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6 May 2022 at 11 : 27 AM

Regulatory Hotline: Change in FPI Registration Process

May 06, 2022 CHANGE IN FPI REGISTRATION PROCESS The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), on January 14, 20221, amended the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2019, (“FPI Regulations”) authorizing SEBI to generate the Foreign Portfolio Investor (“FPI”) Registration number2, a task which was earlier done by National Securities Depositories Limited (“NSDL”). Subsequently, […]

28 April 2022 at 13 : 39 PM

M&A Hotline: Musk Pops Twitter’s Poison Pill Without Any Side Effects!

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April 28, 2022 MUSK POPS TWITTER’S POISON PILL WITHOUT ANY SIDE EFFECTS! It is public knowledge that Elon Musk (“Musk“), the billionaire founder and chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, has had a tempestuous streak even up until Musk’s recent bid to acquire the social media platform, Twitter Inc (“Twitter”). A passionate and innovative […]

27 April 2022 at 14 : 50 PM

Private Equity Corner: Disputes in Private Equity: Interpreting the Miscellaneous

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April 27, 2022 DISPUTES IN PRIVATE EQUITY: INTERPRETING THE MISCELLANEOUS Every agreement typically consists of a cluster of clauses towards the end, generally termed as ‘miscellaneous’ clauses and otherwise known as ‘boilerplate clauses’. Since the boilerplate clauses are perceived as non-substantive and distinct from other transaction specific sections that are considered the core of […]

26 April 2022 at 15 : 36 PM

Dispute Resolution Hotline: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An Overview of Its Extraterritorial Applicability

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April 26, 2022 FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT: AN OVERVIEW OF ITS EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICABILITY BACKGROUND The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA/Act”) was enacted in the year 1977 but gained prominence in its application since the last couple of decades. With the United Nations General Assembly approving the Convention Against Corruption in 2002, the United States also […]

26 April 2022 at 10 : 56 AM

Yes, Governance Matters. – ESG: Blasting EV’s driven by a moral compass

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April 26, 2022 ESG: BLASTING EV’S DRIVEN BY A MORAL COMPASS INTRODUCTION: Electric vehicles have taken the world by storm. In the Indian context, the situation is no different and it extends from four wheeled vehicles to even two wheeled scooters. Positive changes in the electric vehicle policies coupled with rising fuel costs, supplemented by […]

25 April 2022 at 22 : 40 PM

Renewables Part II (April 13, 2022)

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21 April 2022 at 12 : 51 PM

Tax Hotline: Legal status post amalgamation – cease to exist or not?; April 21, 2022

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April 21, 2022 LEGAL STATUS POST AMALGAMATION – CEASE TO EXIST OR NOT? The SC holds that the outer shell of corporate entity ceases to exist after amalgamation; Corporate venture of transferor / amalgamating entity continues to exist in form of new or the existing amalgamated / transferee entity; Considering the provisions of the ITA, […]

20 April 2022 at 18 : 11 PM