Presentations

Bilateral and regional trade agreements (FTAs/BTAs/CEPAs) are becoming critical instruments for enabling strategic cross-border investments by providing enhanced investor confidence, greater market access, and strengthened investment-protection frameworks. As India has signed and advances major agreements with Japan, UK, Australia, UAE, US, EU, and the recently concluded India–EFTA FTA, capital flows are expected to accelerate significantly across priority sectors, including manufacturing, renewable energy, infrastructure, technology, healthcare, logistics, and financial services. These agreements also increasingly feature modern dispute-resolution frameworks and robust protection standards, reducing risk perception and enhancing certainty for cross-border M&A. This session will examine investment-driven M&A opportunities, dispute-resolution considerations, and risk-allocation strategies, along with practical precautions that investors, corporates, and advisors must take when leveraging new trade corridors