When CIRP Does Not Put Every Project Dispute on Hold

By Nitin Jain There’s a common misconception in company restructuring. It is that an insolvency moratorium protects everyone associated with a distressed company. In reality, the statutory protection applies to the corporate entity undergoing insolvency. Connected individuals and business partners may remain exposed to separate proceedings and personal liability. Promoters, directors, personal guarantors, project entities... Continue Reading →

Operationalizing the DGFT E-Commerce Export Framework: 100% FDI, Sellers-on-Record, and Cross-Border Supply Contracts

By Archana Balasubramanian When a company's commercial contracts diverge from its physical inventory and cash flows, regulatory gridlock is inevitable. Mismatches across banking, customs, and tax filings do not just trigger compliance flags, they choke working capital and halt operations. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) officially notified “Introduction of Inventory-based Cross-border E-Commerce Export... Continue Reading →

The Connected-Vehicle Audit Mandate: Securing Firmware, Telematics and FOTA Loops Across Auto Supply Chains

A connected-vehicle, an automobile equipped with internet access, onboard sensors, and telematics systems that enable it to continuously share and receive data with cloud platforms, external devices, road infrastructure, or other vehicles, risk’s often becomes visible when a new platform reaches homologation, i.e., official regulatory approval, and an auditor asks for evidence that the manufacturer... Continue Reading →

The Independent Record: Why Commercial Intent Now Needs an Evidentiary Architecture

By Nitin Jain When the issue first reaches the business At 9:15 a.m., the terminal rejects a routine hedge adjustment. The dealer tries again, calls the clearing member and learns that the account has been placed in blocked or square-off-only mode. Nothing in the previous evening’s treasury report anticipated an interruption. A different version begins... Continue Reading →

Navigating the Quick-Commerce FDI Audit: Restructuring Ownership and Dark-Store Contracts After an Indian Equity Shift

By Archana Balasubramanian A quick-commerce platform often believes that the most difficult phase in its restructuring is complete once domestic ownership crosses the 50% threshold. The more consequential questions emerge when auditors test whether contracts and internal processes reflect that new ownership reality. Corporate restructurings rarely fail because the cap table is wrong. They become... Continue Reading →

NSE, Jio to launch mega listings in September; to lead India’s second-half IPO revival.

Mint featured our partner, Archana Balasubramanian, who commented: "While the regulator does not intervene in valuation pricing, it is aggressively stress-testing the factual basis behind high-valuation narratives”, in its story titled NSE, Jio to launch mega listings in September; to lead India's second-half IPO revival. Read here: https://www.livemint.com/companies/ipo-market-nse-ipo-jio-platforms-ipo-india-ipos-primary-market-sebi-draft-red-herring-prospectus-11785720581630.html

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