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.
Full speed ahead
The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) might not yet be in the same league of its larger Asian peers, but is steadily becoming a force to reckon with after notching up a string of achievements in the past couple of years. The centre’s ambitious director Datuk Sundra Rajoo tells Ranajit Dam about his tenure so far, what the KLRCA can do to capitalise on the booming economic growth of Southeast Asia, and how the centre aims to differentiate itself from the heavyweights in Singapore and Hong Kong.
A question of trust
Offshore law firms are seeing increasing private trust interest by second-generation wealth in Asia, as well as from family-run businesses and a surge of the new rich. This is starting a learning curve that will last as long as two years to come up with a structure that meets the flexible needs for bespoke wealth management across countries, finds Ed Lane
Of F&N and other deals
One company – Fraser & Neave (F&N) – might have hogged the M&A headlines in Singapore in 2012, but there was enough activity otherwise to keep lawyers busy, finds Ranajit Dam