India: Securitization & Structured Finance

Sophisticated investors investing in India are no longer required to settle for the fund. Increasingly, they want the deal, i.e., the specific, high-conviction opportunity sitting inside the fund’s portfolio.

Private equity funds operate as pooled investment vehicles with typical lifespans of 10 to 12 years, where limited partners (“LPs”) commit capital upfront for deployment by the general partner (“GP”).

GIFT IFSC, India's first international financial services centre, continues its rapid evolution as a globally competitive financial hub under the unified regulation of IFSCA. Recent developments span critical regulatory frameworks for capital raising, aircraft leasing SPVs, cybersecurity mandates for market infrastructure, pension fund regulations, and landmark approvals including India's first foreign family office registration.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a recent judgment held that after the resolution plan has been approved by the committee of creditors (CoC), the CoC cannot substitute the successful resolution applicant with another resolution applicant who was not a part of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP).

Securitisation Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of India, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

On 21st September, 2023, the Hon'ble Supreme Court reiterated that the High Court cannot exercise its writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution more particularly when alternative remedy...

An ‘Acknowledgement' of liability not only saves limitation period but also confers on an individual a ‘cause of action' to him, to lay his claim.

While the term "securitisation" is defined under each of these regulatory regimes, both regimes envisage securitisation as a ring-fenced and bankruptcy-remote true sale of financial assets

To encourage NBFCs to securitise/assign their eligible assets, RBI had issued circular no. DNBR (PD)CC.No.95/03.10.001/2018-19 dated November 29, 2018, to NBFCs, ...