Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comparative Study between India and the USA

This book presents a comparative analysis of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMA) in terms of competitive framework and procedures between India and the United States of America.

It discusses themes like statutes, regulations, rulings, legislations and analysis of CBMA; competition law, antitrust, and demerger; new legal initiatives by India like New Economic Policy (NEP), Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation and amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA); and the impact of COVID on CBMA, to showcase the challenges and opportunities of specific CBMA experience in India in a global framework.

This book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of law, corporate law, company law, international company law, corporate governance, international relations, public policy, international trade law, economics, and for practitioners, policymakers and consultants working on the subject.

Boppudi Naga Ramesh belonged to the Indian Police Service (1988 batch), and worked in West Bengal cadre and in different parts of India, fighting anti-insurgency forces and left-wing extremist forces in the Kashmir Valley and in central Indian states. As a civil engineer, he worked for TATAS and earned an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. A triple PhD, his first PhD was from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; his second PhD was from the National Police Academy, Hyderabad; and the third PhD was from National Law University, Delhi, India. He is MA Psychology, LLB, LLM and Post-Doc Fellow from JNU, New Delhi. He retired as a DGP, in West Bengal, and presently is a Professor of Law and Management at Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad, where he pursues a postdoctoral fellowship in LLD. He won the President of India Police Medal for Meritorious Services and many other medals which include the distinguished alumni medal from IIT Kharagpur. He has participated in many marathons and is an international cyclist as a commando trainer.