Call for Papers: NLIU-Trilegal Summit on Corporate and Commercial Laws [24th-25th August]

The Centre for Business and Commercial Laws of National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU), in collaboration with Trilegal, is organising the annual NLIU-Trilegal Summit on Corporate and Commercial Laws on 24^th and 25^th of August.

Eligibility: Authors must be pursuing their LL.B. (Hons) / LL.B. / LL.M. from any recognized university to be eligible to participate in the summit.

Theme: Submissions, in the form of articles or essays, falling within the broad contours of the theme of the summit ‘corporate and commercial laws’ are invited.

Indicative Sub-themes:

• Corporate Governance in India


• Mergers & Acquisitions


• Foreign Investment (Private Equity/Venture Capital and Debt Instruments)


• Banking and Insolvency Law


• Securities Law


• Competition Law


• Emerging contemporary legal issues

The selected manuscripts shall be published in a commemorative book. The top two presentations in both categories will be conferred with rewards. The presenters at the summit shall also receive a certificate acknowledging their participation as a delegate. Additionally, the summit shall include a counselling course conducted by partners from Trilegal.

Registration and Submission Deadline: All papers must be submitted on or before 10 July 2018 (11:59 PM).

E-mails for submission and any other clarifications should be sent to trilegal.nliusummit@gmail.com.

Registration Fee: Authors shall be required to pay an amount of INR 1,000 for single author entries and INR 1,500 for co-authored entries. The Centre shall provide accommodation to all the participants.

• I Prize - an all-expenses-paid 3-day trip to a foreign destination!


• II Prize - a one month paid internship with Trilegal


• III Prize - a one month paid internship with Trilegal

Queries can be addressed to ArshiaVerma (+91-7049729766), Rohan Kohli (+91-9617950534), or Shounak Banerjee (+91-9911425727).

The brochure for the summit can be found here.