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Every priced funding round, acquisition and joint venture in India now closes on the back of a legal due diligence report. The report decides more than whether a deal happens. It decides the conditions precedent, the indemnity cap, how much sits in escrow and sometimes the price itself. Legal due…

A foreign parent company ESOP for Indian employees gives people on an Indian payroll shares in an overseas group company. Because those shares are foreign securities held by residents, the plan falls under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999 and the Overseas Investment Rules, 2022, and the Indian employer…

An ESOP liquidity program is the mechanism a company builds to let employees convert vested or exercised stock options into cash before an IPO or acquisition. For a founder who has just closed a Series C or crossed into profitability, the decision is rarely whether to offer liquidity. Employees ask…

An acquisition changes the ESOP conversation from a design question to a payout question. Employees who have spent years watching a vesting schedule tick forward now want to know what their options are worth, when they will see cash, and how much of it the government will take. The answer…

On 23 September 2026, IRDAI released a two-part consultation paper, “Recalibrating Economics of Insurance Distribution”. It is a draft for comment, not a final circular. The market still priced it as final: by the close on 24 September, PB Fintech had lost a third of its value. 1 When it…

Every priced funding round, acquisition and joint venture in India now closes on the back of a legal due diligence report. The report decides more than whether a deal happens. It decides the conditions precedent, the indemnity cap, how much sits in escrow and sometimes the price itself. Legal due…

Employee stock option plans have gone from a listed-company perk to the standard equity instrument for Indian startups raising past seed. Every grant, every exercise and every buyback under that scheme sits on a number that a law somewhere requires to be independently valued. That number changes depending on whether…

A drone manufacturer or operator in India does not register once. The business itself is registered with the Registrar of Companies, the entity is registered with DGCA on the DigitalSky platform, every individual drone gets its own Unique Identification Number, and commercial operations need a separate operator permit. Treat any…

Incorporation gives a foreign-owned Indian subsidiary its Certificate of Incorporation, CIN, PAN and TAN, usually within two to three weeks. It does not give the subsidiary a functioning bank account, and that account is what actually lets the business receive capital, pay vendors and run payroll. Indian banks apply enhanced…

Contract labour license registration in India no longer runs through the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. That Act stood repealed and folded into the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code) when the Code came into force on 21 November 2025, with the Central Rules…

SEBI issued its updated Master Circular for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) on 03 June 2026, consolidating every circular, clarification, and regulatory change issued under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 up to 31 May 2026. The document runs 153 pages across 25 chapters and supersedes the previous Master Circular…

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark repo rate steady at 5.25% at the June 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, unanimously, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra. This is the third meeting in a row that the rate has stayed put, following a run of 150 basis point cuts between February…

India’s Cabinet approved an amendment to Press Note 3 (PN3) of 2020 in March 2026, and it is generating significant attention across the investment and startup community. Headlines have rushed to label it a sweeping FDI liberalisation. The reality is considerably more targeted. This report breaks down exactly what changed,…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently announced a major overhaul to the regulatory framework for Angel Funds under the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations, 2012. This new framework, introduced in 2025, aims to enhance transparency, improve operational clarity, and encourage investor participation. In this article, we’ll explore…

In a significant move to invigorate India’s startup ecosystem, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), during its board meeting on June 19, 2025, approved substantial changes to the Angel Fund Framework. These revisions are designed to unlock more capital for early-stage companies while simultaneously ensuring enhanced investor suitability…