The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Masterclass: Evolving Trends and Future Directions, enacted in 2016, is one of India's most significant legal reforms aimed at streamlining the process of insolvency and bankruptcy resolution. It provides a time-bound and efficient framework for resolving corporate insolvencies and ensuring that the interests of all stakeholders, including creditors, debtors, and investors, are balanced.
Key Objectives of IBC:
IBC is widely regarded as a game-changer for India’s corporate and financial sectors, promoting responsible borrowing and lending practices and contributing to a more robust economic ecosystem. The Code has evolved through various amendments and judicial interpretations, making it a dynamic tool for corporate restructuring and resolution
Key benefits:
Attending the 2-day training program on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) offers several key benefits for professionals engaged in corporate finance, insolvency, and legal fields. Here are the core advantages based on the program agenda:
By the end of the program, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the field of insolvency and corporate restructuring under the IBC framework.
Insolvency target audience
Mani James, Chief Business Officer, Mosaic Digital
Trainer: Sumit Khanna, Co Founder, ReaRCo Private Limited
Trainer: Dr. Siddharth Srivastava, Partner, Khaitan & Co
Trainer: Ravi Bhasin, Senior Partner, AZB & Partners
Trainer: Varghese Thomas, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors
Trainer: Sumant Batra, Insolvency Lawyer, President, Insolvency Law Academy
Trainers:
Soumitra Majumdar, Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors
Dr. Siddharth Srivastava, Partner, Khaitan & Co
Ravi Bhasin, Senior Partner, AZB & Partners
Sumant Batra is an insolvency lawyer of global eminence. A Distinguished Fellow of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, and Visiting Professor of National Law University, Delhi, Batra is ranked amongst the top 30 global restructuring lawyers. He also holds the distinction of being the only International Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy from India.
As senior consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, OECD, and Asian Development Bank, he has been deeply involved in insolvency reforms, globally. He has also been deeply engaged in development of the insolvency policy and industry in India, and is considered as one of the key architects of Indian insolvency industry.
He is Past President of INSOL International and holds the distinction of being the youngest and the only Asian ever to have been elected as President of the 43 years old global organisation representing the insolvency industry.
Ranked as No. 1 insolvency lawyer of the country for many consecutive years, he has advised in nearly all big insolvency cases.
He is the Founder of Insolvency Law Academy, the country’s first institute of excellence in insolvency set up to complement the efforts of the policy makers and market institutions in developing a robust insolvency framework and industry in India and beyond.
Batra’s book, Corporate Insolvency Principles and Practice is considered amongst the most authoritative scholarly work on insolvency. His most recent book, The Jaypee Infra Insolvency Saga, tells the story of India’s most complex insolvency case.
Ravi Bhasin is a Senior Partner at AZB & Partners with over 16 years of experience. His practice primarily focuses on Insolvency Restructuring and M&A.
Ravi has advised clients on various restructuring matters, including on the buy-side from an acquisition perspective in various sectors including pharmaceuticals, real estate, manufacturing, etc.
Ravi has been involved in advising resolution applicants in their acquisition of companies under insolvency, and also advised bidders for companies under liquidation. He has been involved in several successful bids for such acquisitions and has also assisted clients in respect of the final approval of the plan at judicial forums and has also advised in defending challenges to such bids in courts/ tribunals.
His practice area also includes private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate and regulatory advisory, foreign investment, debt funding, insolvency restructuring and acquisitions. He has advised clients (including private equity funds and strategic investors) on various transactions involving equity and debt investments including listed and unlisted non- convertible debentures), and joint ventures.
His experience includes advising on structuring various transactions, advising on entry and exit routes and strategies and also foreign investment regulations amongst others.
Sumit Khanna is a turna, round and an M&A specialist who switched lanes to undertake entrepreneurship post a successful professional career spanning three decades.
He co-founded ReaRCo Private Limited, a unique platform to take over and turn around distressed real estate assets. ReaRCo is in the process of implementing Residential Real Estate Developments of 3.5 mn sqft and an 800 acre Tea Estate, pan India.
Currently, he is stetting up a vehicle for the acquisition of distressed assets other than in the real estate sector.
During his stint as a working professional, Sumit built and led the M&A and restructuring practices across one of India’s largest conglomerates, one of the largest global banks, a bulge bracket investment bank, and the two largest professional services firms in the world.
He has a diverse experience and has managed and led:
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