In India's real estate regime, developers commonly collect various charges from buyers to fund the provision of essential facilities.

This joint paper with Chuo Sogo LPC analyses the regulatory framework of crypto assets in India and Japan. While the Japanese regulatory framework has evolved in a structured manner, the Indian ecosystem has emerged from a patchwork of signals by tax authorities, financial regulators, and the judiciary, creating operational/compliance risk for platforms providing crypto services and exposing users to platform failures and market abuse, underscoring the need to adapt elements from Japan's model...

First introduced in India in 2008, small and medium enterprise IPOs (SME IPOs) opened the floodgates for numerous relatively smaller companies to raise capital from the general public...

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM), launched in 2016, has transformed public procurement in India by moving a substantial part of Government purchasing to a common, technology-driven platform.

A practical guide to navigate transaction risks, regulatory challenges and policy shifts

As India has consolidated its position as a favourable jurisdiction for Japanese sponsors pursuing cross-border M&A opportunities, this paper by Chuo Sogo LPC, Japan and Fox & Mandal offers practical insights – from both an Indian and a Japanese POV – for effectively managing deal risks and matters that most often affect timelines, valuation, and risk allocation in Indo-Japanese M&A, particularly given the significant differences in deal and contract practice between the two jurisdictions.

The April 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026; refinement of the Minimum Public Shareholding framework; the Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, and banking sectors.

The May 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines the net settlement mechanism for FPIs; revised registration norms for NBFCs; SEBI’s amended disqualification norms for intermediary; Draft National Water Metro Policy, 2026; FEM (Authorised Persons) Regulations, 2026; proposed alignment of the securitisation framework with RBI norms; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, and banking sectors

In public procurement, the tender process is designed to ensure transparency, equal treatment, and certainty among competing bidders. However, commercial realities often present situations where mistakes surface after bids have already been submitted.

Variable capital companies (VCCs), which are pooled private equity fund structures that can facilitate flexible capital management, have been introduced in this year's Union Budget by the Finance Minister...

Interim relief plays a vital role in the arbitration process. It can preserve assets, secure disputed sums, restrain the invocation of bank guarantees, or otherwise maintain the status quo to help protect the subject matter of a dispute and prevent an eventual award from becoming fruitless.

Family disputes over shared assets, family businesses and other commercial interests spring up quite frequently. As the businesses expand and gain intricacies and complexity...

In a recent judgment in the matter of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd v. Ujaas Energy Ltd, the Calcutta High Court reaffirmed the established legal position regarding the recovery of dues from a successful resolution applicant post-Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process.

Online bidding has emerged as the preferred mode for the procurement of tenders across government and public sector undertakings, owing to its inherent attributes of efficiency, accessibility, and transparency.

Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act) embodies a key facet of the arbitration framework in India – minimum judicial interference.

Following the enactment of the four new labour codes India’s labour laws, long characterised by a fragmented framework of Central and State legislation, have undergone significant structural consolidation and reform.

There have been several instances of misinformation, impersonation, and online harm stemming from Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated content such as deepfakes, including high-profile incidents involving Ratan Tata, Amitabh Bachchan, and Rashmika Mandana.

The vexed issue of whether a partner who resigns from a partnership firm remains bound by an arbitration clause in a contract executed between the firm and a third party, to which such partner is not a direct signatory, raises complex questions ...

The Indian government recently approved a significant amendment to the country’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) framework, specifically targeting investments in which the ultimate beneficial ownership traces back to countries sharing a land border with India (LBCs). The formal implementing notification was issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in Press Note 2 (2026 Series) on March 15, 2026 (PN2), amending the extant FDI Policy.

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA Act) has ushered in greater accountability and discipline across India's real estate sector, addressing long-standing issues such as project delays, lack of transparency, and developer fraud and malpractice.