By Nitin Jain A home-court judgment does not automatically bring an ongoing international arbitration to an end.Host-state courts and courts at the arbitral seat exercise different powers. Treating a local order as binding on the arbitration can lead a company to waive arbitral rights, stop participating before the tribunal or weaken its enforcement position. Companies... Continue Reading →
Business transfers can fail even after legal closing when operational contracts, tax and stamp-duty treatment, and governance rights have not been dealt with together. The buyer may acquire the business legally but still face disrupted operations, restricted commercial rights or unexpected tax liabilities from the first day. Two recent transactions illustrate the point without suggesting... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
