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ClientEarth-Shell: English Court Rejects Climate-Focused Shareholder Derivative Suit

1 June 2023

Umakanth Varottil

Climate Risk: Enforcement of Corporate and Securities Law in Common Law Asia

1 September 2022

Umakanth Varottil

Ernest Lim

Comparing the SPAC Frameworks in Singapore and Hong Kong

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have taken the capital markets by storm lately. Operating at the intersection between securities regulation and the law relating to mergers and acquisitions, SPACs are...

2 June 2022

Umakanth Varottil

A Disclosure-Based Approach to Regulating AI in Corporate Governance

Although AI in corporate governance promises many benefits, mostly in the areas of risk management and information sharing between the board and management, the risks cannot be ignored. Privacy and...

27 January 2022

Umakanth Varottil

Akshaya Kamalnath

The Mandatory Bid Rule in Asia: A Comparative Analysis

At the core of takeover law and regulation lie two, sometimes contradictory, objectives. On the one hand, takeover regulation is facilitative in nature, as it enables a market for corporate...

25 June 2021

Umakanth Varottil

Wai Yee Wan

Shareholder Stewardship in India

Stewardship codes have proliferated around the world during the last decade. It is possible to attribute the driving philosophy behind this phenomenon to the pioneering effort in the form of...

11 March 2020

Umakanth Varottil

Venture Capital in China and India: Does Business Form Matter?

Venture capital funds are widely recognised as performing a crucial intermediation role in the start-up sector, as they are capable of pooling capital from various investors, both individual and institutional,...

28 October 2019

Lin Lin

Umakanth Varottil

Initial Experience in Implementing CSR Law in India

While corporate social responsibility (CSR) was for a long time considered a voluntary matter, to be exercised by companies in the interests of stakeholders, it is increasingly acquiring legal status,...

6 July 2018

Umakanth Varottil

Related Party Transactions in Commonwealth Asia

Two decades ago, within the blink of an eye, the Asian Financial Crisis pushed many of Asia’s miracle economies to the brink of collapse. In the post-mortem, the proclivity of...

11 May 2018

Dan W Puchniak

Umakanth Varottil

Hostile Takeover Regimes in Asia: A Comparative Approach

The market for corporate control (operating through hostile takeovers) acts as a key corporate governance mechanism to discipline corporate managers. However, the process and substance of the regulation of hostile...

3 May 2018

Umakanth Varottil

Wai Yee Wan

ClientEarth-Shell: English Court Rejects Climate-Focused Shareholder Derivative Suit

Climate Risk: Enforcement of Corporate and Securities Law in Common Law Asia

Comparing the SPAC Frameworks in Singapore and Hong Kong

A Disclosure-Based Approach to Regulating AI in Corporate Governance

The Mandatory Bid Rule in Asia: A Comparative Analysis

Shareholder Stewardship in India

Venture Capital in China and India: Does Business Form Matter?

Initial Experience in Implementing CSR Law in India

Related Party Transactions in Commonwealth Asia

Hostile Takeover Regimes in Asia: A Comparative Approach

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