Kennedy Van der Laan appoints Rosalie Brand as partner cyber security
Rosalie Brand (34) has been appointed partner cyber security at Kennedy Van der Laan. Her appointment underlines the law firm’s focus on cyber security and data protection, a field where Kennedy Van der Laan has been at the forefront since its founding 30 years ago.
International seminar on administrative law in honor of professor Tomas Ramon Fernandez Fabio Medina Osório: The concept of administrative sanctions in Brazilian law
The concept of administrative sanction is a recurrent theme in my doctrine. What are the new paradigms of the sanctioning administrative law in Brazil that must be considered within this context that we have been working on since 1999 and that involve the new proposed concept of administrative sanction in our doctrine and in the …
Arm’s Length Principle in Transfer Pricing
International production, trade and investment are increasingly organized within global value chains.
CHANGES TO THE MERGER CONTROL REGIME IN INDIA – COMPETITION LAW UPDATE
Recently the Indian Parliament approved the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (“Bill”) which introduces significant changes to the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”).
WINDING UP AIFS SET UP IN THE FORM OF TRUSTS
This paper seeks to outline the grounds for, and compliances involved in winding up of an “alternative investment fund” set up as a trust and discusses a few lacunae in the law in this regard and some common practical issues faced by the fund upon winding up.
TO ‘PERKINS’ OR NOT TO ‘PERKINS’
Recently, a Single Bench of the High Court of Calcutta has delivered a judgment, McLeod Russel India Limited v. Aditya Birla Finance Limited (“McLeod Russel”)[1] in an application under Section 14 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996[2] (“Act”).
THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL 2022 – An Analysis
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“DPDPB”) was released on November 18, 2022 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) for public consultation, pursuant to its withdrawal of the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (“PDPB 2019”) in August 2022.
SEBI’S PROPOSAL FOR PROVIDING EXITS FROM AIFS – A CRITIQUE
On February 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) issued a consultation paper (“Consultation Paper”) which sought the views of the general public on proposals floated by SEBI for providing options to Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”) and their investors to carry forward unliquidated investments of a scheme upon expiry of its tenure …
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RERA REGIME – The Exemption Conundrum
Over the years, since the enactment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (“RERA”), the authorities constituted under RERA (“Authority(ies)”) have adjudicated on various complex issues stemming therefrom. One such issue revolves around the exemptions available to certain real estate projects[1] from being registered under RERA[2].
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
Digital commerce, over decades, has grown exponentially and reshaped the global business environment and the manner in which buyers and sellers across the globe transact with each other, leading to a fairer marketplace for all businesses, including small businesses, across the globe. This exponential increase in digital commerce was further fueled by the advent of …