India's Corporate Social Responsibility Proposal
Kiran S. Desai, May 24, 2013
Pending legislation in India may create a novel and material development in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that likely would affect all Indian corporations as well as international corporations with subsidiaries or affiliates incorporated in India. If enacted, the legislation would require...

Changes to the UK Competition Regime - How Will They Affect My Deal?
Kiran S. Desai,Nathalie Jalabert Doury,Robert Klotz,Jens Peter Schmidt,Gillian Sproul, May 16, 2013
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act), enacted on 25 April 2013, will make changes to the process of assessing mergers, acquisitions and corporate joint ventures (“mergers”) when it comes into force in April 2014. It will not alter the turnover and share of supply...

Minority Shareholdings Might Become Subject To Mandatory Competition Review
Kiran S. Desai,Nathalie Jalabert Doury,Robert Klotz,Jens Peter Schmidt,Gillian Sproul, February 6, 2013
In a speech late last year the EU’s Commissioner for Competition identified that the European Commission is considering a revision to the EU Merger Regulation that would mean acquisition of minority shareholdings require prior authorization by the Commission.