Tag: India

Enduring challenges amid a perfect storm

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2022, requiring Indian entities to reveal if investments are made by a company that is incorporated in a country that shares a land border with India

Countries around the world are strengthening their data protection regimes given the rise in data breaches and the growing need to regulate how businesses use and process sensitive data

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has suspended Subrata Monindranath Maity as an Insolvency Professional over allegations of accepting a bribe amounting to INR2 million (USD25,818), according to the regulator’s website

Different approaches to cryptocurrencies across jurisdictions cause disparity in the understanding and classification of digital assets

Many unforeseen issues that entail comprehensive changes to global law will emerge as the Metaverse unfolds further, with Intellectual Property Law in India front and centre

Dechert advised Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of OCBC Bank, on the sale of its in-house private market feeder fund platform to global fintech Institutional Capital Network (iCapital)

The General Counsels’ Association of India (GCAI) celebrated its first anniversary in Mumbai on 9 March 2022 with discussions, cake, cocktails and dinner

Reserve Bank of India's move to allow fintech companies to access credit information via credit bureaus is a positive move, but ownership and control issues remain unresolved...

India is the second-largest country in the world by population, the world’s largest democracy, and the largest English-speaking nation in the world

As technology revolutionises the banking sector, brick-and-mortar retail is increasingly becoming obsolete as regulators jump to set new standards for inclusive finance

Chinese enterprises should fully understand the risks of overseas investment and formulate countermeasures to protect their own interests

Following a partnership agreement with Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai last December, the General Counsels’ Association of India is seeking more collaborations with academia

The requirement to submit a test licence in the drugs and cosmetics rules goes beyond the ambit of the Parent Act, and is a hindrance to R&D for pharma companies, writes Syngene International's Shreekanth Katti

Current events dictate that ESG considerations are increasing in importance for companies as well as regulators, warns Ashutosh Senger, lead counsel at Florence Capital

The number of criminal cases filed against cheque defaulters has overwhelmed India’s judicial system. One obvious solution is to decriminalise what is often a civil dispute, but lawyers aren’t convinced that’s the answer. George W Russell reports

The government is keen to support the growth of online trade, but its draft e-commerce rules could have the opposite effect