Xerxes Antia
Basic considerations for buyers in an M&A deal
(Xerxes Antia, Amit Baid and Rebecca Condillac) Typically, when evaluating an M&A deal, buyers/ acquirers primarily consider commercial...
India's New Safe Harbour Rules
Complying with India's New Labour Codes
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Parveen Arora
- Nov 16
- 6 min
Battery Storage Energy Systems: Opportunities in India
(Parveen Arora & Shloka Vaidialingam) Battery energy storage systems have been a subject of discussion for a long time, however, due to...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Nov 8
- 2 min
MEITY issues FAQs on the Intermediary Rules
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia) A week ago, on November 01, 2021, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...
BTG Legal
- Oct 29
- 7 min
India Group newsletter - Disputes Focus
Avoiding and managing disputes in an international supply chain (Duncan Gorst, Senior Associate - Osborne Clarke Germany & Kanwar...
Prashant Mara
- Oct 25
- 8 min
Make in India: Policy and Regulation in the Defence Sector
(Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande) I. Introduction The Indian government, in recent years, has ramped up efforts towards ‘Make in...
Veena Krishnan
- Oct 12
- 8 min
Conducting POSH Investigations under the POSH Act and Rules
Salient practices, organizations must consider (Veena Krishnan, Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran) Background With the objective of...
Xerxes Antia
- Oct 5
- 3 min
Corporate Social Responsibility regime in India – Volume 2
(Xerxes Antia, Devina Narang and Sheel Ghia) Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) has been an evolving subject in India for the past...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Sep 29
- 4 min
The ongoing tussle over online gaming in India
(Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga) Introduction The last decade has seen great leaps in mobile usage and Internet penetration in...
Prashant Mara
- Sep 22
- 4 min
Internal Investigations - Process gaps and integrity issues
An Indian Perspective (Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande) Workplace investigations into financial wrongdoings are typically precipitated...
Xerxes Antia
- Sep 13
- 13 min
Basic considerations for vendors in an M&A deal
Xerxes Antia (Partner) and Devina Narang (Associate) Any M&A transaction typically goes through several stages culminating in the payment...
Parveen Arora
- Sep 9
- 3 min
Emphasis on Make in India Initiatives with Focus on Country of Origin Declaration Mandate
Parveen Arora and Suruchi Kotoky "Come, make in India. Come, manufacture in India. Sell in any country of the world but manufacture here....
Prashant Mara
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Supply Chain Accountability
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande A key component of ethical sourcing is ensuring the health and safety of each worker in the supply...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Aug 25
- 3 min
Bombay High Court stays OTT Code of Ethics under the new IT Rules
Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia In a significant development in the implementation of the Information Technology (Intermediary...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Indian Court ruling strikes down Tamil Nadu’s blanket ban on online gaming
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga A new court ruling in India has held that online ‘games of skill’ such as rummy and poker are legal,...
Amit Jain
- Aug 8
- 3 min
India revokes retrospective applicability of tax on indirect share transfers
Amit Jain and Xerxes Antia Indian parliament proposes not to levy taxes on indirect transfers (i.e. transfer of shares of a foreign...
Prashant Mara
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Tender Negotiations with the Indian Government
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Upon the award of a government tender, there is typically very limited scope for vendors to negotiate...
Prashant Mara
- Jul 26
- 8 min
BHR Series: Environmental harm and corporate liability
- Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Businesses the world over are increasingly being judged by regulators, stakeholders and civil...
Parveen Arora
- Jul 26
- 5 min
Green Hydrogen in India: State of Play
Parveen Arora and Shloka Vaidialingam Hydrogen is a naturally occurring element in a gaseous form, which requires extraction from...
Devina Deshpande
- Jul 14
- 7 min
Procurement disputes with the Indian Government
Devina Deshpande and Aishwarya Kaushiq Tenders in India – an introduction Public procurement contracts in India are awarded by public...
Prashant Mara
- Jul 14
- 10 min
Business and Human Rights under India’s new labour codes
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Introduction Baseline rights of workers in India have traditionally been dealt with under numerous,...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Jul 14
- 3 min
DoT - Revised Other Service Provider (OSP) Guidelines
On June 23, 2021, the Indian Telecom Ministry’s Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”) released a revised set of Guidelines for Other...
Kalindhi Bhatia
- Jul 13
- 5 min
RBI’s 2021 Ban on Amex and Diner’s Club
The Latest Chapter in the Fight over Payment Data Localization A three year journey on payment data localization In April 2021, the...
Arjun Paleri
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Engaging temporary contract workers in India
Arjun Paleri (Partner) & Jaya Ramachandran (Senior Associate) Temporary staffing arrangements are an attractive option for foreign...
Arjun Paleri
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Working Remotely – Measuring and Enforcing Performance of Employees
- Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran With most of the workforce now working remotely, it brings into focus an employer’s ability to...