Navigating Conflicts: The Realities of Directorship
A director of a company is prohibited from being involved in a situation where he may have a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interest of the company. Identifying and addressing conflict situations may require assistance from corporate legal advisors.
Growth of Solar Power in India
Building a conducive environment for enabling non-recourse project financing for solar projects in India would be a big step forward. Expert guidance from energy legal advisor and infrastructure legal advisor is advisable to handle projects in these areas as an integrated approach would be required which needs to flow down to transaction and documentation structuring.
From Policy to Practice: Journey of CBG in India
Compressed Biogas (CBG) projects involve the interplay of laws and regulations pertaining to environment, energy and land. Appropriate legal advice should be sought for the purposes of ensuring compliance, mitigation of risks and optimizing project operations and returns.
ESG and Director Duties: For Profit or Purpose
Startups may not be different from any other business entity. However, it is for good reason that they have been accorded a special status with respect to, among other things, raising finances and regulatory compliances. Expert advice from corporate lawyers handling advisory to startups would be helpful to make the most of the benefits and exemptions offered under the regulatory regime
CGD Networks: Shaping the Future, Lessons from the Past
Aspects related to the laying, building, operating and expanding of City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks require expertise and assistance from an oil, gas and energy law firm or legal advisor.
Green Credit Rules: The New Gold Rush?
Implementation of the Green Credit Rules, particularly with respect to technical aspects like registration of activity and interplay with other schemes, require expert assistance from environmental law firm/sustainable energy legal advisor.
CGD Networks and Exclusivity Concerns
The legislative framework provides for exclusivity regarding laying, building, operating or expanding a city or a local natural gas distribution network.
ESOPs and SARs: From Ownership to Appreciation
Louis Ortho Kelso, a political economist and lawyer, back in 1956, created the first employee stock ownership scheme based on his belief that the ownership of a company should ultimately vest with its employees as they are the ones responsible for the company’s success.
CGD Network- Balancing Exclusivity and Consumer Interests
In 2006, the Government of India introduced the Policy for Development of Natural Gas Pipelines and City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks (‘2006 Policy’).
Sweat Equity Shares: Reward or Risk?
The concept of ‘Sweat Equity’ was initially employed in the United States by Co-operatives for real estate projects. In the mid-20th century, the American Friends Service Committee introduced the idea of sweat equity in the Penn Craft self-help housing project. Families came together to build homes, using labour and sweat as equity.
Stamping Out Antiquity: Discussing The Indian Stamp Bill, 2023
Stamp duty is a tax levied on instruments, bills of exchange, and promissory notes, whether executed in India or outside India, concerning a matter done or to be done in India.
Inequality in Equity – Evaluating Differential Rights
The rights of shareholders are determined based on the instruments they hold against capital (whether in the form of share capital, debt, or hybrid) invested. The Companies Act, 2013 (‘Companies Act’) allows a private company limited by shares to have varied kinds of share capital – not just equity share capital and preference share share capital.
