Corporate Law : Increased wage obligations and social security coverage lead to reduced profitability and valuation adjustments. Buyers are requir...
Corporate Law : Under the Companies Act, 2013 | Sections 230–232 | NCLT Jurisdiction ABSTRACT This article examines the concept, legal framewo...
Company Law : The 2025 amendment broadens eligibility under Section 233, allowing more small, start-up, and unlisted companies to use the Region...
Corporate Law : Explains why due diligence is meant to identify and manage risks early, helping transactions proceed on informed and confident ter...
Corporate Law : The case highlights how mergers involving EOU pharmaceutical entities demand approvals under GST, DGFT, Customs, and sectoral laws...
Corporate Law : Enforcement activity rose with steady antitrust actions and quicker merger disposals, aided by reduced timelines and streamlined p...
Company Law : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs expands fast-track merger rules, simplifying the process for unlisted companies, start-ups, and ...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI issues updated Merger and Demerger Guidelines 2024 to streamline processes for CA firms, encouraging strategic mergers. Effec...
Income Tax : Learn about the merger of trusts under India's tax exemption regimes as proposed in the Finance Bill 2024. Discover the conditions...
Income Tax : Join CA Gaurav Sukhija on Jan 24, 2024, for a 1-hour seminar delving into M&A Tax in India. Explore key objectives, modes, and imp...
Income Tax : The court ruled that invoking an inapplicable statutory provision vitiates revision. Proper identification of the governing sectio...
Corporate Law : Understand the implications of Jaiprakash Industries Ltd. vs Delhi Development Authority judgment on leasehold rights transfer pos...
Income Tax : Read about the ITAT Kolkata case of Popular Complex Advisory Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO involving TDS credit in amalgamation schemes approv...
Income Tax : Explore case of Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. vs. DCIT in Telangana High Court, where petitioner seeks disposal of a recti...
Income Tax : Landmark case of DCIT Vs Trans Asia Packaging Ltd, where ITAT Delhi provided clarity on transactions post amalgamation under Secti...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI corrects formatting errors in CA Firm Merger Guidelines 2024, addressing alignment issues in seniority, partnership firms, an...
Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India has today placed in public domain a draft scheme of amalgamation of The Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (...
Fema / RBI : The proposal should be in compliance with the legal requirements, past orders/ rulings of the Courts, if any. The State Government...
Income Tax : Reconstruction or splitting up of a company which ceased to be a public sector company as a result of transfer of its shares by Ce...
Company Law : The Central Government proposes to issue the following Order (presently in the Draft form) causing Amalgamation of National Spot E...
Representations and Warranties Insurance and Covid-19 Considerations– A M&A Perspective The Covid-19 has fueled the transaction market, with bold investments in spite of challenges put forth by the global pandemic. Indian deal activity remarkably prospered in certain aspects as India has seen increase of more than 1700 USD million in the year 2020. Also, the […]
The proposal should be in compliance with the legal requirements, past orders/ rulings of the Courts, if any. The State Government shall verify that there are no Court Orders prohibiting or staying the proposal for amalgamation.
M&A in India is not left untouched by the pandemic largely on basis of liquidity issues, valuation concerns, regulatory changes, and other practical aspects including to restrictions and lockdown.
Fast Track Merger is a streamlined process of merger that has simplified the process of merger in comparison with traditional merger procedure. The procedure of Merger and Amalgamation has become an easy step after introduction of the scheme of ‘FAST TRACK MERGER’.
A merger is an agreement that unites two existing entities into a new company. The main motive of merger and acquisition is to expand the company, by either getting its market shares or by expanding new segments of the company.
The new companies bill promises to bring easy and efficient way of doing business in India, better governance, improves level of competency, enhance accountability, including self compliance and making corporate socially responsible. Some of the key changes to look for are in MERGER/DEMERGER PROCESS, CROSS BORDER MERGER, FAST TRACK MERGERS between small companies and holding subsidiaries. […]
Introduction Court annexed Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) in India are governed by sections 230- 234 of the Companies Act, 2013. While sections 230-232 deal with a domestic merger, section 233 provides a mechanism for a fast track merger and section 234 deals with cross-border mergers which requires RBI approval in accordance with RBI Cross-Border Merger […]
Brief: The following article explains the provisions of Fast Track Mergers, its advantages, steps involved & details of forms need to be filed for a fast-track merger. 1. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS UNDER COMPANIES ACT, 2013: i. Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013 ii. Rule 25 of TheCompanies (Compromises, Arrangements, and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016 2. WHAT […]
After the merger of two big Telco’s namely Vodafone & Idea, the combined entity looked strong with over 35% market share in the wireless telecom market (being the largest player in the market in terms of market share). But the merger did not yield benefits to the combined as expected owing weak financial position of the combined entity and customers leaving VI over fears of the closure of the company.
The Due Diligence (DD) is the process of verification and investigation of the potential transactions, to confirm all facts and information which is brought up during a Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) deal and verifying the same. In the sense of M&A, the core objective of the DD is to ascertain any issue pertaining to the deal with respect to assets, liabilities, and operations of the target company that can impact the completion of the transaction between the acquirer and acquired.
