Akil Hirani featured in Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2020 among top ranked lawyers

FPI update

Nov 18, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India has recently notified that shares held by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in listed Indian companies in excess of the 10% investment cap will either have to be divested or reclassified as foreign direct investment (FDI). Moreover, on...

Asian Legal Business India 2024 rankings

Nov 11, 2024

We are honoured to be recognised as a Top Corporate M&A Boutique Firm for 2024 by Asian Legal Business India. Read more here.

Legal Era 2024-25 rankings

Nov 8, 2024

We are pleased to share that Akil Hirani, Managing Partner and Head of Transactions, and Rukshad Davar, Partner and Head - M&A Practice Group, have been recognized as leading lawyers by Legal Era in their 2024-25 rankings. Congratulations to them all.

Insights on the impact of the US elections on business and legal activity in India

Oct 24, 2024

Akil Hirani, Managing Partner and Head of Transactions, shared his insights on the impact of the US elections on business and legal activity in India in a recent article published in the Indian Business Law Journal. "US policies post-election could impact both...

Akil Hirani featured as a guest writer in Director Today on “The Indian Landscape of Insider Trading”

Oct 14, 2024

Insider trading refers to the practice of trading a company's securities based on Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (“UPSI”), which is not available in the public domain. UPSI encompasses any information that, when made public, can significantly influence the...

US Fiscally Transparent LLC qualifies as a US Tax Resident

Sep 18, 2024

The Indian tax authorities have denied treaty benefits to fiscally transparent entities such as foreign partnership firms and limited liability corporations (LLCs) on the ground that such entities are not liable to tax in their home country and do not qualify as tax...