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A starfish is an organism without a head. So is a DAO. We're not saying a DAO is a starfish. Okay, we'll begin again.

A Company seeking listing of their securities on the Stock Exchange is required to enter into a formal listing agreement with the Stock Exchange.

The Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) market in India has experienced significant growth in the recent past, with investments reaching USD 43 billion in 2024.

The GIFT International Financial Services Centre ("GIFT IFSC") established in Gandhinagar, Gujarat is India's first international financial services center with the intent of catering...

While recent judicial precedents have significantly expanded the scope of shareholder inspection and access rights (particularly in the context of activist shareholders, and oppression and mismanagement actions), the legislative framework for shareholder inspection rights under Indian Company Law remains largely ineffective and inadequate.

Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs) have emerged as one of the most effective tools for attracting, motivating and retaining talent in India’s increasingly competitive startup ecosystem. As startups seek to conserve cash while competing for skilled employees, equity-based compensation has become a critical component of employee reward structures

India's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market has evolved into a high-velocity ecosystem shaped by private equity, strategic buyouts, promoter exits, cross-border transactions and platform-led consolidation across technology, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, logistics, and consumer businesses.

Desiring a simplified and compact law with flexible rule making powers for ‘ever changing business models', the Central Government constituted the JJ Irani Expert Committee on Company Law (Irani Committee).

In March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) raised the minimum application amount for an initial public offering (“IPO”) by a small and medium enterprise (“SME”) from ₹1 lakh to more than ₹2 lakh, seeking to limit smaller investors’ exposure to the higher risks associated with SME investments. Its consultation paper dated 14 October 2026 (“Consultation Paper”) now proposes a minimum application value of at least ₹1 lakh and, more strikingly, secondary-market trading in a single share. Read alone, this appears to be a reversal of the earlier approach but when read in entirety with rest of the Consultation Paper, it reveals a broader reconsideration of how investor protection and access to the SME market should be regulated and balanced.

Issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”) in April 2020, Press Note 3 required prior Government approval for investments coming from countries sharing a land border with India, as well as investments where the beneficial owner was connected to such jurisdictions.

The jurisprudence surrounding corporate criminal liability and insider trading in India has undergone considerable doctrinal refinement, particularly in relation to the attribution of knowledge, the evidentiary threshold for establishing regulatory contraventions and the relevance of commercial intention in determining liability.

The term "family office" appears in no Indian statute. It is a market construct that sits at the contested intersection of trust law, corporate governance, taxation, securities regulation, and foreign exchange management.

This article examines the regulatory framework governing the acceptance of deposits under the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. It outlines the avenues available to companies for raising funds through the deposit route and highlights key exclusions within the statutory definition of "deposit".

A Registrar of Companies ("RoC") is appointed under the act for designated regions, who is the nodal authority for affairs related to companies in that particular region.

Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) considerations have moved far beyond corporate sustainability reports and boardroom policy discussions. Today, ESG has become deeply embedded in infrastructure financing, project valuation, regulatory approvals, investment due diligence, and long-term asset bankability across India.

This article examines India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) not as an immediate checklist-based compliance regime, but as a conduct- and governance-driven regulatory framework whose enforcement is deliberately phased over time.

An increasing number of Indian listed companies have begun issuing voluntary quarterly business updates on the BSE and NSE platforms, usually within the first few weeks after the close of a quarter and well in advance of the publication of formal financial results. Although no specific provision of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“LODR Regulations”) requires such announcements.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which became effective on 1st January 2023, marked a significant milestone in advancing corporate sustainability transparency across the European Union.