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Deals of the Year 2025
The leading transactions and disputes, and the lawyers and law firms that guided them
Bengaluru’s legal blend
Bengaluru’s legal market has grown a culture that prizes agility, depth and collaboration over scale
In-house Counsel Awards 2025-26
The top in-house counsel who areguiding lights for their sectors and indispensable for their companies
A lightbulb moment
Ambitious goal for increasing nuclear energy capacity leads to government allowing private sector entrants
IBLJ Legal Fees index
IBLJ’s long-running Billing Rates Survey has evolved into India’s first index of law firm pricing
Snowed under
Interminable delays with approvals at the patent office are undermining business and foreign investment
Unleashed
After 20 years, India’s banks will be allowed back into the takeover game under an RBI proposal on acquisition finance
Strength through adversity
IPBA president-elect Priti Suri talks to IBLJ about a lifetime of embracing challenges
Rock steady
Tax experts from BMR Legal write that the 2026 budget is in step with India’s long-term growth priorities
Digital data game changer
The recently rolled out DPDP reforms combine with insurance regulations to raise compliance responsibilities and alter how the industry does business in many ways
Sniffing an opportunity
Sumitomo’s rose-scented tyres secure India’s first smell trademark, but enforcement faces practical domestic limitations
Where roads diverge
The relationship between RERA and arbitration needs clarification to enable fair resolution of real estate disputes
A-List: India’s most recommended lawyers
Honouring the A-List lawyers, Vanguards and Legal Icons who are irreplaceable to their clients
Unlocking transparency in governance
Greaves Cotton GC writes accountability is key in promoter-run enterprises for better corporate governance
The due diligence puzzle
Due diligence teams work tirelessly to prevent problems, foresee issues and, where necessary, administer a pound of cure
Air pollution: Why legal must act
When pollution causes operational disruption and becomes a governance imperative, it is time for in-house counsel to speak up
Future Legal Leaders 2026
In a year marked by both opportunity and risk, India Business Law Journal applauds the efforts of the proven and accomplished legal stars tipped to move into key strategic leadership roles in the profession
Rushing for exits
How legal advisers are guiding PE/VC companies out of the IPO maze
