Unsuccessful sale processes, struggling lender, fund-raise and tender offer, vigorous activism, enhanced scrutiny of board responsibilities and litigation, terminated fund raise process and finally a right issue...

One of the biggest challenges faced by offshore funds wanting to invest in bad loans in India was necessary intermediation by a third party Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC).

EduInfra is attractive to international annuity investors looking for stabilized yield plays.

Enough has been written about the impact of Budget 2023 on REITs and InvITs...

Special situations and private credit funds have been increasingly looking at the high yield Indian market. With banks facing liquidity and risk issues, alternate capital with customised solutions seem attractive.

As distinctions between debt and equity are collapsing, investors may face challenges when interpreting applicable tax rules when investing into structured debt instruments.

Once an institutional shareholder has nominated a director, there is a natural expectation for the shareholder to receive information about the target company so that their collective interests are...

If at all, SEBI must remain cautious of the risks the proposals potentially open up.

SEBI introduces a new co-investment framework permitting AIF investors to co-invest alongside the AIF through portfolio managers.

The International Financial Services Authority – the unified regulator for GIFT City – recently released the draft IFSCA regulations, 2022

The event was divided into 2 sessions focusing on commercial aspects of social infrastructure and structuring related aspects.

The income tax department has held that interest income derived from non-convertible debentures (NCDs) was ‘fictious' in nature and had not been appropriately offered to tax.

In a landmark ruling, Supreme Court has clarified the law surrounding pledge of demat shares. Until this ruling, courts had held that a transfer of shares to the pledgee upon invocation...

SEBI held that this was in violation of the AIF Regulations.

The ongoing energy transition has brought into play newer opportunities in the green infrastructure space for investors.

The key person clause is one of the most important instruments of governance and discipline for investment funds.

As infrastructure takes center-stage in the Indian growth story, InvITs are increasingly seen as tax optimized monetization vehicles. InvITs, once introduced as a bond proxies, are now no longer mere annuity products.

Infrastructure has been the highest capital receiver in 2021, and InvITs continue to be the most favoured investment vehicle for sponsors and global investors alike.

In a recent order, Maharashtra's real estate regulator – Maha RERA – qualified a private equity fund holding a minority equity stake as a ‘promoter' under the Real Estate...

When India amended its tax treaties with Mauritius ("Mauritius Treaty") and Singapore ("Singapore Treaty") in 2016 in order to provide for source-based taxation of capital gains on alienation of shares...