Corporate Law & Finance: Emerging Legal Aspects

Corporate Law & Finance: Emerging Legal Aspects is a power-packed addition to the legal literature landscape, offering a definitive guide to contemporary and evolving issues in corporate governance, financial regulation and business law. Edited by Prof. Madhuri Parikh and Amit Kumar Kashyap, with a foreword by legal expert Ravichandra Hegde, the book brings together contributions from experienced academics, legal practitioners and researchers across India.

This title is an essential reference for legal professionals, academicians and law students, delving deep into cutting-edge legal and regulatory developments impacting the corporate and financial sectors. Covering a wide array of topics-from insider trading and SPAC regulations to blockchain, ESG compliance, cross-border insolvency, fintech and cryptocurrency-the book reflects the dynamic interplay between law, finance and emerging technologies.

Key Features:

• Critical insights into contemporary corporate and financial law challenges.
• Interdisciplinary analysis involving data analytics, behavioral science and legal doctrine.
• Wide topical range, including insider trading, FPI, ESG, cryptocurrency, SPACs and corporate insolvency.
• Empirical and doctrinal studies contributed by emerging legal scholars and professionals.
• Focused on India, while drawing comparative and international perspectives.

This book is a must-have for anyone navigating the fast-evolving intersections of law, corporate finance, and technology. Corporate Law & Finance: Emerging Legal Aspects offers a rigorous and relevant exploration of the forces shaping the future of business law in India and beyond and would be beneficial to law students, corporate counsels, policymakers or academic researchers.

Foreword
Preface
About the Contributors
Acknowledgement
About the Editors
“Inside Out: Unveiling Insider Trading and Threats Using Behavioural Attributes, Data Analytics and Forensic Tools”-Mradul Singh & Rohan Kumar Tolani
Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) Regulations in India and Market Stability: A Comprehensive Analysis—Pooja Bhargava
Capital Market Behaviour in Election Years: An Analysis of Volatility and Investor Sentiment—Pravin Jadhav & Ashutosh Sharma
Access to Capital: A Comprehensive Study of Institutional Investors and Their Regulatory Framework—Netra Singhmar
Fema’s Enigmatic Quandary: Section 37-A’s Intricacies—Arjav Khurkhuriya & Saira Khan
ESG Regulatory Landscape and Corporate Compliance: A Holistic Examination of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in India’s Corporate Sector—Akshaya Zavar & Smruti Narendra
Unveiling the Forces Behind Foreign Direct Investment in India’s Infrastructure Sector: An Empirical Analysis—Prajakta Arote & Aryan Lalwani
Addressing the Letter of Credit Fraud: Navigating a Legal Landscape for Indian Banking Regime—Sachika Vij & Bhavana Bothra
Bound by Convention or Bound by Code?: India’s Complex Dance between the Cape Town Convention and the IBC—Jatin Shrivastava & Aaditya Bajpai
Cross Border Insolvency of Corporate Groups-A Doctrinal Study—Yashvardhan Ghosh
The Real Estate Sectors’ Messiah: Exploring Reverse Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process under the IBC Regime—Shashvat Narindra & Aditi Tiwari
Protecting Financial Integrity: Combating Letter of Credit Fraud in Banking—Richa Kashyap & Vivek Saurav
The Paradoxical Nature of Simple Agreement for Future Tokens: Exploring the Complexity of its Secondary Sale—Aniruddh Vadlamani & Sarthak Sharma
Crafting a Robust Regulatory Framework for SPACs in India: International Insights and Local Adaptations—Kartikeya Kothari & Ronit Khandelwal
ESG Alchemy in Secondary Buyouts: The Legal Nexus of Sustainability and Value Creation—Divyapratap Singh Parmar & Prachi Tandon
“Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and the Changing Landscape of Business Agreements: Opportunities, Challenges, and Legal Implications”—Austin V. Zacharia & Sudharshan Reddy
Blockchain Technology in Accounting: A Tool to Detect and Prevent Financial Frauds—Ashish Porwal
Legal Considerations for Decentralised Autonomous Organisations—Anuj Chaturvedi & Anmol Jain
Resolving the Conundrum of Adopting Cryptocurrency As Legal Tender: A Case for Centralised Digital Currency—Yatharth Chugh
“Code and Capital: Deciphering the New Age of Microfinance-Legal and Regulatory Insights for Inclusive Corporate Empowerment in the Digital Era”—Samidha Shekhar & Nandha Krishnan
“Embracing Sustainability: Green Financing by the Banking Sector”—Devansh Ganotra & Rahul Nikam
Corporate Frauds & the Role of Independent Directors in India—Sanya Kanwar & Dhruv Bhatia
Comparative Study: DTAA between Nepal-India and International Models—Smriti Khanal & Smriti Ghimire
Corporate Frauds in India: Case Analysis and it’s Impact—Pranav Saraswat & Vineet Chouhan
Regulating International Economic Activities: The Role of Intergovernmental Agreements in Curbing Tax Evasion and Promoting Foreign Investment—Amitabh Kumar Saxena & Rahul Mishra
Fractional Shares as a Possible Retail Investment Segment in India’—Khushi Sunil Chawda