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Road of Risk and Reward

Is China's Belt and Road initiative a road worth taking for India?

Indian Law Firm Awards 2017

India Business Law Journal names the outstanding law firms of 2017-18

India in 2018

In-house counsel predictions for the year ahead

Laws in conflict

Bharat Vasani explores the clash between foreign arbitral awards and domestic regulations

A time for prudence

Tushar Chawla of Jones Lang LaSalle explains how the insolvency code was used in the real estate sector

Getting inventive

Nishant Sharma of Dolby Laboratories assesses the government’s efforts to build an intellectual property eco-system that works for all

Turf wars

Star India's Mihir Rale writes on the dispute between the antitrust and telecom regulators

Repelling the web pirates

A look at how governments across Asia are updating their cybersecurity laws ahead of the next cyber-attack

The A-List 2017

Get to know whether you have India's most recommended private practice lawyers on your side ... or better yet, if you're one of them

Law firm billing rates survey 2017

Hourly rates have fallen across the board due to fierce competition and alternative fee structures

The competition lawyer’s handbook

Antitrust regulator releases timely guidance for achieving company best practice

An eye for a deal

When pursuing mergers and acquisitions, comprehensive due diligence is vital for understanding the target company and identifying potential snags

Patent pace

The Indian Patent Office has taken a number of steps to speed up the patent approval process

Parliament: The monsoon session

The first in our regular series on parliamentary sessions looks at key bills that were debated and passed

Payback time?

A look at the insolvency code, one of the key instruments to tackle India's stressed assets

Taxing times

The GST rollout was expected to be bumpy and that expectation was accurate

India: Open for business?

An assessment of the prevailing sentiments among the legal community about the regulatory environment

A work in progress

As the spotlight shines once again on India's infrastructure sector, we analyse what has changed

The future is fintech

A look at how Indian and other Asian companies are incorporating this critical technology to remain relevant

Slow road takes its toll

Working through regulatory uncertainties was vital to pulling off the maiden issue by an infrastructure investment trust.

10 years

Memorable moments from a decade documenting business law developments in India

Bustling market

Liberalization and reforms fuel record-breaking levels of merger and acquisition activity

Crime in cyberspace

Remedies and recourse for victims of cyber-attacks

Tributes pour in for a ‘lawyer’s lawyer’

Kirtee Kapoor is remembered by a former colleague and fellow lawyers for his warmth and wit, and for being a fantastic lawyer.

The right formula

Rohit Kumar, UPL’s general counsel, talks about the risks and rewards of managing 7,000+ trademarks

Eyeing Africa

African and Indian law firms should explore collaborations to profit from growing trade relations

Talking trade

India is pinning a lot of hope on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Think big

In the first of a new special series of the Belt and Road, we look at the germination of the Belt and Road initiative and trace its growth so far

Dissecting delay

Who is to blame for the inefficiencies and delays at Delhi High Court?

SAM gobbles up lion’s share of BMR

Almost 40 lawyers in exodus

Big, bold and bullish

Private equity investors get hungry for control

Competing interests

Will India ever permit the arbitration of competition law matters?

In the interest of fairness

Cherie Blair talks trade, equality and cooperation

Banking on secrecy

Customer confidentiality and privacy in the banking sector

Partners for life?

Clearing hurdles for mergers between insurance companies

Her place in justice

What factors affect the rise of women in India's judiciary?

New connections

Is Beijing Digital Telecom's acquisition of a stake in Spice Online a harbinger of more Sino-Indian action to come?

Taking on the tax tricksters

Indian companies must re-examine their existing structures to comply with GAAR or face adverse consequences

Fresh start

Sourish Mohan Mitra asks whether institutional arbitration will finally make an impact on India

Privacy matters

Khushboo Baxi and Siddhartha Sarangal explain why digital businesses would profit from a multilateral data protection framework

The Belt and Road – and the birthday

Law Society of HK prepares major legal conference alongside historic 110th anniversary

Indian Law Firm Awards 2016

The outstanding law firms of 2016

Money matters

What the budget means for your business

A push for procedural certainty

The perils of delegated legislation

Banking on Asia

In conversation with AIIB general counsel Gerard Sanders

New mindset needed

PK Malhotra: Making the dispute resolution process more efficient

Lending a hand

Two philanthropic projects show that “being the change you wish to see” is easier said than done

Of carrots and sticks

How to build a defence against corrupt practices

India in 2017

What lies in store for business and law in India in the year ahead?

Halting harassment

The realities of legally protecting women in the workplace

Bombay Stock Exchange faces legal and regulatory hurdles

Regulatory hurdles stand tall as India's stock exchanges prepare to list

Legal process pioneers

IBLJ identifies six leading LPOs that have helped transform the legal landscape

Double act

How to form a successful joint venture in India

Falling out of favour

Boardroom drama at Tata tests corporate governance

In-house beat

In conversation with Tech Mahindra’s group general counsel

Real estate act needs more work

Some basic issues are yet to be adequately addressed

The A-List 2016

India Business Law Journal reveals the country's most recommended lawyers

Law firm billing rates survey 2016

Indian law firms reveal their hourly fees

Asian ambition

In conversation with UNCITRAL's João Ribeiro

In limbo

What companies should do before Brexit

One step forward, half a step back

Has India's amended arbitration law made a difference

Am I an in-house non-practising advocate?

In-house counsel deserve recognition for non-litigation legal work

Getting to grips with GST

The challenges facing companies as India's new tax regime nears

Blazing a trail

The Indian Corporate Counsel Association names India's in-house legal stars in its new book, Trailblazers

Rattled by rent

Obsolete rent control laws are holding back real estate markets in urban India

Resolvable clash?

Dissecting the Tata-Docomo conflict

Fake in India

What in-house counsel can do to combat counterfeiting

India’s patent predicament

The battle between innovators, multinationals and the public

A view from the inside (2016 IBLJ Directory)

Analysis of the state of play in India's legal market

Marks in trouble

Protecting trademarks is tricky across the border in nepal, for a variety of reasons, write Roma Arora and Harsh Aggarwal

Laying down laws

The key bills pending in India's parliament that will impact domestic and international businesses

Partnership

What it means and why it may matter to clients

Make in India?

Decoding the bankruptcy code

Proposed changes to the insolvency regime will boost credit markets and entrepreneurship

In the spotlight

PK Malhotra and Sudhanshu Pandey talk reform

A fundamental rebuild

As infrastructure climbs to the top of the political agenda changes are needed to drive real growth

India’s annual budget and goods and services tax

Raising caps on foreign investment may not have the desired effect, even though it is seen as a step in the right direction

New directions

The responsibilities, rewards and liabilities of independent directors will be transformed by the new Companies Act

The rise of the phoenix

Will the Intellectual Property Appellate Board continue to stir up a storm now that its high-profile chairperson has retired

Indian Law Firm Awards 2012

India Business Law Journal turned to in-house counsel and other legal professionals from India and around the world to identify the top law firms of 2012

Power games

Upholding fair play

Indecent proposals?

India Business Law Journal’s 2009 Directory of Indian Law Firms

Plus expert editorial analysis of the challenges, opportunities and threats facing the country’s legal profession

Rising from the flames

Satyam’s rescue by Tech Mahindra holds valuable lessons for dealmakers, legal advisers and regulators

Mukherjee’s mixed bag

Tax reforms set out in the 2009 budget have been widely welcomed, but an unexpected rise in minimum alternate tax has alarmed investors

Building on common values

Shared legal heritage and a partnership in natural resources are driving trade and investment between Canada and India

Law enforcement

The ease of evading inconvenient laws, court orders and regulations threatens to undermine India’s growth. The time for reform is ripe

Beating the odds

A case study of Xchanging’s successful takeover of Cambridge Solutions

Fitting the bill

As clients turn against hourly rate billing, LPOs are offering a range of alternative fee structures

Choosing your battlefield

Location is a critical factor in the success of dispute resolution proceedings

Singh swings it

What does the election result really mean for the business of law and the law of business in India?

Lack of protection for whistleblowers in India

India's lack of protection for whistleblowers leaves it vulnerable to fraud

The perils of patent outsourcing

Innovators and law firms that outsource their patent drafting risk falling foul of US export regulations

Rebuilding corporate India

Law firms are retooling to cash in on a wave of restructuring and refinancing work

Survival of the fittest

Indian Business Law Journal investigates how Indian law firms are faring in the downturn

Making your mark

Smart strategies to protect and enhance your IP portfolio

Protecting hidden value

With budgets under pressure, IP owners are rethinking their protection strategies

Bargain hunting in Europe

France's acquirer-friendly insolvency laws make it attractive to Indian corporates in search of acquisitions

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Correspondents

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Health provider obligations in securing patient information

By Mathew Chacko, Aadya Misra and Shambhavi Mishra, Spice Route Legal
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NIIF the stealth hero of infrastructure investment

By Rohit Jain and Nitish Mawkin, Singhania & Co
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Greatest gift to humankind or its biggest threat

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Features

Flow interrupted!

The central bank’s recent directive on the holdings of AIFs has created compliance trouble for banks, NBFCs

Lawyers' long work hours in India

Punching the clock

A national debate on long, grinding work hours finds most relevance in the legal profession

Steady as she goes

Tax specialists Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan provide an analysis of the tax policies unveiled during the budget

Practitioner’s perspectives

Automotive Industry IP Trends

IP strategies in the auto sector

By Pravin Anand and Safir Anand, Anand and Anand

Collaborative agreements and other key IP trends that have emerged in the automotive industry

Singapore blooms as hub for dispute resolution

By Ban Jiun Ean, Maxwell Chambers

Maxwell Chambers CEO talks about why Singapore continues to flourish as a prominent arbitration hub

harmful content to children intermediaries

Zero tolerance on inaction by intermediaries regarding content harmful to children

By Pravin Anand, Vaishali Mittal and Siddhant Chamola, Anand and Anand

Vantage point

Building an infrastructure superhighway

The legal and regulatory challenges holding back a promising infrastructure sector

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