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Creating regulatory eco-system for SPACs in India

– Ajay Kumar KV, Manager & Himanshu Dubey, Executive [corplaw@vinodothari.com] From a little-known word and a preserve of a select few finance professionals, the term Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) is today a buzzword. The regulators across the globe are taking necessary actions to enable SPACs to raise money from investors – jurisdictions like the […]

Proposed framework for overseas Investments by entities and individuals

Proposes segregation of regulatory and the operational part in rules and regulations respectively FCS Vinita Nair |Senior Partner, Vinod Kothari & Company Investments by Indian entities outside India is a very common phenomenon and several companies have presence outside India by virtue of forming a Joint Venture (‘JV’) and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (‘WOS’) With the […]

SPACs – Value Proposition & Regulatory Framework

– Megha Mittal [mittal@vinodkothari.com] The concept of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (‘SPACs’) has gained significant attention and importance in India in recent times – from a subject preserved to select classes, the surge in transactions over 2020, has made it pave its way to every investor’s dictionary. And with all the spotlight that SPACs have […]

Checklist for issuance of listed debt securities on private placement basis

Payal Agarwal, Executive  ( payal@vinodkothari.com) Non-convertible debentures issued on private placement basis are one of the most practiced ways of raising finance by the companies in India. Considering the notification of SEBI (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021, effective from 16th August, 2021, the companies may be under a perplexity of how to […]

Discontinuation of manual disclosures under PIT Regulations

corplaw@vinodkothari.com     September 09, 2020 Circular: https://www.sebi.gov.in/legal/circulars/sep-2020/automation-of-continual-disclosures-under-regulation-7-2-of-sebi-prohibition-of-insider-trading-regulations-2015-system-driven-disclosures_47523.html June 16, 2021 Circular: https://www.sebi.gov.in/legal/circulars/jun-2021/automation-of-continual-disclosures-under-regulation-7-2-of-sebi-prohibition-of-insider-trading-regulations-2015-system-driven-disclosures-for-inclusion-of-listed-debt-securities_50572.html  August 13, 2021 Circular:https://www.sebi.gov.in/legal/circulars/aug-2021/automation-of-continual-disclosures-under-regulation-7-2-of-sebi-prohibition-of-insider-trading-regulations-2015-system-driven-disclosures-ease-of-doing-business_51848.html    

NCS Regulations versus ILDS Regulations

Comparitive between consolidate framework and erstwhile provisions relating to private placement. Henil Shah | Assistant Manager and Parth Ved | Executive corplaw@vinodkothari.com SEBI vide its notification dated August 09, 2021 introduced SEBI (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021 (‘NCS Regulations’), NCS Regulations have merged the provisions of SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt […]

Making Corporate Governance IPO-ready

By Harsh Juneja | Executive ( corplaw@vinodkothari.com) IPO Market Heating up After facing economic crisis owing to the Covid-19 pandemic in March, 2020, a thunderstorm of IPOs strikes India’s Primary Markets. Since July 2020, a total of 48 Initial Public Offers (IPOs) have been issued which includes companies like Burger King, Zomato and Indigo Paints. […]