Search results: Competition Commission of India

The competition regulator has over the years allowed companies to undertake innovative commitments to enable their mergers to go through, writes Soumya Hariharan of Trilegal. In the past nine years, the merger regime in India...

India Business Law Journal reveals the most significant deals and disputes of 2019 and the law firms that worked tirelessly to bring them to fruition The best transactions for the past year in India came...

On 20 November 2019, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) introduced the CCI (General) Amendment Regulations, 2019. The amendment to the CCI (General) Regulations, 2009 (general regulations), allows for the disclosure of an informant’s...

Leniency programmes have been adopted by several competition authorities as the most effective tool to detect and deter cartel conduct. A study of 52 European Commission decisions adopted between 1 May 2004 and 1...

Co-founder starts disputes firm Arush Khanna, the co-founder and a partner at Trinaya Legal, has started Numen Law Offices with lawyers George Thomas, Lakshmi Raman and Chaitanyaa Bhandarkar. The firm is a dispute resolution and...

Laureate sells India business Netherlands-based Global University Systems (GUS) has acquired the education and related support services business of US-based Laureate Education in India for US$150 million. The acquisition includes a University Grants Commission-recognized university...

Blackstone invested ₹13.5 billion (US$190 million) in the test preparation education company, Aakash Educational Services (AESL), picking up a 37.5% stake in the company. “The transaction was complex and riveting,” S&R partner Mohit Gogia told...

India Business Law Journal reveals the country’s top lawyers and legal icons in 2019 ACCESS THE A-LIST 2019 The fourth annual edition of the A-List is a continuation of India Business Law Journal’s efforts to recognize...

Dawn raids are unannounced search and seizure operations conducted by the director general (DG) of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), or investigators acting under the DG’s authority in accordance with the Competition Act,...

Significant merger activity in the telecoms sector provides a window into merger regulation and control on a global scale, writes Kalpana Tyagi The past few years have been dynamic for the telecommunications sector worldwide. Significant...

Hain sells Tilda to Ebro J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised and assisted on the Indian leg of the global sale of the Tilda rice business by the Hain Celestial Group to Ebro Foods. JSA advised the...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has passed its 10th leniency order involving an application under the Lesser Penalty Regulations, 2009. “The CCI’s key focus continues to be cartel enforcement and it uses its twin...

A recent decision of the Northern California district court in Federal Trade Commission v Qualcomm Inc is being seen as a high point for numerous cases of litigation not only in the US but...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) dismissed a complaint filed by Unilazer Ventures against FICCI Multiplex Association of India and its members for allegedly carrying out anti-competitive practices. “ is an important decision, where CCI...

India Business Law Journal reveals the top international law firms for India-related matters. Vandana Chatlani reports. Five years ago, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first came to power he was described by former CNN New...

The International Competition Network (ICN) recently concluded its 18th Annual Conference in Cartagena, Colombia. The ICN introduced the Recommended Practices for Investigative Process (RPIP), a set of procedural guidelines drafted by the members to...

With competition law turning a decade old, there has, predictably, been a steep learning curve for the enforcement structure. The government recently constituted the Competition Law Review Committee to review the current provisions of...

Chitra Iyer, head of intellectual property and standards at Philips India, argues that India’s first judgment on standard essential patents is for the greater good India is slowly emerging as a land of opportunity for...

M&A transactions typically involve information exchanges between parties prior to completion including for due diligence, merger control notifications, the satisfaction of interim covenants, and integration planning. All such information exchanges must be carried out...

In a seminal decision, Delhi High Court, while deciding on the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 (act), has given various observations on the remit of the Competition Commission of India...