Corporate Governance: The Power of 10
We have so far, in the Corporate Governance series, delved into the governance protections for shareholders and fiduciary duties of directors. In this article, we specifically focus on the protection available to minority shareholders in companies, including a highlight on the number ‘10’ as far as corporate governance is concerned.
REINVESTMENTS BY AIFs
Executive Summary Reinvestment is a tool used by AIFs to reuse the same capital more than once for investment without requiring investors/LPs to actually infuse any capital beyond their commitment amount into the AIF.
Scheme Models and use of LLP for AIFs in India
Introduction Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”) in India are granted a perpetual registration to operate in that capacity by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”).[1] While the term ‘AIF’ is defined to mean the pooling vehicle or the fund itself under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”)[2], there is a separate …
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New ECB Framework: Are we there yet?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently overhauled the external commercial borrowing (ECB) framework, through an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) Regulations, 2018 (ECB Amendment) notified on February 16, 2026.
NBFC Registration Exemption: Much Ado, Limited Impact
In February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release, along with a draft of the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation) Amendment Directions, 2026 (Amendment) proposing exemption from registration for certain categories of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC), details of which are …
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Overview of the Corporate Governance Regulatory Framework in India
Contributed by: Vaidehi Balvally, Nausheen Ansari, Poonam Sharma, Parag Srivastava and Karan Kalra Part 1: Corporate Governance: What’s the Hype? Corporate governance has clearly become the buzz word in India Inc., in more ways than one. But what is corporate governance and why is there so much fuss around it? The concept broadly refers to …
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FOREIGN SEATED ARBITRATION AND INDIAN INSOLVENCY: A CONFLUENCE OF CHALLENGES
I. Introduction The increasing cross-border participation of Indian companies in international commerce has led to a corresponding rise in participation of Indian companies in foreign-seated arbitrations for resolution of disputes between the parties. In many instances, foreign lenders have attempted to enforce foreign arbitral awards in India against the Indian entities. However, when such Indian …
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