About

The Centre for Business and Commercial Laws (‘CBCL’) of The National Law Institute

University, Bhopal in collaboration with Trilegal, is organizing the NLIU-Trilegal Summit on

Mergers and Acquisitions in India on March 4-5, 2016. The Summit invites participation

from delegates and paper presenters. Both are expected to submit either an article or an essay

on Mergers and Acquisitions within the contours of the sub-themes in light of the relevant

legal provisions. Three submissions under each sub-theme across both categories, i.e., essays

and articles shall be selected for presentation. In addition to this, the top fifteen submissions

(inclusive of the submissions that are presented) from both categories shall be published in an

ISBN certified book commemorating the Summit, that shall be distributed exclusively to the

authors attending the Summit.

Sub-themes

The submissions must be within the contours of the following sub-themes:

1. Mergers and Acquisitions gone bad and Private Equity Exits.

2. Mergers and Acquisitions in E-commerce Sector/Pharmaceutical Sector/ Technology

sector: drivers and challenges.

3. Current issues in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Categories

Submissions can be made under the following categories:

• Articles: Manuscripts under this category should be 4000-6000 words long dealing with

an issue in-depth and demonstrating a comparatively higher level of analysis. Co-

authoring of papers (maximum two) among individuals of same or different institutions

is permissible.

• Essays: Manuscripts being submitted under this category should either cover a recent

development or be issue-specific within the word limit of 2000 to 3000 words. Co-

authorship is not permissible.

Kindly note that the word limit is inclusive of footnotes. Strict adherence to the word limit is

highly prescribed.

Submission Guidelines

1. Authors who wish to present their work at the Summit are requested to submit an

abstract on or before January 20, 2016 not exceeding 300 words. The Author must

categorically mention the specific contribution of the Article, beyond the existing

available literature, and the practical utility of his/her recommendations.

2. The main text of the article and the abstract should be formatted in Times New

Roman font, size 12. The footnotes shall be formatted in Times New Roman, size 10.

Text should have justified alignment and the line spacing should be kept at 1.5 for

main body and 1.0 for footnotes, with a margin of one inch on all sides. Kindly follow

the Bluebook (19th edition) as the uniform method of citation.

3. All papers should be accompanied by a cover letter mentioning the name, contact

details including address and phone number of the author(s) and name and address of

her/his University/Institution.

Deadline

No abstracts shall be accepted for consideration after 11:59 pm on January 20, 2016. The last

date for submission of complete manuscripts, for both articles and essays, is February 10,

2016 (11:59 pm).

The abstracts, full papers and clarifications should be e-mailed to

trilegal.nliusummit@gmail.com.

Registration Fee

The Registration fee shall be 1000 for entries with single authors and 1500 for entries with₹ ₹

co-authorship. Only those students whose papers are selected for publication in the book

commemorating the Summit will be required to pay the registration fee.

Rewards

The Rewards in the two categories shall be as follows:

Article:

Winner- Would be awarded an internship with Trilegal along with a cash prize of 11,000.₹

Runner-up- Would be awarded a cash prize of 8,000.₹

Essay:

Winner- Would be awarded a cash prize of 11,000.₹

Runner-up- Would be awarded a cash prize of 8,000.₹

Contact Details:

In case of any queries, kindly drop an e-mail to the abovementioned address or contact

Garima Gupta (Co-Convenor, CBCL): +91-91657 86703;

Shivani Garg (Secretary, CBCL): +91-89897 17473

The Brochure of the Summit can be accessed HERE. The guidelines of submission can be

accessed HERE.