Article
Preference Liquidation - Hit or Miss?
by Priyanshi Singhal
The article in this issue of Corporate Amicus discusses the merits of Liquidation Preference (LP) which is an active option with the investors who seek to secure their investments. Liquidation preference ensures returns on a predetermined price for an investment in the event of liquidation. According to the author, in the absence of sufficient legal precedent, or any clarification by the department, on whether returns featuring out of liquidation and/or winding up proceedings would qualify as ‘assured returns’, accommodating an LP clause under the extent foreign exchange laws, in light of the existing Pricing Guidelines, appears to be a tricky proposition. Raising the issue of enforceability of the LP clauses in Indian courts since no such matter has surfaced so far, the author emphasises that the way LP clauses in an agreement are drafted will be crucial to determine its implementation…
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