India Unleashed 2017

Reading Between the Lines: How India’s Lawyers are the Key to Unleashing India

By Kian Ganz

India makes it really difficult to maintain perspective sometimes when gung-ho headlines, government statements and statistics only ever tell part of its story.

India Unleashed: A View from In-House

By Jigar Shah

This publication represents an incremental step in Legally India’s journey and a timely reminder of India’s economic potential, as the narrative shifts from a tiger caged to a tiger on the tail of a dragon.

Cutting Through the Clutter: India Takes First Steps to Unleash More Effective Commercial Litigation

By Alok Prasanna Kumar

No country can attract foreign trade and investment without a modicum of rule of law and stability in governance, and independent institutions where such norms are enforced without fear or favour.

This is how foreign firms could see themselves coming to India, if a very old joke were to become history

By Kian Ganz

One of the oldest jokes told by foreign law firm lawyers who visit India begins with a question about when they think the market will liberalise. “Two years,” the answer will be. “It’s always been two years.”

Time to be Bullish to Buy Brazilian Businesses?

By Sanjiv K Kapur

Although GDP declined by almost 3.5% in 2016 over the prior year, foreign direct investment into Brazil increased by 6 per cent over the same period to 78.9 billion dollars.

Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Germany

By Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

Generally, there are no restrictions on foreign investors establishing companies in Germany or acquiring an interest in German companies.

Germany’s new anti-money laundering transparency register: What needs to be done?

By Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Dr André-M Szesny, LLM, Dr Susanne Stauder and Anna Coenen explain Germany’s new transparency register.

Israel: Startup Nation Open to India and the World

By FBC & Co

Established in 1948, Israel has a diverse open market economy and has been a member of the high-income sector of the OECD since 2010.

Doing Business in India – A Perspective from Japan

By Atsumi & Sakai

India and Japan share a long history and established diplomatic relations on 28 April 1952; interactions between Japan and India have increased over the last couple of decades.

Public M&A in Switzerland

By Lenz & Staehelin

Cross-border transactions make up the majority of Swiss M&A transactions, from Lonza’s USD 5.5 billion acquisition of Capsugel to the takeovers of gategroup and Kuoni.

M&A in Russia: Opportunities and Risks in the Current Environment

By Debevoise & Plimpton

The Russian M&A market is recovering: aggregate deal value equaled USD 35 billion in 2016 across 172 deals, with an average deal size of USD 203.5 million.

The Singapore-India Joint Venture: Truly Symbiotic

By Latham & Watkins

Singapore has proved to be the destination of choice for many Indian corporates doing business overseas, with its free market economy, low taxation and proximity to the Indian subcontinent.

Key Issues Facing UK-Indian Businesses: Brexit, new data protection challenges, M&A

By Bird & Bird

In March 2017 the UK government served formal notice under Article 50 to terminate its membership of the EU, starting a two-year notice period for what became Brexit.

US-India Dealmaking: A Look Ahead at M&A, labour and IP laws

By Frost Brown Todd LLC

India suffers from a legacy perception of the license Raj. Investors face a host of legal and regulatory risks, including foreign exchange, foreign investment restrictions, and corruption.

India and the Gulf: A Gateway into the GCC

By KBH Kaanuun

The UAE, formed on 2 December 1971, has emerged as a global trading hub and as a gateway to the Gulf Co-operation Council countries.

How much is legal talent worth? Corporate and firm pay, notice & demand across practice areas

By Rishabh Chopra and Nakul Bhatnagar, Aquis Search

The Indian legal talent market remains buoyant through 2017, with strong hiring activity continuing across both private practice firms and in-house legal teams.