Sonali (Lawyer) 14 May 2016

5th National Summit on Mergers and Acquisitions

In a highly competitive developing economy like India, no business can rely solely on its internal resources for growth and expansion, especially in a scenario where there is cut throat competition for mere existence. This forces the corporate managements to think of the ways that could keep their entities not only in competition, but also perform better than their counterparts. These objectives are only achieved through the external economic integrations or Mergers & Acquisitions. M&A is complementary to the economic size augmentation and alignment of businesses for growth, therefore it acts as a direct catalyst to the economic growth of businesses and in turns to the growth of the country as a whole. Thus, it is imperative that the whole ecosystems – be it regulatory framework, procedural timeline or funding options should foster M&A activities. It is indeed significant to support, particularly the concepts ‘Make in India’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business” that a critical view is undertaken about the trends, challenges viz. a viz. the policies of the regulators and the government related to M&A, so as the impact of M&A transactions be seen favorably for the future macro-economic growth of India.

With a view to make the Indian M&A ecosystem more conducive and robust, ASSOCHAM is organizing the 5th National Summit on Mergers and Acquisitions “The Catalyst to Economic Growth” on Friday, 27th May 2016 at Mumbai.

Key Discussion Topics

M&A - Catalyst to Economic Growth;
Mergers - a perfect ingredient for the concepts ‘Make in India’ and ‘Ease of Doing Business’;
Key issues in Cross Border M&As;
NCLT – New Regulator to overcome present shortcomings;
Whether observations made by SEBI on ‘Control Change’ and ‘Increase in Promoters Shareholding’ in the recent past have lead to hindrance in M&A transactions;
Is there a need for uniform Stamp Laws across various states for faster M&A decisions?
Are the cumbersome Regulatory and Court Approvals making adverse impact on M&A transactions?
Whether reluctance on the part of banks to fund acquisitions is justified;
Whether requirement for obtaining prior approval of RBI in case of merger of NBFCs needs relook;
Whether M&A is a tool for tax planning.