Financial Regulatory
Overview
We provide advisory support on regulatory compliance, licensing requirements, regulatory approvals, product structures, cross-border transactions and evolving legal requirements under applicable financial sector regulations. We assist clients in identifying regulatory considerations at an early stage and develop practical solutions that enable businesses to operate effectively within the applicable regulatory framework.
Our practice works closely with our Banking & Finance, Private Credit, Structured Finance, Corporate and M&A teams to provide regulatory advice in connection with lending transactions, investments, financing structures, restructurings and other strategic transactions.
Experience
We advise clients on matters involving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) framework, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) regulations and other financial sector regulations. We assist clients with regulatory analysis, compliance reviews, transaction structuring, regulatory filings, approvals and interpretation of evolving regulatory requirements.
We also advise financial institutions and corporates on regulatory considerations arising from financing arrangements, investments, cross-border transactions, debt instruments and corporate restructurings. Our approach combines regulatory knowledge with commercial awareness, enabling clients to anticipate regulatory issues, manage compliance risks and execute transactions efficiently.
Insights
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The proceedings examine creditor voting, judicial scrutiny and the binding effect of approved repayment plans, highlighting important unresolved questions for dissenting creditors in personal-guarantor insolvency proceedings.
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Read ArticleProject Finance Under the RBI Directions, 2025
The RBI’s 2025 Project Finance Directions introduce a harmonised prudential framework governing project appraisal, financing, monitoring, restructuring and provisioning across India’s financial sector.
Read ArticleWho Has the Power to Set UPI MDR? The Legal Questions After the 2026 Rollout
The reintroduction of MDR on certain UPI transactions raises a key legal question: whether NPCI has the authority to determine merchant charges, or whether such rate-setting requires a clearer statutory basis.
Read ArticlePersonal Guarantor Insolvency After Subhash Chandra: The Limits of Creditor Voting and Tribunal Scrutiny
The proceedings examine creditor voting, judicial scrutiny and the binding effect of approved repayment plans, highlighting important unresolved questions for dissenting creditors in personal-guarantor insolvency proceedings.
Read Article180 Minutes to Respond: India’s New Regulatory Framework for Deepfakes and Synthetic Media
India’s 2026 amendments introduce a dedicated framework for synthetically generated information, combining faster takedown timelines with prevention, labelling, provenance, verification and stronger obligations for social media intermediaries.
Read ArticleProject Finance Under the RBI Directions, 2025
The RBI’s 2025 Project Finance Directions introduce a harmonised prudential framework governing project appraisal, financing, monitoring, restructuring and provisioning across India’s financial sector.
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