India Awards: Legal Advisor of the Year – Khaitan & Co
An effective legal advisor needs TO be on top of the latest regulatory developments. In India this is perhaps easier said than done. In the past six months, various regulators have move forwards then backwards on put and call options, taken PE firms to court over disclosure before agreeing to a rule change, tinkered with takeover rules, and called offshore tax structures into question.
Haigreve Khaitan, a partner at Khaitan & Co., is faced with explaining the implications of these changes to clients. The lack of clarity can be frustrating and it erodes investor confidence. "There is...
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