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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

Majmudar & Partners wishes everyone a safe holiday season and a happy New Year!

The Delhi high court permitted Future Retail Ltd (FRL) to proceed with the sale of its assets to a unit of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), leaving it to regulators to decide the fate of the deal, while allowing Amazon.com Inc. to approach appropriate forums to oppose the transaction. Neerav Merchant, Partner at Majmudar & Partners recently spoke to finance publication, Mint on the final ruling and its implications.

    Majmudar & Partners has been recognized in Chambers & Partners 2021 for its excellence in the practice areas of: Corporate/M&A Dispute Resolution Employment Life Sciences Real Estate Tax Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) The firm’s partners, Akil Hirani, Rukshad Davar, Neerav Merchant, Fraser Mario Alexander, and Ravi S. Raghavan, have been named as leading lawyers.

Rukshad Davar, Partner & Head – M&A Practice Group, and Kritika Agarwal, Principal at Majmudar & Partners have compiled an update on the increasingly protectionist measures being taken by countries around the world and their impact on the global economy. The full update, which has been published by the Financial Express can be read here.