Thanks to globalisation, the assimilation of legal principles across jurisdictions is not uncommon. Assimilation is not a novel concept, as laws, being statutory responses to states’ socio-economic needs, cannot be perceived in isolation given international trends drifting towards globalisation.
Assimilation comes with specific advantages for emerging economies, as their commercial legal systems are relatively nascent and, consequently, flexible enough to mould themselves towards garnering investments. Assimilation can also be instrumental in securing protections and facilitating the interests of emerging economies if tailored appropriately. However, the limited shreds of assimilation traceable in corporate legal systems are unstructured, unregulated and fragmented. If harnessed productively, assimilation has the potential to sprout synergic waves of constructive outcomes, creating relatively friction-free exchanges among jurisdictions involved in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.
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Gaurav G. Arora is a Partner at JSA with over 12 years of experience advising multinational corporations, investment funds, and high-growth businesses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate structuring, cross-border transactions, foreign direct investment, and general corporate matters. He regularly advises clients on complex domestic and international transactions across the technology, healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, retail, and services sectors. Gaurav is recognised as an ALB India Rising Star and among the Top 10 Young Lawyers by ALB Thomson Reuters.