Indian promoter families are shifting towards private family trusts for succession planning, facing challenges with SEBI’s Takeover Code, which doesn’t recognize in-laws as immediate relatives. This exclusion complicates trust structures, prompting calls for SEBI to update regulations to reflect modern family dynamics and ensure seamless generational transitions.
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Author: Varun Sriram, Partner
Publication: Times of India













Varun Sriram is a Partner at JSA with nearly two decades of experience in corporate and M&A transactions, fund structuring, and private client advisory. He counsels leading business houses, promoter families, technology companies, and HNIs on strategic, commercial, and estate planning matters, and has led several multimillion‑dollar deals across diverse sectors.