Tata law firm news

Milbank has added to its growing list of amusement park licensing experience with another two deals for children’s amusement facilities to be built in Malaysia.

Law firms from around the globe have pieced together the acquisitions and financings that has launched Indonesian listed company, Delta, into the coal mining industry through its purchase of Indonesian coal mining contractor, Buma.

More players, more sophistication

AZB & Partners has been caught up in the public feud between billionaire brothers, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Anil Ambani of Reliance Natural Resources.

Tata Motors, the first company from India’s engineering sector to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has raised US$750m as part of a long-term financing strategy for its 2008 acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor.

The controversial Vodafone tax case, centring on whether foreign firms engaging in M&A in India are liable to pay capital gains tax, will not deter future investments, a local lawyer has said.

Law firms are quickly expanding their India practices as more investment finds its way from India to Australia.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth expects to increase its India practice from the current eight lawyers to 30 lawyers over the next two to five years

India cross-border acquisitions are in decline - and by no small margin either. The latest stats show a 39% drop so far this year on the corresponding period last year.

With globalization of economies, entry barriers are getting reduced and markets are consolidating into fewer and larger entities.

ALB is proud to announce the finalists for this year's SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards, which will be held at the Marina Mandarin in Singapore on 2 June

The acquisition of an American telecommunications company by an Indian corporation has Herbert Smith and White & Case, who acted for the buyer and seller respectively, running for cover.

Jones Day and P&A Law Offices have acted on Tata Consultancy Services' US$1.2bn initial public offering, propelling India's largest IT services company into one of the country's Top Five companies overall in terms of market capitalisation.

The ALB In-house Legal Summit road show grew even stronger in February, when the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi played host to the latest meeting of in-house minds.

The ALB In-house Legal Summit road show went from strength to strength in February, when the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi played host to the latest meeting of in-house minds.

India's largest spenders on external legal services have jumped at the opportunity to take part in focused practice area workshops, panel discussions and social networking functions.

Bharat Vasani is the Mumbai-based group general counsel of Tata Sons Limited, part of the Tata Group, India's largest corporation, with 80 operating companies across seven key business sectors. He spoke with Lauren Scott.

One of the world's fastest growing economies, India is discovering the demands of globalisation while pursuing an ambitious economic reform program. The law meanwhile is struggling to keep up. Lauren Scott reports from New Delhi and Mumbai.

Described as an English badge, the select few UK firms considered part of the so-called ‘magic circle’, have the found that the term isn’t quite the stamp of approval in Hong Kong as it is in London. Stephen Mulrenan finds out why.