Have any of you read the book Cold Steel? I feel it should be compulsory reading for any lawyer or law student wanting to make a career in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment law. Why? If the title doesn’t ring a bell, let me give you the tagline: Lakshmi Mittal and the Multi-Billion Dollar …
What is the most attractive, glamorous, well-paid profession as a lawyer? There are a lot of options. However, in college, I knew only one. Getting a corporate law job at a top law firm was considered the most attractive career option after graduation. Forget college, even school students appearing for CLAT know how much which …
A career in mergers, acquisitions (M&A), and investment law, one of the most challenging but rewarding careers that the legal profession has to offer. Are you ready for it? It is a vast area of study, but we are working on the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule, which basically states that you can be …
For many industries, the pandemic was like a death sentence. Everything closed and changed, and many companies could not adapt to the new normal. Many businesses failed to survive while the most agile companies benefited from the changes and thrived. Many experts expected investments and M&A to slow down post-pandemic and given that a recession …
Why do I need to attend a bootcamp on contract drafting? I already learned it in law school I can read textbooks on contract drafting I can look up contract drafting templates online and use them Are you thinking these thoughts? Having gone through my earlier emails on this topic, are you still wondering why …
Do you know how big the international legal services industry is? According to a report by Research and Markets, the market is expected to grow from USD 713.12 billion in 2021 to USD 998.73 billion in 2026, at a rate of 6.97 percent. The US alone contributes 56 percent of this volume, with a total …
You must have studied contract law in law school. What did they teach you? The Indian Contract Act 1872? Associated statutory laws and case law related to principles of contract? Under the Indian Contract Act, you must have learned about the general principles of a contract, its enforceability in a court of law and the …
Are you following the Go First airline case currently receiving plenty of airtime in the media? On May 2, 2023, the Wadia group airline filed an application for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and suspended all its flights. As I write this, Go First’s legal counsel has informed a …
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 …
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. …
