Singapore and India Desks: Structuring Conflict Referrals and Regional M&A Coordination
Hear me talk about it here Cross-border legal practice on the India corridor is routinely analysed through an inbound lens: foreign capital enters India, international counsel coordinates the multi-jurisdictional structure, and a domestic Indian firm executes local diligence and regulatory filings. However, published deal records reveal two distinct transaction models that run in the opposite […]
Contracting Vehicle Development Across Japan and India Desks
Watch in 1 min video here Honda has contracted the vehicle engineering and platform development for its next three India-market vehicle lines to Tata Technologies. Under shareholding disclosures as of the March 2026 quarter, 53.35 per cent of Tata Technologies is held by Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited, with a further 1.84 per cent held […]
What Corporate Carve-Outs Actually Transfer Across US, Singapore, and India Desks
Watch in 1 min video here The wave of Indian global capability centre (GCC) carve-outs running through the corporate market is a multi-year IT contract wrapped in an M&A shell. More than 20,000 professionals transitioned from multinational captives and technology subsidiaries to IT services providers in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated […]
Originating India Cross-Border Mandates Across London, New York, and Singapore
Hear me talk about it here Business development targeting the India corridor has traditionally focused on the domestic General Counsel. However, in cross-border finance, sponsor-backed M&A, and international disputes, the selection of international counsel is rarely made by the Indian company’s in-house legal department. It is decided upstream by the capital providers, offshore sponsors, and […]
Why India’s Foreign Office Ban Was an Accidental Hedge Against China Exits
Hear me talk about it here At least thirteen prominent US law firms have closed or significantly downsized their Greater China offices since June 2023. The unravelling became visible when Proskauer Rose closed its Beijing office after twelve years; Latham & Watkins and Winston & Strawn followed with office closures, Eversheds Sutherland announced plans to […]
Inbound India Investment: Domestic Forum Lock-Ins Across New Saudi and UAE Treaty Models
Watch in 1 min video here India’s bilateral investment protection treaties are becoming faster to invoke, yet less useful for the specific category of dispute most likely to arise. The bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement with Saudi Arabia, cleared by the Union Cabinet in late September 2026, requires foreign investors to pursue domestic legal […]
Regulating How Global Law Firms Describe Their India Desks
Hear me talk about it here Since the Bar Council of India (BCI) notified its revised registration rules on 13 May 2025, the primary question international law firms have put to their Indian advisers is whether to formally register. That question tiptoes around the bigger risk, as the regulatory enforcement record since August 2025 demonstrates. […]
Legal AI Sovereignty Across US, Singapore, and India Corridors
Watch in 1 min video here Indian law firms have widely adopted international generative AI platforms as enterprise subscribers. Because software agreements are private commercial contracts, neither corporate clients nor international co-counsel can observe from the outside what protections were negotiated. It cannot be known specifically whether explicit data-training exclusions, retention limits, or vendor indemnities […]
Why Seoul and Tokyo bring India’s Largest Inbound Capital Markets Mandates
Hear me talk about it here Latham & Watkins acted as international legal counsel on Hyundai Motor India’s $3.3 billion initial public offering in October 2024. It was the largest IPO in Indian corporate history and the second-largest globally that year. Its client was not Hyundai Motor India; it was Hyundai Motor Company, the South […]
In-House Privilege Limits and AI Waivers in US and India Investigations
Watch in 1 min video here A multinational with Indian operations holds two categories of legal document that its privilege policy almost certainly treats as protected, and that are not. The first is everything its Indian in-house legal team has written including internal investigation notes, risk assessments, witness interview summaries, advice to the board. None […]