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Knock knock
Preparing for India’s multi-agency dawn raids: Building response architecture, preserving privilege and documenting every step
Guarding the nest eggs
Life insurers’ digital shift demands stronger legal oversight to protect customer data and cyber resilience
Playing catch-up
Shared venture documentation gaps slow India funding rounds and shape foreign capital perceptions of ecosystem maturity
The International A-list 2026
Bringing to the spotlight leading foreign lawyers that are the go-to advisers on India-related matters
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
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
Clipping the clause
To what extent does party autonomy hold sway over contracts that involve exceptional or prohibited clauses?
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
