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Can you earn well from insolvency?

I’ve been talking about insolvency and bankruptcy as lucrative practice areas, but how much can an insolvency professional (IP) in India make, exactly? The minimum fee payable to an IP starts from INR 1 lakh per month as per the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India’s (IBBI) (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016.  Note that this is …

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We built a startup by drafting contracts!

Today, I want to tell you the story of how contract drafting helped me and Ramanuj Mukherjee (CEO, LawSikho) build our startup from scratch. When I quit my law firm job to focus on the iPleaders blog, our income for the next few months was uncertain.  However, Ramanuj and I had to meet our costs. …

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Recession-proof professionals

As a lawyer, CA, cost accountant, CS, banker or experienced management professional looking for the next big market opportunity, have you considered the area of insolvency resolution? More specifically, have you considered an unbeatable, recession-proof career as an insolvency professional (IP)? India currently has nearly 2 million practicing lawyers, more than 350,000 CA, more than …

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A new profession rising

It is maybe once in a generation that an entirely new profession is created. Insolvency professionals make up just such an exclusive profession. There are not enough of them in India, they are making a killing and the health of the banking and finance system is in their hands. Given the massive shortage of IPs, …

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Stuck in a mid-career crisis? Just change lanes!

Stagnation Professional growth slowing down over the years  Competition from new entrants  Inability to prepare for newer and more promising opportunities  Inability to build a personal brand Difficulty in finding new clients who are willing to pay well How many of these boxes do you tick? One? Two? Three? All? Slow career growth is a …

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Contract drafting, a financial pillar for budding lawyers

How many young lawyers do you know who have handled or are handling big cases?  The reality is that almost no client trusts a fresh graduate or new lawyer with a big case. You require years of experience to build credibility. How? By working under senior advocates and in law firms. And we all know …

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How contract drafting changed my life

Today, I will tell you why I am a big advocate of freelancing and economic independence. I am from a very humble background. In 1991, at the peak of the recession, my parents were living in a 150 sq ft one-room government flat with two toddlers. I was three, my sister was just a year …

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The skills you need as a CA/CS for remote corporate law and tax work

Many of you have written in to ask what are the skills that Indian CA, CMA and CS professionals need to develop in order to get work from US clients remotely. Actually the work is not so different. What you have to do in India and the US  can be quite similar. Of course, there …

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Here’s how these CA/CS professionals began earning in dollars

In his book Actual Minds, Possible Worlds, legendary American psychologist Jerome Bruner, who became internationally known for his contributions to educational psychology, wrote that people are 22 times more likely to remember a fact when it is presented as a story. So allow me to tell you a few stories. Especially because this could be …

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How can Indian CA, CMA & CS professionals get US startups as their clients?

Have you landed your dream job? Or still, struggling?  Do you feel the need for a side income to supplement your current paycheck?  Are you looking for a more rewarding career?  Do you want to build your own CA, CMA or CS firm going forward? Are you resigned to having to struggle for the next …