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Akil Hirani, Managing Partner & Head of Transactions Practice at Majmudar & Partners, has been featured as a top-ranked lawyer in Forbes India’s Legal Powerlist 2020.  The list recognizes some of the best lawyers in India in the year 2020 based on several parameters.

INTRODUCTION India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and the business and regulatory environment is rapidly evolving and improving. Various policy changes and initiatives have transformed India from a closed economy to a liberal one. The days of the ‘licence raj‘ have given way to a spate of reforms that are encouraging…

N. Chandrashekaran has been a massive success at the helm of Tata Sons and enters his 5th year as Chairman of the company. Rukshad Davar, Partner & Head – M&A Practice Group, at Majmudar & Partners offered his views on what to expect from the company this year while speaking to Business News outlet, The Hindu Business Line.

The Indian Government recently announced new guidelines for OTT platforms offering services across India like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hotstar. These new guidelines have been the subject of discussion in the media and IT news outlet, CXOToday spoke to Kritika Agarwal, Associate Partner at Majmudar & Partners, on the subject. According to her, “The…

Recently, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) last week canceled the registration of two Lucknow-based projects of developer Ansal API. The incident sparked debate on whether or not the RERA has the authority to deregister development projects. Neerav Merchant, Partner at Majmudar & Partners spoke to the business news outlet, Livemint on the…

In India, domestic proxy advisers have been subject to the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) regulations since 2014. However, based on the foregoing incident, in November 2018, the SEBI constituted a committee to review the 2014 regulations applicable to proxy advisers and to recommend changes. The committee issued its report to the SEBI in May 2019, and on 3 August 2020, the SEBI released revised compliance guidelines for proxy advisers, which will take effect on 1 January 2021.

We are happy to announce that Akil Hirani, Managing Partner, Rukshad Davar, Partner & Head – M&A Practice Group and Kritika Agarwal, Principal, at Majmudar & Partners, have been ranked among the top lawyers in the Asia Pacific Region as part of 2021 The Legal 500 (Legalease) Rankings.

To every aspiring young lawyer, we want to let you know that we are proud of you. And, to help guide the way, Sinjini Majumdar, a graduate of National Law University, Jodhpur and currently, an Associate on our team at Majmudar & Partners, shares her insights on the profession.

Akil Hirani, Managing Partner, and Rukshad Davar, Partner & Head – M&A Practice Group at Majmudar & Partners have been identified among India’s Top Lawyers as part of the renowned A-List for 2020 by the India Business Law Journal. The recognition comes among several other major publications i

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