PE/VC: Evolution of the Exit
Exit strategies in Indian private equity deals have transformed, with investors now prioritising enforceable exit mechanisms, dispute resolution clauses and realistic timelines to navigate the challenges of protracted legal battles.
- Exit disputes significantly impact foreign investment in Indian markets.
- Investors now…
FORUM: Scaling Strategies
Even as lateral hires and mega deals dominate the headlines, Indian law firms are focusing on qualitative growth over mere quantitative expansion, emphasising client-centric approaches and strategic investments in technology, knowledge management, and talent development.
IPO: Listing Leviathan
High valuations, increased market depth, enhanced liquidity, growing regulatory faith, and a surge in the number of expanding companies have combined to catapult India to the forefront of global IPO activity.
RANKINGS: ALB India Top Corporate M&A Boutique Firms 2024
In the competitive landscape of India's Corporate/M&A sector, a new wave of boutique law firms is rising to prominence alongside established giants.
RANKINGS: ALB South India Rankings 2024
In the dynamic and ever-evolving legal landscape of South India, a new generation of trailblazers is making its mark. These rankings celebrate the top 15 rising lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsels who are redefining excellence and innovation in the legal field.
SANCTIONS: Geopolitical Gridlock
In an era of escalating geopolitical tensions, Asian companies find themselves navigating an increasingly complex sanctions landscape and experiencing an urgent need for robust compliance programmes.
GREATER BAY AREA: Beyond Borders
South China, particularly the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is leading China's global expansion in manufacturing, technology, and new energy sectors.
From street stalls to bourses
Southeast Asia's traditional medicine makers are doing big business as an increasingly health-conscious middle class rises in the region. Eveline Danubrata and Anshuman Daga of Reuters report
Gear up for HK’s new Companies Ordinance
Hong Kong’s new Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) will come into operation in March 2014. It represents an extensive rewrite of Cap 32, providing a modernised legal framework for the incorporation and operation of companies in Hong Kong, with the aim of enhancing corporate governance, ensuring better regulation and providing better facilitation of business operations.
Dealing with FATCA
The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), approved in 2010, is set to take effect in July this year, and major offshore financial centres have begun entering into cooperation pacts. The governments of Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and the Cayman Islands have signed inter-governmental agreements (IGAs) with both the U.S. and the UK, while the BVI has signed a FATCA- type IGA with the UK and is negotiating an IGA with the U.S. Ranajit Dam investigates the potential impact of these agreements on offshore financial centres.