Which Link Holds the Mandate
Hear me talk about it here A regulatory change lands in one jurisdiction and is reported as being about a second. Law firms in both then assume the work is theirs, and frequently neither is right. The party who has to do something about it sits somewhere else again. A surprisingly common error, it is […]
Where the Clean Slate Stops
Watch in 1 minute video here When the Delhi High Court reaffirmed that government bodies cannot revive legacy tax dues once an Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) resolution plan receives judicial sanction, it echoed well-settled Supreme Court precedent in Ghanashyam Mishra v. Edelweiss. Section 31(1) binds the Central Government, State Governments and local authorities to […]
Why Cross-Border Corridor Initiatives Collapse
Hear me talk about it here. On the structural traps between international practice strategy and real-world execution. Most international practice expansion across high-volume trade lanes fails not for lack of market opportunity, but because of a structural mismatch between how legal work originated and how external support is structured. The Vendor Substitution Trap Law firm […]
Where the Consent Process Stops: PN3 and Further Tests
Watch in 1 minute video here First in a series on India’s amended Press Note 3 and the continuous condition it created. India’s March 2026 amendment to Press Note 3 allows investments carrying non-controlling land-border beneficial ownership of up to 10 per cent to proceed through the automatic route. The Department for Promotion of Industry […]
India, China, and a Reciprocity Test With No Method
Watch in 1 minute video here The draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill published by the Bar Council of India in July would give statutory footing to the framework under which foreign lawyers and foreign law firms may register in India. The permission it contemplates is narrow. No appearance before Indian courts, tribunals or statutory authorities. No […]
Who Pays for the Long Way Round: Separating Cape Detours from Hormuz Risk
Watch in 1 minute video Major ocean lines and freight forwarders are levying emergency surcharges across global supply chains in response to Middle East disruption. Closer inspection of cargo bills suggests two distinct commercial cost events are being conflated under a single “Middle East Disruption” fee. The Geographic Conflation: Cape Detours vs. Hormuz Risk To […]
The Position That Does Not Exist Yet
Watch in 1 minute video here Managing partners at independent disputes firms are, in my experience, already past the question of whether their marketing is working. Most have concluded it is not, or is working in ways they cannot trace, and they concluded it some time ago. What they are stuck on is different and […]
A Calendar-Dated Pipeline for Cross-Border Wealth and Banking Disputes
Watch in 1 minute video here Between 8 June and 31 August 2026, Indian banks took in $127.22 billion in Foreign Currency Non-Resident (FCNR) deposits under the Reserve Bank of India’s special dollar-rupee swap facility. That is nearly four times the size of the 2013 Taper Tantrum facility, raised in twelve weeks. The response was […]
Legal Work That Is Obviously Useful and Very Hard to Sell
Watch in 1 minute video here A company misses a milestone under a government incentive programme because equipment could not be delivered. Over the following year it explains that delay four times. Once to the ministry, in support of an extension and a waiver of penalties. Once to the equipment vendor, in the course of […]
A Question You Would Ask Any Client
Watch in 1 minute here In the ordinary course of a week, a law firm managing partner will work out things about a client’s business that the client has not articulated clearly itself. Questions on the practice head’s list might sound like: Where the revenue actually comes from? Who has authority to commit money and […]