Chamber of Tax Consultants: Webinar Series On ‘Exploring Corporate Law: Opportunities, Practice Areas, And Success Strategies’

Sr. No.

Day, Date & Time

Topics

Speakers

1.

06/10/2023

Friday

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Fundamentals of Fund Practice:

• Overview of Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Alternative Investment Funds.
• Legal aspects of fund formation,
• fund documents and terms.
• Legal and regulatory framework governing funds and investment vehicles.
• Private Equity fundamentals and bird’s eye view of the venture capital ecosystem.
• Overview of REITs and InVITs

Mr. Jay Gandhi,

Senior Partner,

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

2.

07/10/2023

Saturday

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Contours of Capital Markets & Securities Law Practice:

• Brief overview of IPOs (main board and SME), FPOs, Rights issue, Bonus Issue, QIP and an outline of the regulatory framework.
• Brief overview of securities law practice covering Takeovers, prohibition of fraudulent and unfair trade practice,
• SEBI’s functions and powers, key provisions of the SEBI Act and penalties under the SEBI Act,
• Key considerations surrounding corporate governance

Mr. Sanjay Ashar,

Senior Partner, Crawford Bayley & Co.

3.

09/10/2023

Monday

5:30 – 7:30 PM

Exploring the Realm of Competition & Anti-Trust Law Practice:

• Importance and objective of competition law,
• role of the Competition Commission of India (CCI),
• core anti-competitive agreements, Cartels, bid rigging, price-fixing, and market allocation, abuse of dominant position,
• Regulation of combinations, horizontal and vertical agreements, enforcement actions and penalties by the CCI,
• Real-world instances of anti-competitive practices in India.

Mr. Rudresh Singh,

Partner,

Trilegal

4.

10/10/2023

Tuesday,

5:00 – 5:45 PM

Changing roles of Corporate lawyers - how to be future ready:

• Key trends reshaping the corporate legal industry,
• In light of key trends, how to build a practice in corporate law – join a firm, or start on your own?
• Litigation v/s. corporate law practice

Mr. Mohit Saraf,

Founder & Managing Partner,

Saraf and Partners

5:45 to 7:30 PM

M&A Practice Simplified:

• Structuring M&A Transactions
• Forms of M&A Transactions: Asset purchase, stock purchase, and merger.
• Key steps in an M&A transactions
• Negotiating Deal Terms: Key provisions and strategies for negotiations.
• Drafting and Negotiating M&A Agreements
• Steps leading to the successful completion of an M&A transaction.
• Analysis of few real life M&A cases

Mr. Sharad Abhyankar,

Senior Partner,

Khaitan & Co

5.

11/10/2023

Wednesday

5:30 – 7:00 PM

Highlights of General Corporate Legal Practice:

• Key commercial contracts such as – supply/ distribution agreements, NDAs, MOU, franchise agreements, tooling agreements, development agreements, etc.
• Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts – important considerations
• General corporate advisory matters
• Challenges in general corporate law practice
• Overview of key legislations required in general corporate law practice such as Legal Metrology Act, Consumer Protection Act, contract act, tax laws, stamp acts, insurance laws, etc.

Mr. Prem Rajani,

Founder and Managing Partner,

Rajani Associates

6.

12/10/2023

Thursday

5:30 – 6:45 PM

Demystifying Project Finance and Infrastructure:

• Key statutes and regulatory requirements,
• Types of contracts such as - EPC Contracts, Concession Agreements,
• Bidding and Tender Process,
• Project Finance
• Renewable Sector/ Renewable Energy projects, smart cities, cross border infrastructure projects, environmental concerns.

Megha Agarwal,

Associate Partner,

ELP

6:45 – 7:30 PM

Role of In-house Counsel

• Risk Management
• Legal Advisory
• Business collaboration
• Ethics & governance
• Soft skills

Ms. Priyam Dhamankar,

Legal & Compliance Director,

Servier India

7.

13/10/2023

Friday

5:30 – 7:00 PM

Banking and Finance Legal Practice – Key Consideration :

• Overview of key regulations relevant to banking & finance practice and interplay of different regulations,
• Offshore and onshore financing
• Lifecycle of transactions
• Security creation and enforcement
• Debt Restructuring and Securitization
• Digital Lending and Fintech-Emerging trends and challenges.

Nikunj Maheshwari,

Partner,

AZB & partners