Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co and WB National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) are elated to announce the First Edition of the ‘WB NUJS – SAM FinTech Moot Court Competition, 2023-2024’.

This competition scheduled for 5-6 August at NUJS Kolkata campus is set to be a highly competitive event with 20 leading college teams debating over the challenges associated with regulating private cryptocurrencies before an eminent panel of judges. It aims to focus on the challenges faced by regulators while developing a framework to regulate virtual digital tokens and assets.

Commenting on this, Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Partner and Head-FinTech, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co said, “We are delighted to collaborate with NUJS Kolkata to host the inaugural NUJS – SAM Fintech Moot Court competition, 2023-2024. We hope the competition allows the lawyers of tomorrow to come face to face with the key legal issue of today. We are committed to supporting initiatives that promote intellectual curiosity, academic excellence, and innovation in the legal industry. "

About Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.:

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., founded on a century of legal achievements, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms. The Firm’s mission is to enable business by providing solutions as trusted advisers through excellence, responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration. SAM & Co. is known globally for its exceptional practices in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, competition law, insolvency & bankruptcy, dispute resolution, capital markets, banking & finance, and projects & infrastructure.

The Firm has a pan-India presence and has been at the helm of major headline transactions and litigations in all sectors, besides advising major multinational corporates on their entry into the Indian market and their business strategy. Currently, SAM has around 775 lawyers including 158 Partners, offering legal services through its offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai.

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