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Indian Law Firm Awards 2010

2010 saw Indian law firms jostling for position. Which firms finished the year ahead of the pack?

Poorly protected assets

Who’s to blame for India’s trademark troubles?

Taking cover

Law firms fall short on professional indemnity insurance

A spoonful of sugar

How Abbott sweetened the Piramal deal

The lost generation of litigators

Poor remuneration, competition from law firms and nepotism are starving India’s courts of good litigators

Time to share

Pro bono work is increasingly finding a place in the schedules of busy Indian lawyers

Firing up the markets

The complex preparations that were required and reveals the secrets behind Coal India’s success

India has one of the lowest income tax rates in the world

Proposals for the introduction of a goods and services tax lack clarity and are riddled with inconsistencies

A new direction for PPPs?

The case for a super-regulator to oversee private participation in India’s infrastructure sector

Deals of the Year 2010

50 of the most significant transactions, court cases and IP enforcement actions of 2010 and reveals the law firms that guided them

India in 2011

Business and legal professionals share their hopes and fears for the year ahead

Legal Process Outsourcing Awards

As consolidation reshapes the global LPO landscape, IBLJ reveals the leading service providers

Battle of wits

How a friendly outbound acquisition by Sun Pharmaceutical descended into a hostile takeover war

A new brand of justice

IBLJ asks how LCIA's subsidiary in India differs from its parent in the UK and its rivals in Asia

Circulars, notes and orders

Steps are finally being taken to simplify the process through which businesses are notified of regulatory changes

Trading places

As pharmaceuticals, technology and outsourcing revive Indian exports, the government must devise trade policies that manage the challenges of a more open economy

The right to know

Head in the sand?

New roads for reform

Survey of law firm billing rates

IBLJ's fourth annual billing rates survey reveals rising hourly rates and growing demand for alternative fee arrangements

Caught in the net

International companies risk being entangled in India’s tax net, even if their investments have been structured offshore

Good politics, bad economics

Obama’s new tax rules and employment restrictions will drive away skilled Indian professionals and harm American businesses

Latin America, country by country

Resource-rich nations that can be surprisingly business-friendly or present major obstacles to investors

A new American dream?

Indian companies are exploring uncharted territory in Latin America

Cleaning up India’s courts

Civil liberties lawyer Prashant Bhushan shares his controversial views on judicial accountability

Financing strategies for successful dealmaking

Munish Sharma of Dua Associates examines the range of funding options available for mergers and acquisitions

Structuring JV and acquisition agreements

Nidhi Khadria and Arun Madhu of Phoenix Legal highlight regulatory changes that will affect the drafting of M&A contracts

Managing labour law issues in cross-border M&As

Priyanka Gupta of Majmudar & Co outlines the key employment concerns that companies could face following a merger

The art of the deal

A revival of inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions is adding colour to India Inc

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Correspondents

Maternity Benefit Wage Definition Reform

New code brings ambiguity for maternity benefits

By Agrima Awasthi and Diksha Singh, Wadhwa Law Offices
Force Majeure Contract Drafting

Updating force majeure clauses for India-Japan contracts

By Krishna Vijay Singh and Muneeb Rashid Malik, Kochhar & Co
Biosimilar Patent Litigation India

Trends in biologic patent litigation

By Swati Sharma and Gitika Suri, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Features

Knock knock

Knock knock

Preparing for India’s multi-agency dawn raids: Building response architecture, preserving privilege and documenting every step

Insurance Cybersecurity Data Protection

Guarding the nest eggs

Life insurers’ digital shift demands stronger legal oversight to protect customer data and cyber resilience

Playing catch-up

Shared venture documentation gaps slow India funding rounds and shape foreign capital perceptions of ecosystem maturity

Expert Briefings

Shaping Indian arbitration jurisprudence

By Sumeet Kachwaha, Kachwaha & Partners

Opinion

Prohibited Claims Arbitration

Clipping the clause

To what extent does party autonomy hold sway over contracts that involve exceptional or prohibited clauses?

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