4-Week Online Certificate Course on Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence & AI by DNLU, Jabalpur [8 Experts]: Enrol by Oct 23

About DNLU, Jabalpur

Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur is a public National Law University established in 2018 by the Madhya Pradesh Dharmashastra National Law University Act (Act No. 24 of 2018).

About IALA

Integrated Academy for Law & AI (IALA) is India’s only academy dedicated to Law & AI programmes, teaching core areas of law with the power of AI integration. IALA offers industry-oriented courses designed in collaboration with leading law firms, legal professionals, and technology experts to equip learners with future-ready legal and AI skills.

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Why Join this Course?

India’s M&A market crossed USD 123 billion in 2025, and 2026 rewrote the rulebook. A new Income-tax Act, a new merger-control threshold, a new takeover pricing regime and a new Companies Act amendment all landed in the same year.

Firms need associates who know the current law and can run a data room, not the 2019 version. This course builds both, plus the AI workflows that decide who gets staffed on the deal.

Career opportunities span law firms, in-house legal teams, private equity and venture capital, transaction advisory, and insolvency practice.

This course on Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence & AI is offered in collaboration with BRIDGE, a centre of Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur, which works to bridge legal academia and industry practice, guided by “Knowledge to enterprise, by advocacy.”

Course Eligibility

This course is open to anyone building a career in M&A, corporate law or transaction advisory, including:

• Law Students (UG & PG)
• Young Lawyers & Corporate Associates
• Company Secretaries & CAs moving into transactions
• In-house Counsels
• Compliance and Deal Support Professionals

No prior experience required.

Course Modules

Module 1 — M&A Foundations and Deal Lifecycle

• Deal forms: merger, demerger, slump sale, asset purchase, share purchase
• Control, material influence and minority positions
• Parties and mandates, buy-side vs sell-side
• Distressed M&A: IBC route, Section 29A, resolution plan acquisitions
• Preliminary documents: NDA, standstill, term sheet, exclusivity
• Signing to closing, conditionality and timelines

Module 2 — The 2026 Regulatory Map

• Schemes under Sections 230 to 233 and the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
• Decriminalisation and its effect on reps, warranties and indemnity
• CCI: Deal Value Threshold, substantial business operations test, green channel, 150-day review
• Gun-jumping and the relevant turnover penalty base
• SAST triggers: 25%, creeping acquisition, control, open-offer sizing
• SAST Amendment 2025: Independent Registered Valuers, SEBI-ordered valuation

Module 3 — Cross-Border, Tax and Financing

• FDI mapping: sectoral caps, insurance opening, Press Note 3 relaxation
• FEMA, NDI pricing, cross-border mergers under Section 234
• Income-tax Act, 2025: what changed from the 1961 Act
• Section 116: loss carry-forward capped, transitional treatment
• Tax neutrality, indirect transfer, GAAR, stamp duty
• Valuation and acquisition finance: IBBI valuers, RBI framework 2026

Module 4 — Due Diligence: Scope, Data Room and Core Workstreams

• Scoping: red-flag vs full-scope vs confirmatory, materiality thresholds
• DD request list and follow-up rounds
• VDR management: indexing, access tiers, Q&A logs, privilege
• Corporate and secretarial: cap table, approvals, registers, SBO
• Contracts: change of control, assignment, MAC, termination
• Litigation, tax, regulatory and employment exposure, quantification

Module 5 — Data, Technology and AI Diligence

• DPDP readiness against the November 2026 and May 2027 milestones
• Pricing the DPDP gap into CPs, price adjustment or indemnity
• Cybersecurity, CERT-In and breach history in the lookback period
• IP chain of title and open-source licence contamination
• AI assets: model provenance, training-data rights, LLM vendor terms
• EU AI Act exposure and Indian AI governance

Module 6 — From Findings to Deal Documents

• Drafting the DD report: structure, risk rating, qualifications
• Red flags into deal terms: CPs, price adjustment, escrow, walk-away
• SPA architecture: reps, disclosure schedules, covenants, caps, baskets
• W&I insurance and its effect on the indemnity negotiation
• Closing mechanics and post-closing covenants
• Sequencing CCI, NCLT, FDI and SEBI timelines

Module 7 — AI Workflows for M&A and Due Diligence

• Workspace and guardrails across Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini: anonymisation, client consent, verification
• Grounded deal corpus in NotebookLM: data room and regulations, queried with citations
• Contract review at scale in Claude: clause extraction, anomaly flagging, SPA redlining, DD report drafting
• Structured deliverables in ChatGPT and Gemini: request lists, issue trackers, risk matrices, CP checklists
• Target and regulatory awareness in Perplexity: promoter checks, CCI and SEBI order tracking
• The professional stack and its limits: Kira, Luminance, Harvey, Spellbook, VDR-native AI

Module 8 — The M&A Practice: Role, Roadmap and Revenue

• Post-closing execution: filings, novation, employee transition, licences
• Integration failures and disputed indemnity claims
• Scoping diligence and transaction support as a paid engagement
• Career pathways: firms, in-house, PE/VC, transaction advisory, IBC practice
• Building the profile: deal CV, sample DD report and issue tracker

Esteemed Mentors

Learn from practitioners at leading law firms and transaction practices:

1. Parth Singh — Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
2. Dr. Praveen Tripathi — Registrar, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
3. Thanuja Palla — Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
4. Shruti Lohia — Partner, AQUI Law
5. Rachana Rautray — Technology & Media Specialist Counsel
6. Abhisshek Singlla — Partner, IC RegFin Legal
7. Mahak Khanna — Partner, Antares Legal
8. Agastya Shukla — Legal Operations & AI Consultant

Perks & Bonuses

• Lifetime Access to Recorded Lectures
• Advanced QR-Verifiable Certificate in Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence & AI from IALA
• Live Q&A with Experts
• Curated Course Notes: 100+ Pages Covering the Full Course
• The M&A Prompt Library: 200+ Deal Prompts for Diligence, Drafting and Review
• The Due Diligence Toolkit: Master Request List, DD Report Template, Issue Tracker and CP Checklist
• The Mock Data Room: 30 Deal Documents with Planted Red Flags, Plus the Solved Key
• The Deal Execution Playbook: Term Sheet to Closing, with the 2026 Regulatory Approval Matrix
• The Recruiter & Employer Contact List: Where to Find M&A and Transaction Roles
• The 1 to 5 Year Detailed Career Roadmap: Your Path to M&A Associate and Corporate Counsel

Duration

8 Live Sessions across 4 Weekends

Dates: 24 October – 15 November 2026 (Weekends only)

Mode: Online, Live

Session Length: 1.5 to 2 hours each

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Last Date to Enrol

Oct 23

Enrolment Procedure

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