NOLEGEIN Journal of Corporate & Business Laws

NOLEGEIN Journal of Corporate & Business Laws [2581-7779(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2018 that provides a platform to discuss new issues in the area of Business globalization and information technology. The journal also seeks to advance the quality of research by publishing papers introducing or elaborating on Digital Markets and Informational support.

• Corporate Law and Business Regulation: Research on company formation, corporate personality, corporate powers, statutory compliance, regulatory frameworks, and the legal responsibilities of companies operating in domestic and international markets.
• Corporate Governance and Board Accountability: Studies on board structure, directors’ duties, fiduciary obligations, shareholder oversight, executive accountability, board independence, corporate disclosure, transparency, and governance reforms affecting public and private companies.
• Corporate Contracts and Commercial Transactions: Research on contract formation, performance, breach, remedies, force majeure, specific performance, commercial obligations, negotiation, drafting, and interpretation of business agreements in domestic and cross-border transactions.
• Agency, Delegation, and Principal–Agent Relationships: Studies on agency law, delegated management, principal–agent problems, moral hazard, adverse selection, managerial incentives, portfolio delegation, fiduciary responsibilities, and contractual mechanisms for aligning stakeholder interests.
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring: Research on mergers, takeovers, amalgamations, demergers, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, due diligence, shareholder protection, regulatory approvals, and legal issues arising from corporate restructuring.
• Securities, Capital Markets, and Corporate Finance: Studies on securities issuance, capital raising, debt and equity financing, investor protection, disclosure requirements, corporate financing arrangements, portfolio management, asset pricing, and legal aspects of capital-market participation.
• Competition Law and Market Regulation: Research on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, market concentration, unfair competition, digital-market regulation, and the relationship between competition law and corporate strategy.
• Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and Corporate Distress: Studies on corporate insolvency, restructuring, creditor rights, resolution processes, liquidation, distressed assets, directors’ duties during financial distress, and legal frameworks for business rescue.
• Corporate Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management: Research on compliance systems, internal controls, corporate investigations, whistleblowing, anti-corruption measures, legal risk management, ethical governance, regulatory enforcement, and organizational accountability.
• Digital Markets and Technology-Driven Business Law: Studies on digital platforms, online marketplaces, e-commerce, data-driven business models, artificial intelligence, blockchain, algorithmic decision-making, and emerging legal issues associated with technology-enabled commercial activity. This retains the journal’s existing emphasis on digital markets and informational support while placing it within a clearer corporate-law framework.
• Data Governance, Privacy, and Corporate Information Management: Research on corporate data governance, commercial use of data, information security, privacy obligations, data sharing, digital records, cybersecurity compliance, and legal responsibilities associated with business information systems.
• Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG: Studies on corporate social responsibility, environmental, social and governance obligations, sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, non-financial disclosure, responsible investment, and legal accountability for corporate sustainability commitments.
• Business Globalization and Cross-Border Corporate Law: Research on multinational enterprises, cross-border business structures, foreign investment, international commercial transactions, subsidiary governance, transnational corporate regulation, and legal issues arising from globalization. The journal currently identifies business globalization as a central area of interest.
• Shareholder and Stakeholder Rights: Studies on shareholder remedies, minority protection, voting rights, derivative actions, stakeholder participation, investor activism, employee interests, creditor protections, and the balancing of competing interests within corporate governance.
• Corporate Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation: Research on corporate litigation, shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, arbitration, mediation, conciliation, commercial courts, enforcement of awards, and other mechanisms for resolving business and corporate conflicts.
• Corporate Taxation and Regulatory Compliance: Studies on the interaction between corporate law and taxation, including tax governance, corporate structuring, compliance obligations, cross-border tax issues, and legal risks associated with business taxation.
• Intellectual Property and Commercialization: Research on licensing, technology transfer, franchising, trade secrets, intellectual-property commercialization, brand protection, corporate innovation, and contractual arrangements involving intangible business assets.
• International and Comparative Corporate Law: Comparative research on company law, corporate governance, business regulation, shareholder protection, commercial contracting, corporate accountability, and cross-border legal frameworks across different jurisdictions.
• Indian Corporate and Business Law: Research on the Companies Act, securities regulation, insolvency law, competition law, foreign-investment regulation, commercial contracting, judicial developments, and contemporary reforms affecting Indian businesses. Comparative and interdisciplinary work is welcome where corporate or business law forms the central legal contribution.