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Stress test

Vodafone case a gauge for how the courts exercise powers in treaty disputes

Seeking simpatico

Personal rapport is key for external counsel to have the ear of their clients, writes Smita Priyadarshini, senior managing legal director at Dell

Finding satisfaction at work

Alternatives should be available for lawyers who cannot or do not want to work long hours

Tech savvy

What are the must-have legal software products for in-house counsel?

Trademark toolkit

Smart strategies to protect your marks inside and outside the courts

Safeguarding secrets

How to prevent former employees from misusing confidential information

Re-setting the bar

Are law firms and companies doing enough to remove hurdles faced by women lawyers in the workplace?

Pinpointing the problem

Why some national law firms struggle to survive in Hyderabad

Management in motion

In-house counsel can make use of their feet to meet and discuss challenges with stakeholders

Locked out!

What now for foreign law firms?

True colours

Do corporate counsel associations meet the expectations of their members?

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

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

Bull run?

A suitable regulatory environment and positive investor sentiment allowed IPOs to flourish this year

Turf wars

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

Rising stars

50 Indian law firms that are on the ascent

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

Shaping a concrete destiny

What to expect from China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, and what it means for India

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

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

Global stars

Revealed: The leading international law firms for India

Crime in cyberspace

Remedies and recourse for victims of cyber-attacks

Managing mergers

By Alka Bharucha and Justin Bharucha, Bharucha & Partners

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?

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

Healthy business opportunities

By Vandana Pai Bharucha and Aakanksha Pagnis, Bharucha & Partners

Dynamism endures

By Iqbal Khan and Natasha Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

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

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

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

Halting harassment

The realities of legally protecting women in the workplace

On the cards

Rudra Kumar Pandey and Bani Brar forecast emerging regulatory trends and opportunities for in-house counsel to be business leaders

What’s on the IP agenda for 2017?

DPS Parmar and Aniruddh Singh of LexOrbis discuss the pros and cons of ongoing sectoral reform

Choose your battles wisely

Pankaj Soni provides some smart tips for patent enforcement in 2017

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

Falling out of favour

Boardroom drama at Tata tests corporate governance

In-house beat

In conversation with Tech Mahindra’s group general counsel

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

Unity in Asia?

Singapore's Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on the road to business law convergence

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

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

Foreign faithful

The top international law firms for India work

Commercial shields

Corporate buyers are warming to the idea of M&A insurance

Paradise lost

What are the implications of India regaining taxation rights on investments made through Mauritius?

Rewriting the rules

India eyes new roadmap for well-known trademarks

Movers and shakers

A recruitment merry-go-round is reshaping India's legal market

Too hot to handle?

Why masala bonds may be too spicy for some investors

Fit for India?

Patent prologue

Make in India?

Sea change

Charting India's offshore opportunities

Indian Law Firm Awards 2015

A celebration of excellence in India's legal profession

Funds in flux

Regulatory hurdles may be less daunting

The India Diaries

What foreign lawyers love and don't love in India

In the spotlight

PK Malhotra and Sudhanshu Pandey talk reform

Rights of the media

Pre-censorship law in India has important ramifications, argue Jasleen Oberoi, Surbhi Mehta and Deepro Guha

A work in progress

Chasing capital

What's in store for cash-hungry companies?

Legal Process Outsourcing Awards

Six of the best legal process outsourcing providers with operations in India

Globetrotting

Understanding costs and benefits

Developing an effective enforcement strategy for India can be tricky

IP warrior

Early days for InvITs

Infrastructure investment trusts have great potential, but changes are necessary

Reinforcing obligations

New listing regulations are a step in the right direction

Taking stock

The new Companies Act will change governance norms

Most Recent

Correspondents

Delhi High Court anti-arbitration injunction Singapore

India to be an outlier in dispute resolution

By Sneha Jaisingh and Rasika Alur, Bharucha & Partners
Stablecoin dollarisation in India

Digital dollar may come for your currency

By Rishi Anand, Chirag Jain and Drishti Jain, DSK Legal
Strategic investor definition for REITs and InvITsvideo

Reforms widen REITs and InvITs investor base

By Parag Bhide, Bharucha & Partners

Features

Delay in India data protection law

Why the wait?

Delayed implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act sees Indian businesses struggle with compliance

Harvey’s passage to India

AI company's co-founder and CEO Winston Weinberg reveals India's role in his global ambitions

Proactive legal teams

Amplifying legal’s voice

KPMG’s associate GC, Priya Bahl, shows the way for in-house teams changing to be proactive for better future

Expert Briefings

Reshaping employment covenants

Reshaping employment bonds and restrictive covenants

By Ravi Singhania, Jivesh Chandrayan and Neha Meena, Singhania & Partners

Courts place a growing emphasis on contractual fairness when enforcing employment agreements

India-UAE CEPA Trade Agreement

In the fast lane

By Ahmed Ziad Galadari, Manish Narayan and Antara Das, Galadari Advocates & Legal Counsultants

The India-UAE CEPA has set a benchmark for modern trade agreements, yielding benefits in many sectors

Reverse Flipping India

The great Indian homecoming: Why startups are back

LexStart Partners explain the recent trend of Indian startups shifting their base back home

Opinion

Air Passenger Rights India

Flight protections need legal upgrade

Aviation attorney writes that India needs a dedicated law to protect the rights of passengers facing flight disruption

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