Call for Papers | SCCLP Corporate Law & Practice Conference 2026 by JGLS: Submit by Jan 29

About Jindal Global Law School

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) is India’s first global law school, part of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in Sonipat, Haryana, known for its international curriculum, top-tier faculty, and extensive global collaborations with universities like Harvard and Yale, focusing on domestic, international, and comparative law with programs from undergraduate to doctoral levels

About SCCLP

The Student Chapter for Corporate Law & Practice (SCCLP) is a distinguished student-led initiative at JGLS designed to cultivate practical competency, research orientation, and interaction with corporate law practitioners. SCCLP regularly conducts workshops, guest lectures, and applied research projects to help students understand deal-making, governance practices, investment structures, and regulatory requirements in real corporate settings.

About GBLR

The Global Business Law Review Blog (GBLR) is SCCLP’s dedicated publishing platform focused on contemporary corporate and business law scholarship. It provides students and emerging professionals the opportunity to showcase analytical work, industry-aligned commentary, and regulatory insights. Select submissions from this conference will undergo editorial review for publication, offering participants an avenue to make meaningful contributions to business law discourse.

Conference Background

India’s corporate landscape is changing faster than ever. Capital is increasingly global, deal-making is more sophisticated, and the expectations placed on companies are far higher than they used to be. Boards today must navigate a world where strategy, compliance, technology, and reputation are deeply intertwined and where every major decision has governance consequences. It is no longer enough for businesses to deliver returns, they are expected to act responsibly toward the people and institutions who are affected by their decisions.

Distress resolution has also entered the heart of governance debates. With the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code maturing into a powerful restructuring tool, we are seeing real shifts in how companies respond to financial stress from accountability in promoter behaviour to the rights and influence of different creditor classes. But challenges remain: how do we strengthen capacity in the system? How do we ensure fair outcomes for stakeholders whose voices are often overlooked? These questions are now central to the health of India’s economy.

Meanwhile, digital transformation has become unavoidable. Companies operate in a world where data powers everyday decisions, yet the risks of misuse or breach carry serious legal and reputational costs. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act signals a new era where privacy and technology governance sit firmly at the board level. Add emerging tools like artificial intelligence reshapes diligence, execution, and oversight, and it is clear that corporate governance is adapting in real time to innovations that didn’t exist even a decade ago.

What all of this shows is that corporate governance in India is a living system, constantly shaped by business innovation, regulatory shifts, and the expectations of those who trust companies with their capital, data, and livelihoods. The task ahead is to build governance models that are resilient to economic shocks, responsive to technological change, and genuinely aligned with long-term value rather than short-term wins.

This conference aims to bring these ideas into practical conversation, drawing from real transactions, enforcement trends, and boardroom experience to understand where governance is heading. By bringing together academics, practitioners, and regulators, we hope to spark solutions that help companies not just keep pace with change, but lead it and shape a corporate future for India that is responsible, globally connected, and ambitious in every sense.

Conference Tracks

Track 1: Deal Making: Financing Innovation & Modern M&A Structuring

• Acquisition finance evolution: leveraged buyouts, private credit syndication, and blended capital stacks
• Risk-balanced pricing tools: earn-outs, escrows, indemnity caps, and valuation bridge mechanisms
• People-driven transactions: acquihires, MBOs, retention economics, and cultural integration challenges
• IP & data-centric M&A: diligence of digital assets, cyber liability allocation, and data licensing structures
• Strategic alliances & JV architecture: step-in rights, exit waterfalls, governance sharing, and long-term option mechanics

Track 2: Exit Engineering: Private Capital & Public Market Exit Strategies

• Mid-cycle liquidity solutions: secondary sales, roll-overs, and concentrated investor transfers
• Choosing the exit lane: strategic vs. financial buyer dynamics, competition sensitivities & regulator expectations
• Market-based exits: block/bulk deals, market-making in IPO-linked exits, delisting and buyback pathways
• Sponsor continuity tools: continuation funds, GP-led restructurings, and conflict safeguards
• Contractual exit enforcement: ROFR/ROFO architecture, drag-along execution, and minority protection design

Track 3: Technology & Automation in Corporate Transactions

• Deployment of AI in deal pipelines: red-flag analytics, contract summarisation, continuous compliance
• Smart contracting ecosystems: automated closings, conditional triggers, enforceability in India
• Digital by design governance models: algorithmic oversight, fraud detection, and internal controls
• Tokenised equity & asset-backed digital instruments in corporate financing
• Mapping AI accountability: liability for automated decision-making, human-in-the-loop rules

Track 4: Cross Border Structuring & Multi Jurisdictional Control

• Designing cross border M&A to mitigate public policy and regulatory hostility
• Shareholder enforcement overseas: treaty protections, arbitration clauses, recognition of judgments/awards
• Capital mobility risk: FEMA interface with flip structures, earn-outs, deferred consideration, exits
• Parent-subsidiary risk shields: jurisdictional veil piercing and value leakage in global groups
• Extraterritorial oversight: enforcement of anti-bribery, sanctions and foreign regulatory action impacting Indian deals

Track 5: Insolvency, Homebuyer Rights & Stakeholder Resolution

• Consumer-investor duality: homebuyer voting powers, conflict management & decision economics
• Pre-packs and out-of-court workouts: director duties, valuation standards, holdout dynamics
• Resolution strategy design: avoiding liquidation bias, value maximisation innovations
• Promoter conduct: shadow control, related-party abuse, and governance failure triggers
• Group insolvency: enterprise value pooling, COMI disputes & multi-state enforcement

Track 6: Data Governance, DPDP Compliance & Corporate Accountability

• Board-integrated privacy governance: reporting lines, certifications, internal assurance
• DPDP in transactions: data room hygiene, classified datasets, safe-harbour models for sharing
• Cyber breaches: allocation of risk between target and buyer, insurance, indemnity architecture
• RegTech transformation: real-time regulatory alerts, automated filing and reporting duties
• Data sovereignty as an enterprise risk: localisation strategy, regulator-to-regulator co-operation

Date

19 April 2026

Venue

O.P. Jindal Global University

Mode

Offline Event

Submission Guidelines

• Submission Deadline: 29^th January, 2026
• Word Limit: 3000–4000 words (excluding references)
• Co-authorship: Up to two authors
• Email: [email protected]

Rewards & Recognition

• Cash prizes for top submissions
• Select papers will be published on GBLR
• Shortlisted authors will be invited to present at the conference
• Certificates awarded to all presenters

Contact Info

For any queries: [email protected]