The Competition Amendment Bill 2022 (the Bill), introduced recently in Parliament, has opened the floodgates of regulatory developments for India Inc. From merger control to anti-trust, one can expect far-reaching changes in the competition law space and the regulators whip in times to come. While on the one hand, specific catalyst-driven changes will significantly enhance the powers of the CCI, on the other hand, the stakeholders will need to keep a close watch on the forthcoming requisites and compliance.
Please click here to read the full article by Sidharrth Shankar and Vaibhav Choukse, published in Financial Express.
Sidharrth (Sid) is a seasoned corporate lawyer and also the co-chair of the corporate practice with a core focus on private equity and mergers & acquisitions. Sid has substantial experience advising global private equity funds, multinational corporations and strategic investors on complex cross-border transactions across a broad spectrum of industries over the last two and a half decades, with over two decades in JSA itself.