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After the financial crisis, private equity deals faced long delays and were often left abandoned altogether as bank lending dried up. Then followed an extended period of legislation and regulation around the world.

Pedro Mazer of Alfaro Abogados in Argentina gives some useful pointers on making the most of the country’s investment market

Gönenc Gürkaynak of ELIG Attorneys-at-Law gives an update on rules on exchange of information between competing undertakings

Enrique Bruchou and Federico M Salim of Bruchou Fernandez Madero & Lombardi examine the exciting prospects for private equity investment in Argentina

Click here to download Accessing the US capital markets from outside the United States: an overview of key legal issues 2011 edition (PDF 1.56 MB)

An update from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on security clearance procedures has tightened rules regarding telecommunications equipment. The new amendments – introduced to the Unified Access Service and the Cellular Mobile Telephone Service Licence Agreements (Security Regulations) – are part of a wave of increased telecommunications security mandated by the central government since 2009. These changes affect all foreign vendors and licensed telecommunications companies.

Companies such as Patni Computers may need the support of private equity funding to develop The level of pragmatism in decision making in Indian businesses is on the rise, say practitioners. Recent observations from the legal market have indicated that while strategic vision and emotion remain integral considerations for business decisions, Indian promoters have grown more pragmatic.

As group general counsel of a US$30 billion conglomerate that derives 60% of its revenues from outside its home jurisdiction, Aditya Birla’s Ashok Gupta is ideally placed to comment on efforts to lure greater foreign investment

Haldiram petition revealed trade mark file loss India’s intellectual property regulatory and tribunal frameworks have been under great scrutiny over the past 12 months. The country’s IP office has endured a challenging year, with embarrassments such as the loss of 44,000 trade mark files as well as allegations of corruption among officials. And the tribunal process did not escape criticism, with the constitutionality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) and the Copyright Board (CB) questioned in public interest litigation (PIL) permitted by the Madras High Court.

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