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New Background Checks in India, SHRM Legal Report, Vikram Shroff & Neha Sinha, 2012

Reforms in Indian Capital Markets, Legal Era, Vyapak Desai & Anil Choudhary, Jan 2012

Changes to the Indian Tax Regime, Tax Directors Hand Book, Bijal Ajinkya and Ankita Srivastava, 2012

Welcome QFIs: A New Entry Route For Foreign Investors (INDEPTH), VCCircle, Ashish Kabra & Ruchi Biyani, Jan 04, 2012

Introduction to Indian Labor Laws and Best Practices for Employment Documentation, HR.com, Vikram Shroff, December 14, 2011

India needs new banks, liquidity, The Economic Times, Pratibha Jain, November 30, 2011

FDI In Pharma Stays At 100% But With Certain Restrictions, VCC Circle, Khushboo Baxi & Milind Antani, November 18, 2011

Former students may not use college name for non-official alumni association, Ankita Manav and Rakhi Jindal, November 14, 2011

Call for input on India AIF Regulations, T & I Asia, Bijal Ajinkya and Siddharth Shah, October 25, 2011

PLC Labour and Employee Benefits, Volume 2: Employee Share Plans, Country Q & A, Vikram Shroff & Neha Sinha, October 2011

Country Q & A, Tax on Transactions Handbook 2011 / 12, Bijal Ajinkya & Mansi Seth, October 2011

Exclusive Interview with Nishith Desai, Emploi Globale, September 2011

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Pledge of shares - Advantage Indian & Overseas Banks, Banking Frontiers, Ruchir Sinha & Arun Scaria, September 2011

Dominance and its Abuse in the Stock Exchange Scenario, USIBC ‘Legal Services Newsletter’, Payel Chatterjee & Simone Reis, Sep 2011

The Securities And Exchange Board Of India’s Proposals For A Comprehensive Regulatory Regime For Alternative Investment Funds, BNA International, Siddharth Shah and Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 2011

Indian Data Protection Rules & The BFSI Sector, BNA International, Gowree Gokhale, Huzefa Tavawalla & Kartik Maheshwari, September 2011

Many a Slip: Enforcing Regulation, Economic Times, Pratibha Jain, September 24, 2011

Infrastructure Debt Funds: Private Equity Within Mutual Fund? , VCC Circle, Siddharth Shah & Richie Sancheti, September 15, 2011

Nishith Desai starts in Delhi with Goldman Sachs GC, opens Bandra office, buys Rs 1 crore of IT, LegallyIndia.com , September 5, 2011

Good, Bad and Ugly, Business Today, Nishchal Joshipura & Arun Scaria, September 4, 2011

Indian Data Protection Rules & The BFSI Sector, BNA International, Gowree Gokhale, Huzefa Tavawalla & Kartik Maheshwari, August 31, 2011

Anti Corruption Legislation: Filling the Empty Gaps, Legal Era, Vivek Kathpalia & Prateek Bagaria, August 2011

Reforms in Indian Capital Markets, Legal Era, Vyapak Desai & Anil Choudhary, July 2011

Issues & Concerns in Conducting Clinical Trials, Pharma Focus Asia, Gowree Gokhale & Dr. Milind Antani, 2011

M&A Norms For General Insurers, The Firm, Sahil Shah & Simone Reis, June 22, 2011

Acquiring India - now a competitive task!, Legal Era, Akshay Bhargav & Simone Reis, June 06, 2011

Dealing with the new competition laws, The Hindu, Business Line, Ruchi Biyani & Simone Reis, May 30, 2011

Cairn-Vedanta deal: Govt must be conscious of legal hiccups, The Economic Times, Prateek Bagaria & Vyapak Desai, May 27, 2011

Cairn-Vedanta Deal: Legal Issues May Land Govt. In Trouble, VCCircle, Prateek Bagaria & Vyapak Desai, May 27, 2011

International Commercial Arbitration in India - has it come of age?, SIAC, Sahil Kanuga & Vyapak Desai, 2011

Tax Return Mandatory Even When No Tax Is Payable In India, VCCircle, Aditi Mukundan & Abhay Sharma, April 29, 2011

Use of Trusts in Succession Planning, Legal Era, Hanisha Amesur & Abhay Sharma, April 2011

Trade Unions Act and State Laws Provide Legal Protections to Trade Unions in India, SHRM India, Vikram Shroff & Akshay Bhargav, March 2011

Intellectual Property (IP) Diligence, Legal Era, Gowree Gokhale & Prerak Hora, March 2011

Indian Budget Insights 2011-12, India Law Journal, Feb 2011

PLC Labour and Employee Benefits, Volume 1: Country Q & A, Vikram Shroff and Harshita Srivastava, Feb 2011

Corruption: Fast Becoming the Rule?, Legal Era, Vivek Kathpalia & Sahil Kanuga, Feb 2011

Trust and Trust Laws, The World Trust Survey, Bijal Ajinkya & Hanisha Amesur, Dec 2010

The Indian Private Client, European Lawyer Reference, Bijal Ajinkya & Hanisha Amesur, Dec 2010

Civil litigation system, Getting The Deal Through, Gowree Gokhale, Huzefa Tavawalla and Debargha Basu, Dec 2010

High Court’s invalidation of demerger on grounds of Tax Avoidance to impact Indian M&As, News Center, Mahesh Kumar & Rajesh Simhan, Dec 24, 2010

Delhi Tax Tribunal Reignites Software Debate, Tax Notes International, Neha Sinha & Rajesh Simhan, Nov 29, 2010

Court refuses to prevent use of identical mark for dissimilar goods, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, Nov 25, 2010

Right of First Refusal: is it valid in law ?, India Law Journal, Vyapak Desai, Alap Yadav & Simone Reis, Nov 2010

India’s Telecom Security Requirements - An indirect trade barrier ?, Legal Era, Vivek Kathpalia and Prerak Hora, Nov 2010

PLC Labour and Employee Benefits, Volume 2: Employee Share Plans, Vikram Shroff and Parul Jain, Oct 2010

Taxation of Cross Border M&A – A paradigm shift ? International Taxation, Richie Sancheti and Hanisha Amesur, Oct 2010

PLC Labour and Employee Benefits - Volume 1 - 2010/11, Vikram Shroff and Harshita Srivastava, Oct 2010

All is not lost, perhaps nothing, LegalEra, Aditi Mukundan & Mahesh Kumar, Oct 2010

Product Liability – issues and concerns, Getting the Deal Through, Gowree Gokhale, Huzefa Tavawalla & Debargha Basu, Sep, 2010

The Vodafone Decision: All Is Not Lost, Tax Notes International, Aditi Mukundan and Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 27, 2010

The Vodafone decision: insights, perspectives and disconnects, Livemint, Nishith Desai, Sep 19, 2010

Will the Vodafone case hit FDI?, The Financial Express, Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 17, 2010

Will the Vodafone case hit FDI?, The Indian Express, Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 17, 2010

Will the Vodafone case hit FDI?, Yahoo News, Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 17, 2010

Vodafone Decision: All is Not Lost, Perhaps Nothing, VCCircle, Aditi Mukundan & Mahesh Kumar, September 13, 2010

Vodafone Decision: All is Not Lost, Perhaps Nothing, domain-b, Aditi Mukundan & Mahesh Kumar, September 11, 2010

Unfair Trade Practices by Builders in India in the Era of Competition, Manupatra Competition Law Review Compendium, Nishchal Joshipura & Simone Reis, July-Sep 2010

Independent directors beware!, The Economic Times, Shikhar Kacker & Siddharth Shah, Aug 18, 2010

Taking Forward The Law, Legal Era, Nishith Desai, Aug 2010

Social Networking & Confidentiality - The Legal Angle, Human Capital, Vikram Shroff & Harshita Srivastava, Aug 2010

Legal due diligence: Key to successful M&As in pharma industry, Express Pharma, Dr. Milind Antani, Aug 2010

Indian Takeover Regulations up for Overhaul!, Bar & Bench, Arun Scaria, Sahil Shah & Nishchal Joshipura, July 29, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) Audit - A Legal Perspective, IPost, Prerak Hora, July 2010

Gratuity Amendment, Human Capital, Vikram Shroff and Harshita Srivastava, July 2010

Owner of famous mark fails to obtain interim injunction, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, June 17, 2010

Permissible Combinations - Legal Perspective, Manupatra, Harshita Srivastava, Alap Yadav & Archana Rajaram, June 2010

Automobile giant cannot monopolize letter 'T', World Trademark Review, Aarushi Jain & Prerak Hora, June 03, 2010

IPO Regulations Amended, Lower Thresholds Set For SMEs, BNA International, Harshita Srivastava, Alap Yadav, & Diptee Deshpande, May 2010

Groping in the Dark: The Extending Arms of the Indian International Withholding Tax, NLS Law Review, Shreya Rao & Bijal Ajinkya

Now arbitration friendly?, IFLR, Shafaq Uraizee Sapre & Gautam Dembla, May 2010

In My View, Singapore Venture Capital & PE Association, Rohini Agarwal, Archana Rajaram & Vivek Kathpalia, April 2010

Toyota fails to obtain exclusivity over use of PRIUS mark, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, April 12, 2010

M&A Lab : The Battle For Fame, Finance3.0, Nishchal Joshipura & Siddharth Shah, April 06, 2010

Trade Unions Act and State Laws Provide Legal Protections to Trade Unions in India, SHRM Legal Report, Vikram Shroff & Akshay Bhargav, March 2010

The verdict: India Budget Highlights 2010, BNA International, Shreyas Jhaveri & Radhika Iyer, March 2010

Foreign Education Bill Receives Cabinet Nod, VCCircle, Kabeer Shrivastava & Vivek Kathpalia, March 30, 2010

Legislative and regulatory update, IBLJ, Feb 2010

Pernod Ricard denied exclusive rights over use of the word 'imperial', World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, Feb 12, 2010

Tax free Import of Software into India, VCCircle, Shreyas Jhaveri & Harshal Shah, Feb 09, 2010

Time for a negative list of services for taxation?, The Economic Times, Bijal Ajinkya, Feb 04, 2010

Indian arbitration: anticlimax, or adequate resource?, Asian-Counsel, Jan 2010

There is need to develop a conducive system, Express Pharma, Dr. Milind Antani & Gowree Gokhale, Jan 2010

Taxing the non-taxable: Software imports subject to WHT in India, BNA International, Mihir Shedde & Vivaik Sharma, January 2010

Foreign law firms debarred from practicing in India, India Law Journal, Kabeer Shrivastava and Rajesh Simhan, Vol 3, Issue I, January-March 2010

Probiotic foods market in India soon to be regulated, India Law Journal, Gowree Gokhale and Aditi Nadkarni, Vol 3, Issue I, January-March 2010

Legal considerations in operation, The Franchising World, Vivek Kathpalia & Prerak Hora, Jan 2010

Cartels in India, Competition Law Insights, Abir Roy and Nishchal Joshipura, Jan 12, 2010

Nishith Desai Associates keeps business risk at bay with infosec, TechTarget, Dec 18, 2009

Transfer restrictions – would they hold up in court?, by Nishith Desai Associates, AltAssets, Dec 10, 2009

A pinch for piracy - punitive penalty is the court's way, World Media Law Report, Gowree Gokhale & Aarushi Jain, Nov 26, 2009

PARLE is a house mark, says court, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, Nov 25, 2009

ABG launched real estate fund, IBLJ, Nov 2009

Legislative and regulatory update, IBLJ, Nov 2009

Google search sparks trademark trouble, IBLJ, Nov 2009

Using garden leave can help take the edge off attrition, DNA, Kabeer Shrivastava & Vikram Shroff, Nov 21, 2009

Nishith Desai close Aditya Birla Group's $500M Realty Fund, Bar & Bench, Nishchal Joshipura, Nov 18, 2009

From public to private – the road less travelled, Asialaw, Archana Rajaram & Amrita Singh, Nov 2009

Sweet victory for Coca-Cola in MAAZA dispute, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, Nov 16, 2009

Regulators need a pragmatic view to encourage investments, The Economic Times, Siddharth Shah, Richie Sancheti & Vaidhyanadhan Iyer, Nov 14, 2009

Google sued by Bharat matrimony over use of marks as keywords, World Trademark Review, Prerak Hora, Oct 12, 2009

The warranty side of software license and service agreements, CIO, Huzefa Tavawalla & Vivek Kathpalia, Sep 30, 2009

Owner of MEXATE mark fails to prevent use of MEXT, World Trademark Law Review Daily, Prerak Hora, Sep 24, 2009

Is dual listing of shares a good idea?, Business Standard, Kartik Ganapathy, Sep 23, 2009

Infrastructure's Swiss challenge, Business Standard, Arjun Rajgopal & Kartik Ganapathy, Sep 19, 2009

Management by Trust in a Democratic Enterprise: A Law Firm Shapes Organizational Behavior to Create Competitive Advantage, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Sep 2009

How to guard your trade secrets from departing employees, DNA, Sep 12, 2009

Appointment of an arbitrator – a dispute in itself!, IBA Newsletter, Sahil Kanuga & Shafaq Uraizee Sapre, Sep 2009

Private equity funds: New code, new issues, The Economic Times, Siddharth Shah & Bijal Ajinkya, Sep 02, 2009

Will the new direct taxes code hurt India Inc?, Business Standard, Aug 26, 2009

Why blanket ban on shares with differential voting rights?, The Hindu Business Line, Shikhar Kacker, Nirvaan Gupta and Kartik Ganapathy, Aug 19, 2009

Is India ready for debt management office?, The Economic Times, Siddharth Shah, Chittaranjan Datar & Nirvaan Gupta, Aug 11, 2009

Proactive approach, prompt action needed to beat Bollywood blues, DNA Money, Ranjana Adhikari, Vyapak Desai and Gowree Gokhale, Aug 6, 2009

India Country Report in BNA International World Securities Law Report, Vyapak Desai and Shikhar Kacker, Vol 15 No. 02, August 2009

News Analysis: Indian Budget 2009: Moving Toward a Neutral Tax System, tax notes international, Harshal Shah and Parul Jain, July 27, 2009

The Rising Popularity of Advance Rulings in India, tax notes international,Harshal Shah and Parul Jain, July 20, 2009.

M&As: Will Competition Act be showstopper ?, The Economic Times, July 16, 2009

Some of the more interesting proposals remained unspoken, The Financial Express, Nishith M. Desai, July 7, 2009

Insider Analysis from Nishith Desai associates: Learning and Unlearning from section 3(d) of The Indian Patents Act (Part 1 of 2), Pharma Asia News, Milind Antani and Gowree Gokhale, June 22, 2009

Nishith M Desai: Driving investment away, Business Standard, Nishith M. Desai, June 20, 2009

Stay in step with changes in world’s takeover codes, The Economic Times, Sambhav Ranka & Nishchal Joshipura, June 6, 2009

India Chapter in Getting The Deal Through – Mergers & Acquisitions 2009, Kartik Ganapathy & Amrita Singh, June 2009

India Chapter in Global Pharmacovigilance Laws and Regulations: The Essential Reference, Food and Drugs Law Institute, Washington DC, USA, Dr. Milind Antani & Khushboo Baxi, June 2009

Dampener on zeal of fund managers, The Economic Times, Mihir Shedde & Parul Jain, April 30, 2009

Litigation in the case of fraud, The Hindu Business Line, Vedant Shukla & Vyapak Desai, March 26, 2009

Is secured creditor really secured? Business Standard, Shikhar Kacker & Vyapak Desai, March 16, 2009

AIRLINE CARTELS Protecting consumers, Livemint, Abir Roy and Kartik Ganapathy, March 3, 2009

Pledging to do more, Livemint, Abir Roy and Nishchal Joshipura, February 12, 2009

Options, puts and the law, Livemint, Archana Rajaram and Amrita Singh, February 11, 2009

Current Laws are adequate to handle this, DNA, R Vaidhyanadhan Iyer, January 8, 2009

FCCB buybacks: Is the move enough?, The Economic Times, Ruchir Sinha & Nishchal Joshipura, January 6, 2009

Dual listed M&As: Live-in status in corporate world, The Economic Times, R Vaidhyanadhan Iyer & Vedant Shukla, December 17, 2008

Sebi must set rules to avoid insider play in PIPE deals, The Economic Times, Sambhav Ranka & Vyapak Desai, November 27, 2008

SEBI goes the distance in easing takeover regulations, The Economic Times, Ruchir Sinha & Nishchal Joshipura, November 11, 2008

Regulatory outlook on Press Notes needs a revamp, The Economic Times, Abir Roy & Siddharth Shah, August 27, 2008

Liquidation preference: Get your basics right, The Economic Times, Amrita Singh & Siddharth Shah, July 22, 2008

What’s special about special purpose acquisition vehicles?, The Economic Times, Abir Roy & Vyapak Desai, June 4, 2008

Is it time to bid adieu to ‘poison pills’? The Economic Times, R Vaidhyanadhan Iyer & Nishchal Joshipura, May 27, 2008

Raising debt the FCEB way, The Economic Times, Ruchir Sinha & Nishchal Joshipura, April 23, 2008

Consumer Choice & live Cricket, Mint, Anurag Dubey & Kartik Ganapathy, April 10, 2008

Regulating combinations: Is the leash too tight? The Economic Times, Archana Rajaram & Kartik Ganapathy, February 22, 2008

Ask The Pros, The Economic Times, May 18, 2007

Ask The Pros, The Economic Times, April 20, 2007

Ask The Pros, The Economic Times, April 6, 2007

 

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