Indian watchdog may ease stance on common directors in merger reviews
By Freny Patel ( April 7, 2025, 00:15 GMT | Insight) -- India's competition watchdog has signaled a willingness to re-examine its stance on "interlocking" directorates and access to commercially sensitive information in response to growing industry concerns about their impact on mergers and acquisitions during merger reviews. Competition Commission of India's chairperson, Ravneet Kaur, acknowledged the need to seriously consider alternative comfort measures when it comes to common directors.India's competition watchdog has signaled its willingness to re-examine the contentious issue of "interlocking" directorates in response to growing concerns from industry about its impact on mergers and acquisitions during merger reviews....
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