Business Standard: Succession, Scrutiny and Stress Tests
Governance & Succession: Two Different Problems, Two Different Approaches My quotes, as quoted in Business Standard, touched upon two very different issues: […]
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Succession Planning: Assets and Governance
“I am the eldest boy!” – Kendall Roy, Succession Birth order, proximity to the promoter, or “who has been around the longest” […]
Read moreMoneyControl: Tax scrutiny hits startup founders over undisclosed foreign ESOPs
My take, as quoted in MoneyControl, on the recent “Nudge Notices” on non disclosure of foreign assets and its impact under the […]
Read moreMoneyControl: Proposed tweaks to India–France tax treaty may further reduce attractiveness of P-notes issued from that country
My take on the recent revision in the India – France DTAA, as quoted in MoneyControl. Clearly, an increased withholding tax rate […]
Read moreShriram – MUFG Deal: Regulatory and Tax Analysis of the largest financial sector FDI Deal
1. Deal Structure: The transaction is structured as a preferential allotment of equity shares under Section 62(1)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 […]
Read morePerpetual ICDs/ NCDs: Equity in spirit, debt on paper
One intra-group funding structure that enjoys the advantages of equity-like funding, but debt-like flexibility, especially under the IndAS regime, is the use […]
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