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ALB surveys and rankings H2: Submissions open

Research and submissions for the following lists and rankings are currently underway.

SAM, Khaitan act on $1 bln Indian education deal

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has advised Indian online learning platform Byju’s on its $1 billion acquisition of Blackstone-backed Indian tutor Aakash Educational Services, which was represented by Khaitan & Co. Trilegal counselled Blackstone.

‘National Telecom’ of Thailand [Brought to you by Chandler MHM]

Following the Cabinet’s approval on 14 January 2020, a new state enterprise, National Telecom Public Company Limited or “NT”, was formed on 7 January 2021 by a merger of CAT Telecom Public Company Limited (“CAT”) and TOT Public Company Limited (“TOT”). NT has assets worth over THB300 billion in value including over 25,000 telecommunication towers nationwide, spectrum usages, under water cables, radio frequency, underground conduits, fiber optic cables, 13 data centres across the nation and international telecommunications infrastructure, with more than 17,000 employees.

Complete Anatomy Of Oppression & Mismanagement – Supreme Court’s Decision In The Tata – Mistry D Aispute [Brought to you by Trilegal]

The Supreme Court of India (Court), recently on 26 March 2021, has delivered a breakthrough decision in the realm of Indian company law and corporate governance. The decision concerns one of the biggest corporate shareholder legal battles involving Tata Sons - the promoter of Tata companies and the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which was extensively contested, both in terms of facts and law. However, this is not the reason why this decision assumes great significance. The decision attracts enormous attention since it explores every nook and corner of Section 241 & 242 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013 (2013 Act) and illuminates on various elementary concepts, in extraordinary precision.