Nishith Desai on Strategy, Law and Tax in India Part 1

Nishith Desai's international law firm is a key player in India, specializing in tax law and strategy. His 30-year old company's focus is on globalization of Indian corporations, international listings, M&A transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, complex information technology and business-process outsourcing transactions. His company helped set up the Indian offices for Google and Amazon, and it works with various corporations, start-ups and venture capital funds. In Part-I of our interview, Nishith talks about his entertainment practice and the various companies and artists that his company represents, including Amitabh Bachchan, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Disney. Nishith also played a key role in the Mauritius route for venture capital companies doing business in India.

Nishith Interview on Investing in India Part 2

In the second part of our conversation with Nishith Desai, we talk about venture capital and the various mechanisms and structures through which capital comes into India. What are the challenges of bringing capital into India? What are the various pass-through mechanisms that are available? Nishith set up one of the first trust-based pass-through mechanisms in India between AIG and IF&FS. What does he think of the 2007 budget and Finance Minister Chidabaram's provisions for VC and investment and pass-through mechanisms in India? We also asked Nishith if there is a bubble in India — you'll have to tune in to find out what Nishith thinks about that.

India Real Estate Jitters

The podcast, India Real Estate Jitters, touches upon a few important factors in the Indian Real Estate. Factors that affect you, me and most of us. For example - Why are real estate prices being driven up? And who are the people involved? Is the real estate bubble just a claim by the media? All this and more, straight from the article authored by the Editor of The India Street, Mr. F. Colton (Podcast by Allan Fernandes).