Articles for Merger

India’s 2024 M&A Report Card: Promising Trends Amidst A Shifting Regulatory Landscape

While India’s M&A landscape remains on an upward trajectory, future success will largely depend on fostering inclusive and holistic growth. In India, the demographics are such that as businesses reach a critical mass, they see an exponential rise in valuations, given India’s growing per capita income and market size.

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Indian Merger Control Regime – The Introduction And Impact Of Deal Value Thresholds

The primary objective of introducing the Deal Value Thresholds is to target those big-sized deals wherein the target crosses one of the De-Minimis Exemption thresholds by a significant amount, and yet the deal escapes the CCI’s scrutiny simply because the target does not cross the other one

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India’s Merger Control Regime Gets A Major Overhaul

The overall deal review timelines have been shortened to 150 calendar days, with a deemed automatic approval for transactions if the CCI is unable to form a prima facie view that the transaction may cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition in the first 30 calendar days (Phase 1). In practice however, there are significant time exclusions specified in the regulations, which may render this reduced timeframe a dead letter writes Shweta Shroff Chopra, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

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Viacom18, Digital18 And Star India's Merger Receives NCLT Approval

The companies (Viacom18, Digital18 and Star India) had proposed a Composite Scheme of Arrangement for Merger under Sections 230 and 232 of Companies Act 2013. Divison Bench comprising Anu Jagmohan Singh (Technical Member) and Justice Kishore Vemulapalli (Judicial Member) gave their approval to the scheme of the merger

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