[Raashi Sanjay Sarupria is a 3rd-Year B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the Gujarat National Law University] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) has implemented significant amendments to the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“LODR Regulations”), effective from October 1, 2023. The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second...
KPIs in IPO Documents – A Year In Review
[Suchisubhra Sarkar, a graduate of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, is a capital markets practitioner with over four years of experience at leading law firms.] In the aftermath of poor post-listing performance by technology companies, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) took cognizance of the need to standardize and disclose valuation metrics. In...
Streamlining the Voluntary Liquidation Process: IBBI’s Proactive Move
[Manas Rohilla and Smruti Kulkarni are 3rd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] On 5 October 2023, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) took a proactive stance by releasing the Discussion Paper on Streamlining the Voluntary Liquidation Process (Discussion Paper), proposing amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India...
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SEBI’s Quest for Transparency: Decoding the Disclosure Mandate and the Impact on FPIs
[Palash Varyani is a 3rd-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad] In a recent development, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has mandated foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) who meet the stipulated criteria to demonstrate an unprecedented level of transparency regarding their beneficial ownership structures. This disclosure requires...
India’s Commitment to the Cape Town Convention: A Recent MCA Notification
[Tanay Dubey is a third year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University Odisha] Through a notification dated 3 October 2023, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) exempted transactions, arrangements, or agreements relating to aircraft, aircraft engines, airframes and helicopters from the application of the moratorium clause under section 14(1) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code...
RBI’s Draft Directions on Wilful Defaulters: Implications and Concerns
[Aamir Kapadia and Tejas Venkatesh are penultimate year BBA L.L.B. (Hons.) students at Jindal Global Law School] On September 21, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) released the Draft Master Direction on treatment of Wilful Defaulters and Large Defaulters. The purpose behind the draft is to solicit public comments on proposed regulations to tighten the norms applicable to wilful defaulters...
Navigating Regulation 62A of SEBI’s Listing Regulations: Implications on India’s NCD Market
[Tanishq Vijay Vargiya and Vaibhav Nishad are 3rd year students at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has on 21 September 2023 published the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (the ‘Amendment’), by which it introduced regulation 62A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and...
Algorithmic Anti-Discounting in F.T.C. v. Amazon: Neo-Brandeisian Lessons for Competition Law
[Chytanya S Agarwal is a 3rd-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore] Recently, the American Federal Trade Commission (‘FTC’) sued Amazon alleging that its practices unlawfully maintained its monopoly. The complaint was based on two main grounds – first, the algorithmic processes used by Amazon to curate its search results penalise the retailers...
Critiquing SEBI’s Narrow Interpretation of the Inter-Se Transfer Exemption
[Simran Sharma is a fourth year B.A.,LL.B (Trade and Investment Law Hons.) student at National Law University, Jodhpur} The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) provided informal guidance in June this year on the interpretation of the “inter se transfer exemption” under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (“Takeover Code”). This post aims to...
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