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The advent of big tech has re-defined the fundamental rules of the market. Most of these tech companies offer free services to customers, and these freebies raise several questions. Tech companies...

Corporate governance reforms in India have undergone a significant overhaul since the late 1990s. In 2000, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced the first set of comprehensive...

Across the world, the focus on effective risk management has increased over the past two decades as major corporations have experienced risk management failures due to a variety of factors, including...

As India implements its new national vision of creating an affable environment for business, laws governing restructuring and dissolution of companies will be at the core of the economic activity...

In May 2020, I wrote on this Blog on whether India should consider introducing pre-packaged insolvencies (‘pre-packs’) into its formal insolvency framework as an additional tool to resolve COVID-19...

The escalating debate over corporate purpose is not confined to Western developed economies. Rapidly developing economies like India are similarly grappling with how to define and develop a legal...

In its Financial Stability Report for the year, the Reserve Bank of India cautioned that there ‘is no room for complacency on cyber security’. The central bank’s warning is timely. The Indian...

1. India’s Insolvency Ordinance: Protections and Rationale On 25 March 2020, the Central Government of India brought into force India’s first nationwide ‘lockdown’: an order to close all ‘non-...

The notion of independence and impartiality of the adjudicators, be it in the identity of judges or arbitrators, is a hallmark of any adjudicatory process. Nemo iudex in causa sua, meaning that no...

India has a system for providing advance rulings for international tax queries by investors. The idea behind this mechanism is to help international investors obtain some clarity on their tax...

The Indian Ministry of Finance has recently announced numerous economic relief measures for businesses to mitigate risks to their operations and viability. The measures have arisen out of disruptions...

Commerce cannot thrive if contractual bargains are not enforced by law. Such enforcement has to be predictable, consistent and accessible. The parties need to be reassured that the law will protect...

On May 17, 2020, the Indian Finance Minister announced a one-year suspension on the initiation of new proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (‘IBC’), stating that an ordinance...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that notoriously evades definition. Some have said that companies should act in socially responsible ways in their daily operations while charitable...

In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic various countries are taking steps to modify the application of their insolvency laws. Many countries have taken steps to prevent the initiation of insolvency...

As technological innovation disrupts the financial sector, regulators across the world continue to explore and experiment with new approaches to regulating innovation. A regulatory sandbox is one of...

Stewardship codes have proliferated around the world during the last decade. It is possible to attribute the driving philosophy behind this phenomenon to the pioneering effort in the form of the UK...

Our forthcoming Article in the Harvard International Law Journal (Spring/Summer 2020) addresses an important but understudied topic of relevance to academics from a wide range of disciplines who...

India introduced the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (‘IBC’) in 2016 with a view to encourage quick and efficient corporate rescue and restructuring. It follows a UK style ‘insolvency professional in...

The legal protection provided to creditors to enforce their contracts with debtors is central to the functioning of credit markets. These include the rights afforded to lenders in bankruptcy,...