ArchiveFebruary 2017

Abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board

The economic liberalization that began in India in 1991 brought with it a substantial increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) since then. Those involved in, or following, these developments, since the 1990s will remember the rather significant role played by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in approving FDI into the country. Foreign investors (or their Indian partners or investee...

Supreme Court Reinforces Sanctity of a Takeover Offer

In what circumstances can a takeover offer, once made, be withdrawn? This issue has occupied the attention of the Supreme Court in two previous cases, Nirma Industries v. Securities and Exchange Board of India and Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Akshya Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. In these cases, the Supreme Court took a strict view and held that the acquirers were not permitted to withdraw...

SEBI accuses statutory auditors for fraud, etc.

SEBI has passed an interim order against various persons which also doubles up as a show cause notice (“SCN”) on the erstwhile statutory auditors (“the Auditors”) of a listed company. The Auditors are asked to show cause why directions should not be issued to debar them from issuing certificates under several specified securities laws. While directions have been issued against the concerned...

The M&A Environment in Brazil – A Guide for Indian Acquirers

My learned colleague Rodrigo and I have written an article on the M&A environment in Brazil (from an Indian buyer’s perspective). It is available at and I have also excerpted it below. Background Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country and with an estimated population of 200 million, it is also the world’s fifth most populous country after China, India, USA and Indonesia. Brazil is a...

The Introduction of Interest Rate Options In India

[The following guest post is contributed by Niharika Choudhary, who is a 4th year student at the National Law University, Jodhpur] Introduction Trade in financial derivatives has led to an enormous growth of the Indian financial system. New instruments have proliferated and trading volume has exploded. The use of financial derivatives has transformed the way financial institutions deal with risk...

Regulating India’s FinTech

[The following guest post is contributed by Vaibhav Parikh, who is a business lawyer associated with the Aditya Birla Group] “Disruption” is often used as a generic term to describe situations where smaller and newer companies with fewer resources are able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses and upset status quo. Although a case has been made that it brings visibility to an...

A New Book on India’s Intellectual Property Dilemmas

[Guest post by Prashant Reddy (Research Fellow, School of Law, Singapore Management University) and Sumathi Chandrashekharan (Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) on their new book] About four years ago, in a game-changing case, the pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG, lost the rights to their patent in India covering one of their best-known chemotherapy drugs, Gleevec, after a...

Integrated Reporting by Indian Companies

[The following guest post is contributed by Nivedita Kannan, who is an associate company secretary with a keen interest in corporate law. She can be reached at [email protected]] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), by way of its circular issued on 6 February 2017 (Circular), advised the top 500 listed companies in India to adopt Integrated Reporting on a voluntary basis from...

The Death of the “Absolute Interest”

[The following guest post is contributed by Aditya Swarup, who is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal Global Law School] In the seemingly complex world of corporate finance, creditors often face questions on the kind of security that ought to be taken by the them to support the loan to the borrower, answers to which depend on the relationship between debt and equity of the company. A further...

Shareholder Primacy in India: So Near and Yet So Far!

[The following guest post is contributed by Professor Bala N. Balasubramanian, who is an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.][1] The scholarly debate on primacy among the shareholders, boards and the executive in corporate governance is intellectually as challenging as it is yet inconclusive, although more recent trends around the world would seem to suggest at...

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