Each day existing as well as future challenges become larger. We need to fight the current difficulties and keep ourselves safe from...
The A-List: Malaysia’s Top 100 Lawyers 2020
Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are Malaysia’s top 100 lawyers (including foreign legal counsel/advisors/consultants practising in Malaysia).
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