Touchstone Partners (formerly Platinum Partners) is the preferred counsel in India for many Fortune 500 corporations, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors and financial sponsors, and has advised them on some truly ground-breaking transactions.
About the opportunity
Touchstone Partners is looking to hire lawyers with a PQE of 2 – 6 years in the Mumbai office to work on private equity, structured credit and buy-out transactions.
About the work
We primarily deal in high-stakes private equity, structured credit and buyout transactions for leading offshore investment funds and sovereign wealth funds.
Eligibility
1. Ability to examine situations and structures unconventionally 2. Ability to apply the law and question established standards; take a fresh look 3. Confidence to front face client meetings and transactions; punch much above their weight 4. Keenness to understand and be closely involved in all issues surrounding the transaction, such as cross border tax, governance, conflict resolution, intellectual property etc. 5. Superior execution skills; agility to work in a fast paced work environment 6. Keenness to research and write; close to about 30% time will be spent on research and policy advocacy 7. Strictly relevant work experience in leading law firms.
Role to be played
1. Engagement in high-stake private equity, public equities and buy-out deals representing sophisticated international clientele 2. Exponential compensation for exponential performers 3. Mentorship, and coaching in a completely non-hierarchical setup 4. Culture driven by sheer excitement for law, humour, humility, gratitude and the warmth of a family
Students, Scholars, or Academicians pursuing law degree or course from any recognized law university can participate in the competition. A maximum of 02 Co-Authors are allowed.
Theme
Vaccine Diplomacy of India
Refugee crisis in the Taliban rule
The regressive laws paradigm of China
Changes in the International abortion laws in 21st Century
Outer space treaty with respect to the private corporations’ space race
The best three submission will feature in the columns of ILPS Bi-annual Newsletter
E-Certificate of appreciation shall be awarded to the top entries of the competition.
Guidelines
The submission shall be original work of the author dealing with public international law and foreign policy. The submissions must focus on current developments in these fields and must be analytical in nature.
A maximum similarity of 10% is allowed. Non-adherence to this rule shall result in rejection of the article summarily.
The submission must have a clear and concise structure along with clear Headings and sub-headings.
A submission should have 1000 to 1200 words.
The manuscripts must be in “docx” format. Text must be in Times New Roman, have 1.5 line spacing, font size 12 and justified.
Citations should be given in the hyperlinks.
The file name of the Submission should be the title of the Essay.
Submissions failing to meet above mentioned doctrines will be rejected.
Lexpeeps Pvt. ltd. is an organization that works to assist and help law schools in organizing and managing their events. We’re seeking to provide young and dynamic law students a platform to experience the legal world in their academic capacities. We organize different events where budding lawyers can experience the legal world. With a self-directed educational strategy and the guidance of industry experts, Lexpeeps also provide you with the recent happening in the legal world in the form of news, opportunities where you can find what suits you the best, articles to explore your interests, and many more.
Keeping practical exposure for the law students in mind Lexpeeps provides you with internships, where the legal experts and budding lawyers come in touch with each other and grow by associating with the company.
The sole purpose of Lexpeeps Pvt. Ltd. is to provide law students and law schools quality and to create value to the legal fraternity.
Lexpeeps also believes that social responsibility and a sound organization can go hand in hand and as a result Lexpeeps will also be doing some social works as a corporate social responsibility as providing information and free legal aid to the poorer section of society; also it will be helping the neglected genders (LGBTQ) of society to come forward use their rights. LEXPEEPS is not a company that just runs with the objective of profit maximization but it is focused on creating good legal professionals to create a good nation where everybody shall remain aware of rights and duties.
Lexpeeps Pvt. Ltd. has taken an oath to ensure the right of the student and to help them in every possible way so that they reach immense heights of success.
“Lexpeeps Pvt. Ltd. thrives on commitment and creativity”.
About the internship
Lexpeeps is looking for interns for the months of October-November. This will be an internship full of new learnings and exposure.
Work area
Major working area of the intern will be research and blogs writing for Lexpeeps.
Eligibility Criteria
First to fifth year law students from 3 or 5 year law course
UG or PG law students
Perks and benefits
Internship completion certificate
Opportunity to get title and certificate for Intern for the month
Discount on registration of paid events
Publication on Lexpeeps blog
(This is an unpaid internship)
Slots Available
For the month of October and November.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates may send their updated resume to Lexpeeps.in@gmail.com with preferred month as Subject. (subject format- Internship application for the month of October/November)
The RGNUL Financial and Mercantile Law Review (RFMLR) is a bi-annual, student run, double- blind peer-reviewed law journal published by RGNUL, Punjab. The journal was first published in the year 2014 and gives an opportunity to the legal academia, legal professionals, and law students to contribute cutting-edge doctrinal and empirical research in the field of business and commercial laws. The journal is indexed on SCC Online and has been ranked as the 6th most accessed law school journals by SCC Online.
ABOUT VOLUME IX ISSUE I
In Volume IX Issue I, the Editorial Board aspires to undertake a comprehensive review of recent happenings across all domains of business laws, and thus, has decided to invite submissions relating to all areas of business and allied laws. In furtherance, the author(s) can make submissions pertaining to various areas of business and commercial laws such as corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, competition, insolvency, banking and finance, insurance, capital markets, securities, dispute resolution and ADR, international trade, investment funds, labour and employment, taxation, intellectual property, real estate, technology, media & telecommunication, and white-collar crimes. Submissions encouraging an insightful discourse around any contemporary developments in the field of business and allied laws are also welcome.
ELIGIBILITY
The Editorial Board invites submissions from legal practitioners, professionals, academics, and law students.
CATEGORIES OF SUBMISSION AND WORD LIMIT
RFMLR accepts submissions in the following categories: • Long Article: 6000-12,000 words • Short Article: 4000-6000 words • Case Comment: 3000-5000 words • Book Review: 1500-3000 words The word limit is exclusive of footnotes.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
GENERAL
The submissions shall be in English language only.
Co-authorship is limited to a maximum of two authors.
The Editorial Board prefers submissions that are lucid, contemporarily relevant, grammatically coherent, and well-researched. The submission should contain a novel analysis of the legal issues addressed by the author(s). The Editorial Board encourages analytical submissions with concrete suggestions over descriptive submissions with generic suggestions.
Any form of plagiarism is strictly prohibited and the submission shall be original, unpublished, and an outcome of the author’s own efforts.
The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions and views stated in the submitted manuscript.
The name(s) of the author(s) or institution(s) must not be mentioned anywhere in the body of the submission.
The author(s) shall refrain from submitting the manuscript elsewhere during the pendency of the review process. If the theme of the manuscript is contemporaneous to the time of submission and a delayed publication would render the research irrelevant, the author(s) may request an expedited review of their submission. Request for expeditious review is granted by the Editorial Board at its discretion on a case-by-case basis.
The author(s) are required to submit an abstract, not exceeding 250 words, within their manuscript.
The author(s) shall refrain from referring themselves in first person in the manuscript. Further, while referring to case laws, the author(s) shall use the names of the parties instead of referring them as “petitioners”, “appellants”, “respondents”, etc.
Since RFMLR is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, the review process is very thorough to ensure that only the finest manuscripts get published in the journal. The Editorial Board strives to review the manuscripts expeditiously. However, since the peer reviewers are working professionals, the entire review process, especially the peer review stage, can take some time. The author(s) are requested to duly take this into cognizance while submitting the manuscript
FORMATTING
Body: Submissions shall be typewritten in Times New Roman, font size 12 with line spacing 1.5 and justified alignment.
Footnotes: Citations shall be in accordance with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th Ed.). All the footnotes shall be typewritten in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing and justified alignment. Use of speaking footnotes is strictly prohibited.
PROCEDURE
The manuscripts shall be submitted through this Google Form only. Submissions made through any other mode will not be entertained.
Each author is allowed to submit a maximum of one manuscript.
Manuscript is to be submitted in .doc or .docx format.
The author(s) shall submit the manuscript along with a duly signed Certificate of Originality and Copyright (in this format).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The author(s) shall submit the manuscript along with the duly signed Certificate of Originality and Copyright (in the attached format) via this form latest by October 30, 2021.
Ministry of Woman and Child Development (MWCD) is inviting nomination from students undergoing Graduation/Post Graduation Course indifferentacademic Institutions/Universities under ‘Internship Programmes of the Ministry by offering short-term orientation.
The students/scholars enrolled in different Universities/Academic Institution willing to undertake pilot projects/micro-studies focusing on the ongoing activities of the Ministry may forward their nomination through the Head of the institution to this Ministry. The Ministry provides a qualitative exposure to students to its mandate and also have specific programmes and policy analysis at the hands of the target group to make them proactive to raise the issue of women and children on various platforms in future.
Duration of Internship Programme and activities
The internship programme would have following types of durations and activities to be undertaken:
(A) Short term internship of one month duration:
Participation in planning and research related activities at elementary level for exposure to the schemes and programmes of the Ministry.
Developing vision and mission for betterment of women and children; critical appraisal of schemes/ programmes of the Ministry and outside the Ministry emerging in the current scenario for improving lot of women and children in the country.
Compilation/collation of data/information on various schemes of the Ministry and policy relevant statistics.
Visit to field projects.
Any other activities that may be necessary in the interest of the Ministry and Interns.
(B) Internship for 2 months duration:
Participation in planning and research related activities. Students are expected to undertake short duration pilot studies/surveys besides undertaking evaluation of MWCD schemes on the issues identified and justified by them or issues listed by the Ministry form its areas of interest/work.
To provide inputs for policy formulation/scheme implementation through empirical research work with the Ministry to supplement the process of policy formulation, implementation of scheme and other initiatives related to women and children.
Participation in-country Seminars/Work or interaction at any such platforms that MWCD may find relevant for young students/scholars for exposure in the field of gender issues and children.
(C) Internship for 6 months duration:
The Activities for Interns during this period will be as provided under point (B) above.
For more details and application procedure please refer the link below-
Lex Chambers (advocates & solicitors) is a full Service Law Firm. The Firm is providing legal services in various practice areas. They strive to provide practical legal solutions in our practice areas with a strong emphasis on professional ethics. Their clients benefit from our expertise and experience as well as enjoy the privilege of personal attention and responsiveness at the level of partners of the firm.
Job Description
Lex Chambers, New Delhi Office, is looking for colleagues for the following –
– Corporate Commercial
Looking for one colleague with PQE of 4-5 years with experience of having handled M&A and transactional work
– General Corporate
Looking for three colleagues with PQE of 1-2 years of drafting, vetting and end to end closure of general contracts
– Real Estate
Looking for three colleagues with PQE of 2-3 years of having undertaken legal title due diligence, generation of diligence reports, drafting and vetting of related documents, lease deeds apart from being familiar with negotiations with counter party
– Litigation
Looking for two colleagues with PQE of 1-2 years of having court exposure including experience in drafting, legal research and general advisory
How to Apply?
Those of you who are interested may write to Secretary@lexchambers.co.in with the subject line reading as “Fresh Opportunity” along with your area of interest in the subject line eg. “Fresh Opportunity- Litigation” or “Fresh Opportunity- Corporate Commercial” or “Fresh Opportunity- General Corporate” or “Fresh Opportunity- Real Estate”.
The Law and Technology Society of NLSIU, Bangalore is a group committed to exploring the boundless contours of the intriguing interface between law and technology. The main objective of the Society is to develop up-to-date learning opportunities in this field by organizing a series of fantastic events. The Dialogue is a research-driven think-tank working on the intersection of technology, society, and public policy. By facilitating informed policy debates at various levels, it aims to drive a progressive narrative in India’s policy discourse.
Theme of the competition
The dynamic nature of the internet requires us to revisit the traditional frameworks and explore more enabling policies for regulating competition in digital space. To encourage critical thinking and public speaking on inter-disciplinary issues the motion for the rounds will be based on ‘Competition Law in the Digital Space.’
Guidelines for the Competition
2 vs 2 format
Participants are encouraged to register in a team of two, however in exceptional cases one can register individually as well. The OC will match the individual registrants through randomised allotment a day before the rounds.
6 minutes will be given to each speaker
1.5 minutes will be given to each team for rebuttals
No. of Pre-break Rounds: 3
Motions for all the pre break rounds will be released 24 hours in advance
Eligibility Criteria
Students/research scholars enrolled in any UG/PG/Ph.D. course from any university are eligible to participate in the competition.
Note: Prior knowledge of law is not prerequisite for participation. The motions will be framed keeping in mind the interests of all the participants and short explainers shall also be released by the organisers on their social media platforms to assist the participants in their preparation.
Registration Details
Interested participants are required to register here. Fee: Rs. 100 per participant Last date for registration: 21st October, 2021 Date of the competition: 23rd-24th October, 2021
Awards
● Mentorship session: All participants will be invited to attend a mentorship session with the echelons of the legal and tech fraternity on the first day of the competition. ● Exciting Cash Prizes: ➔ The Best Team and Runners Up will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and 15,000 respectively. ➔ The semi finalist teams will be awarded Rs. 5,000 each. ➔ The best speaker and second best speaker will be awarded with Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 5,000 respectively.
Contact Details
For any further information/clarification, please reach out to The Law and Technology Society at lawtech@nls.ac.in Shubh Mittal (Convener): 8604133361 Shantanu Mishra (Joint-Convener): 9140452335
The NLUO Law Journal (ISSN 2348-8913) is the flagship publication of National Law University Odisha. The biannual peer-reviewed journal aims to encourage legal scholarship in national and international interdisciplinary legal issues. The journal publishes and curates frontier research in multiple fields under the broad umbrella of contemporary issues in the legal field. While past editions of the journal have included special issues on topical relevance, there is no strict delineation and authors are encouraged to add to the discourse with a topic of their choice for this issue.
THEME FOR THE ISSUE
This issue of the NLUO Law Journal, Volume IX, has no limitations based on theme and will be accepting submissions on broad legal concerns with respect to public law, private law or other cross-cutting issues.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The NLUO Law Journal is published tentatively in the months of January and July every year and accepts submissions on a rolling basis from external contributors. All submissions must be accompanied with a covering letter indicating the name of the author, title of the submission and the email address of the author. The submissions will be reviewed and edited by the Editorial Board under the supervision of the Editor in Chief. Submissions can be in the form of long articles, short notes, case comment/Legislative Comments and book reviews.
WORD LIMIT
The acceptable word limit should not exceed: o Long Articles: 8000-10000 words o Short Notes: 4000-8000 words o Case Comments/Legislative Comments: 3000 words o Book Review: 2000-3000 words
All the word limits mentioned above are exclusive of footnotes. Kindly note that the word limits will be strictly enforced.
All the submissions must consist of an Abstract of not more than 300 words, highlighting the main contribution and a declaration of originality is also to be sent. The abstract will not be included in the word limit. The submission must be sent along with upto 6 Keywords mentioned below the Abstract in the manuscript.
A submission can be co-authored by a maximum of two people. Submissions are invited from academicians, practitioners and research scholars.
In the event that authors send more than one submission for consideration, only the first submission shall be reviewed for publication.
A submission, not published in the issue the author has sent it for, can be considered for publication in the future issues.
FORMATTING AND CITATION GUIDELINES
An appropriate Title must be mentioned in the cover page of the submission. The Title should be Font Type and Size, Times New Roman and 16 respectively. It should be center aligned.
The submission should not contain any biographical information of the author throughout the manuscript.
The body of the text must be font type – Times New Roman, Font Size 12. The alignment should be justified.
The footnotes must be font type – Time New Roman, Font Size 10. The alignment should be justified.
The Line Spacing of the main text and footnotes must be 1.5, 1 respectively.
Use of headings and Subheadings is encouraged throughout the text. Headings: Centre Aligned, Bold, and Font Size – 14, Font Type – Times New Roman. Subheadings: Justified Alignment, Bold, Italicized, Font Size – 12 and Font Type – Times New Roman.
Citations must be uniform and in the OSCOLA Format (4th Edition).
PROCEDURE OF SUBMISSION
Authors are requested to send their original, unpublished submissions in .doc/.docx format to nluojournal@nluo.ac.in
The name of the file must be saved as: Name of the Author(s) + Title of the Submission.
The submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter bearing the following information: ❖ Full Name of the Author(s) ❖ Position / Year of Study (if applicable, of all author(s)) ❖ Institutional Affiliations (if any) ❖ Contact Details of the Author / Co-Author
The email forwarding the submission must contain the following subject line, “SUBMISSION – ‘Name of Author’ – ‘Title of the Paper’ – Vol IX Iss I”.
The authors are required to mention any relevant identification information on the body of the email as well, including their name, contact details, institutional affiliation (if any). The authors are also encouraged to add a bio in a separate word file with such details as deemed necessary and relevant.
CT University’s 1st Prof.(Dr.)Basant K. Sharma Memorial National Moot Court Competition (Virtual) aims at providing a platform to law students to hone their mooting and articulation skills. During the past 2 years amidst pandemic, approximately every family’s dynamics changed, putting lots of long lasting impacts. This Moot Court Competition is designed to enable law students to identify the contemporary legal issues in the family law domain.
This Moot Court Competition is organised in the memory of (Late) Prof. (Dr.) Basant K. Sharma who served as an academician with Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh for more than 30 years. His zeal for teaching and love for community service can still be found amongst his students and the people he worked with.
The 1st Prof. (Dr.)Basant K. Sharma Memorial National Moot Court Competition(Virtual) has been organized by CT University.
Eligibility Criteria :
The Competition shall be open for ‘bona de’ students who are pursuing an integrated 5 Years or 3 Years law Program during current academic year in India from an institution recognized by the Bar Council of India.
Only one team is permitted to participate from each participating institution.
Language & Dress code:
The Language shall be English and the dress code shall be formal. a. Ladies: White Salwar and Kurta or White shirt and black Pant/black skirt along with black coat and black shoes. b. Gentlemen: White shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat and black shoes.
Team Composition:
Each team shall consist of 3 Students (1 as speaker,2nd as speaker and 3rd as researcher).
Each team should identify such speakers and researchers at the time of registration. e researcher is not permied to speak
There shall be no substitution of any team member after a team has submitted its Registration form, except with the permission of the Organizers
Registration
All interested teams shall have to make payment of registration fees amounting to INR 500/- (non-refundable) in the account given below – MODE OF PAYMENT ICICI Bank Jagraon Account name- CT University Account No- 087901003704 IFSC Code – ICIC0000879 *Kindly keep record of the payment done and take a screenshot as the same is to be aached in registration form.
After payment of registration fees interested teams shall register themselves by diligently ling the registration Google Form by clicking the following link: shorturl.at/emALN
Forms received after the deadline shall not be considered for registration.
The receipt of form shall be acknowledged within 48 hours of submission via mail.
Registration of a team shall be confirmed only after receipt of payment and registration form by the organizers. The confirmation of registration shall be conveyed via email.
Upon validation of registration, each team shall be allotted a team code before the competition. During the competition shall be identified by the team code allotted to them.
This position is responsible for supporting the Sales and Legal teams with the facilitation of revenue-generating contracts for Kaplan North America. In this role, the person will serve as the primary contact for the intake and first review of institutional and corporate legal agreements. A successful Contract Administrator will demonstrate a strong attention to detail along with the ability to discover potential risks for our company.
Key Responsibilities:
Prepare sales and purchase contracts
Ensure that employees understand and comply with company contracts
Maintain organized system of digital records in Salesforce
Negotiate contract terms with internal and external business partners
Review and update existing contracts
Explain terms and conditions to sales team members and interested parties
Work with Sales and Legal teams
Requirements:
Proficient is reading/writing in the English language with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Keen attention to detail, with an ability to spot errors
Strong analytical and organizational skills
Proficient with Google Docs, Microsoft Office (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat
Ability to work with varying seniority levels, including staff, managers and external partners
Three to five years experience in project management and/or contract management
