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                                                         Articles published by AZB & Partners

• Rescuing Lenders: Lifting of the Related Party and Controlling Party Veil – Saloni Thakkar, Urmika Tripathi, Simrann Venkkatesan
• Evaluating the Archaic Nature of the ‘Gibbs Rule’ in Cross Border Insolvency: A Case for Embracing Modified Universalism’ – Avinash Subramanian, Aashirwa Baburaj
• Risks for Transactions and Directors in Financially Distressed Businesses (India) Thomson Reuters Global Premium publication – Nilang Desai, Suharsh Sinha,  Saloni Thakkar, Anirudhan Balajee, Aditya Bhadra Ray
• How to Obtain Recognition of a Foreign Insolvency Process and How to Enforce Insolvency Related Judgments – Rajendra Barot, Suharsh Sinha, Anusha Jegadeesh
• Whether NBFCs in the middle layer (NBFC-ML) incorporated as Private Companies are required to appoint Independent Directors?? – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Shivani Agarwal, Rajveer Veera
• SEBI’s circular on mandatory listing of subsequent NCD issuances (Legal Era) – Shivanand Nayak
• Litigation Financing for Avoidance Applications: Investment Opportunities and Value Maximization – Nilang Desai, Saloni Thakkar, Anirudhan Balajee, Luke K Jose
• No change in nature of debt in case of breach of settlement terms by Corporate Debtor – Analysis of NCLAT’s Order in ‘Priyal Kantilal Patel v. IREP Credit Capital Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.’ – Hardeep Sachdeva, Abhyudai Singh, Swati Sharma
• Overview of the Evolving Jurisprudence under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – Nilang Desai, Urmika Tripathi, Kushagra Pandey, Aditya Bhadra Ray, Rashi Priya
• Supremacy of Charge of Secured Creditor over the Government – Reinforcing the Rights of Secured Creditors – Hardeep Sachdeva, Ravi Bhasin, Sahil Tandon
• Admitted Claimed Amount takes Precedence over Quantum of Security Cover – Hardeep Sachdeva, Abhyudai Singh, Swati Sharma
• Private Placement over a Public Platform – A Conundrum – Anand Shah, Gokul Gopakumar, Isana Laisram
• Sustainable Loans in India – Green, Blue and Others – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Shivani Agarwal
• Right of redemption of the mortgaged property by a borrower under SARFAESI Act – Hardeep Sachdeva, Abhishek Awasthi, Ankita Bhugra, Devanshi Tewari
• Sustainability Financing Principles: Guide to India’s Impact Financiers – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Shivani Agarwal

• Liquidity in Distressed Assets Market: Recent Reforms and the Road Ahead – Bahram N. Vakil, Nilang Desai, Shambhavi Shivdikar, Anirudhan Balajee

• Treatment of Crown Debts in Indian Insolvency: Perspectives and Way Forward – Bahram N. Vakil, Nilang Desai, Suharsh Sinha, Saloni Thakkar

• Home buyer – A speculative investor or a financial creditor? – Analysis of the judgment ‘Venkat Rao Marpina v. Vemuri Ravi Kumar & Anr.’ – Hardeep Sachdeva, Ravi Bhasin, Swati Sharma, Ananya Singh
• Leading them up the Green Mile – Insolvency of Real Estate Companies – Avinash Subramanian, Aditya Bhadra Ray
• Analysis of the NCLAT’s Order ‘Akashganga Processors Pvt. Ltd. v. Shri Ravindra Kumar Goyal & Ors.’ – Hardeep Sachdeva, Ravi Bhasin, Swati Sharma
• NCLT Delhi held Greater Noida Authority to be “Secured Operational Creditor”, while Payment Priorities remained Unsettled – Hardeep Sachdeva, Abhishek Awasthi, Isha Singh
• New Overseas Direct Investment Regime – Key Changes and the Road Ahead – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Prasham Shah, Neeraj Nainani
• India’s insolvency regime needs to address chinks in its armour –Bahram N. Vakil, Suharsh Sinha
• Co-lending by NBFCs – Hufriz Wadia, Shivani Agarwal
• Third Eye: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code — you need to learn to stop worrying and love the pre-pack – Suharsh Sinha

• All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again – Avinash Subramanian, Saloni Thakkar, Simrann Venkkatesan

• Foreign Investment Review 2023 – Hardeep Sachdeva, Priyamvada Shenoy, Hemangini Dadwal, Gursimran Kohli, Shivam Jha
• Guidelines on Default Loss Guarantee (DLG) – Digital Lending – Rohan Bagai, Gautam Ganjawala, Arjun Uppal, Bhargavy Ramesh
• Enforceability of foreign arbitral award relating to put option upheld by Madras High Court with caveat that remittance of damages requires RBI approval – Anand Shah, Aayush Raman, Isana Laisram
• Analysis of NCLAT Judgment titled Union Bank of India vs. P.K. Balasubramanian – Hardeep Sachdeva, Swati Sharma
• No change in nature of debt in case of breach of settlement terms by Corporate Debtor – Analysis of NCLAT’s Order in ‘Priyal Kantilal Patel v. IREP Credit Capital Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.’ – Hardeep Sachdeva, Abhyudai Singh, Swati Sharma
• The IBC & The Sea-Link – Bahram N. Vakil, Nilang Desai
• Clarification by RBI on Norms for Investment by Regulated Entities in AIFs – Nilang Desai, Rushabh Maniar, Saloni Thakkar, Urmika Tripathi, Rahul Thomas
• Voluntary Delisting of Debt Securities (Indian Business Law Review, Volume 1 Issue 3) – Shivanand Nayak
• Revised Norms for Investments in AIFs
• Penal Charges – The New Regime by RBI
• No more Roll-over of Loans by Systemically Important NBFCs? – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Neeraj Nainani
• Stamp Duty Changes in a Snapshot 
• FPI Investment in Debt Instruments by REITs and InvITs – Anand Shah, Hufriz Wadia, Neeraj Nainani
• Amendments to Maharashtra Stamp Act – Ishan Handa, Shivanand Nayak
• Ministry of Corporate Affairs provides exemptions to companies with listed debt securities – Gautam Ganjawala, Shivanand Nayak
• Recent Amendments to the Maharashtra Stamp Act 
• Idle Money is a Devil’s Playground – Ministry of Corporate Affairs makes much needed amendments to the NCD Deposit requirement – Gautam Ganjawala
• Ministry of Corporate Affairs provides exemptions to companies with listed debt securities – Gautam Ganjawala, Shivanand Nayak