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09/02/2026

Fast-Track Mergers Reimagined: The 2025 MCA Amendment

[Arjun Chaudhary is a 4th year BBA. LLB. (Hons.) student at Gujarat National Law University] The fast-track merger route under section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013 was originally d…

24/06/2025

[Bharat Vasani is Senior Advisor – Corporate laws and Ayush Lahoti and Maharshi Shah are Associates at the Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. An earlier …

30/04/2025

Protection of Minority Shareholder Rights: Addressing Shareholder Deadlocks By GuestApril 21, 20256 Min readAdd comment [Shreeji Patel is a student at National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)] A recent ruling in Escientia Life Sciences v. Escientia Advanced Sciences (P) Ltd. dated 21 Marc...

29/07/2024

Navigating SEBI’s New IPO Norms: Enhancing Transparency or a Burden?

[Shreya Saswati and Sruti Patra are 4th year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) students at National Law University, Odisha] Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) sent a letter to bankers with a list of 31 advisory points on due diligence pertaining to initial public offerings (“IPO”)...

22/05/2024

100 Top-listed Companies To Follow ISF from 1st June To Verify Market Rumours

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked the top 100 listed companies to follow from 1 June 2024 the industry standards to verify market rumours under Regulation 30(11) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (LODR) Regulations.

23/03/2024

Holding-Subsidiary Relationship: The Legal & Regulatory Architecture

[Bharat Vasani is Senior Advisor – Corporate Laws and Miloni Mau an Associate in the General Corporate Practice, both at the Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. An earlier version of this post was published on the Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Blog] As their businesses grow, companies operate ...

04/10/2023

[Rajat Sethi is a Partner and Oorja Chari an Associate at S&R Associates] In common parlance, transactions entered in the “ordinary course of business” include transactions carried out in the day-to-day course of business to further the company’s business, in line with its charter documents. B...

04/10/2023

Decoding “Ordinary Course of Business” in M&A Transactions

[Rajat Sethi is a Partner and Oorja Chari an Associate at S&R Associates] In common parlance, transactions entered in the “ordinary course of business” include transactions carried out in the day-to-day course of business to further the company’s business, in line with its charter documents. B...

22/12/2021

India sees record M&A volume in 2021, first-time buyers lead

India witnessed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at an all-time high in 2021, led by more first-time buyers accounting for more than 80 per cent of the deals closed in 2020 and 2021 -- an increase from less than 70 per cent through 2017 to 2019, a new report showed on Tuesday.