Anisha Chand is a Mumbai-based partner with Khaitan & Co’s competition / antitrust law practice. Anisha Chand advises domestic and multinational companies on a full spectrum of competition matters, including cartel enforcement, abuse of dominance, merger control, leniency, dawn raids and competition audit / compliance. Her cross-sectoral experience includes both traditional sectors such as cement, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, etc. and new age markets such as e-commerce, radio taxis, digital media, etc. Anisha holds extensive merger control experience through involvement in complex and challenging M&A deals. For instance, she was involved in the first phase II investigation in India in Sun Pharma/Ranbaxy. Other recent and significant matters include Reliance Retail Ventures / Future Group, Brookfield Asset Management / RMZ Corp, Nuvoco Vistas Corp/Emami Cement, Nippon Express/Future Supply Chain Solutions, Advent International/Aditya Birla Capital, Nippon Life Insurance / Reliance Nippon AMC, Pfizer, Inc./ GlaxoSmithKline plc., Sony Pictures/Ten Sports, SoftBank/Flipkart, Zydus Wellness/Kraft Heinz, etc. Anisha has also advised clients in some watershed enforcement cases in India including the cement cartel case, tyre cartel case, and the auto-parts (dominance) case. Anisha Chand has been a resource person on merger control and abuse of dominance modules for the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Anisha Chand has been consistently recognised for her expertise in Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders. She has featured as a Recommended Lawyer in the competition space in the Legal 500 (Asia Pacific). She has been recognised as a noted competition lawyer in the 2020 edition of GCR 100 and also as the youngest lawyer among GCR’s 40 Under 40 survey of 2020. Anisha has also contributed extensively on behalf of the firm to the initiatives by the Competition Law review Committee in reviewing and recommending reforms to the Indian competition law regime.
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Indian Competition Authority Publishes the Draft Merger Regulations with Guidance on Deal Value Threshold* On 11 April 2023, the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Amendment Act) received presidential assent to reform the Competition Act, 2002. The Amendment Act proposed expansive changes to (...)
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The conflict between online food delivery platforms and the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) is about to reach boiling point. The NRAI filed allegations of anticompetitive practices against the offending parties (OPs) – Bundl Technologies Private Limited (Swiggy) and Zomato (...)
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In its order dated 9 March 2022, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) penalized Adani Green Energy Limited (“Adani Green”) for gun jumping in connection with its acquisition of S.B. Energy Holding Limited (“SB Energy” / “Target”). Per the CCI, the central issue was of Adani Green (...)
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Tring Tring! CCI calls in the market study on Indian telecom sector* On 22 January 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) published its market study on the Indian telecom sector (Market Study). Initiated by the CCI in January 2020 as part of its advocacy measures, the Market Study (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Two recent cartel findings in quick succession, yet no penalties in either. Strange as it may seem, it is true. We speak of the Competition Commission of India (...)
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Introduction “We are all now connected by the internet like neurons in a giant brain,” these were the words of renowned theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, and he couldn’t have said it better. In today’s digital age, internet and technology have permeated every sphere of one’s life. Be (...)
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Gun Jumping in Merger Control: A Jurisdictional Guide
