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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...

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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

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Umakanth Varottil

Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies: The Rise, Transformation, and Significance of the New Corporate Legal Ecosystem in India, Brazil, and China

Our forthcoming Article in the Harvard International Law Journal (Spring/Summer 2020) addresses an important but understudied topic of relevance to academics from a wide range of disciplines who...

21 October 2019

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A Case for Shareholders’ Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia

A Case for Shareholders’ Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia seeks to reconceptualise the role of shareholders in listed companies as one that should include fiduciary duties, particularly...

5 September 2019

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Report of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies: A missed opportunity for India

Recently, an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India released a report recommending a law to ban cryptocurrencies in India. The proposed law...

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The Gig Economy Calls for Identification Within the Indian Labour Laws

The Indian employment laws mandate a person to fall under the definition of ‘employee’ in order to avail the underlying benefits. In this scenario, a gig worker (who is rather...

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Sonam Srivastava

Kushagra Srivastava

Creditor Rights, Threat of Liquidation, and the Labour-Capital Choice of Firms

The legal protection provided to creditors to enforce their contracts with debtors is central to the functioning of credit markets. These include the rights afforded to lenders in bankruptcy, collateral...

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A Maximalist Approach to Data from India's New Insolvency and Bankruptcy System

Under the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has a statutory responsibility to collect, maintain, and disseminate data about the new insolvency and...

13 February 2019

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Value destruction and wealth transfers under Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

India experienced a major structural change with the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’). On some measures, thelaw has been quite successful. For instance, the overall recovery...

8 February 2019

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Can laws mandating dispersed shareholding counter entrenched inequality in India?

Addressing entrenched inequality is a pressing matter in India. It appears to acquire special urgency every five years, when a general election beckons. If 2013 saw the enactment of a...

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