India’s capital markets are experiencing a remarkable surge in activity, with a significant increase in IPO volumes, transformative new-age technology listings, and unprecedented retail participation levels. In this dynamic environment, law firms are no longer willing to accommodate learning curves, expecting their associates to have comprehensive knowledge of the entire IPO process from the outset. This includes structuring, diligence, drafting the offer document, book-building, pricing, and ensuring post-listing compliance.
Recognizing the need for immediate readiness in capital markets practice, the National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi), through its Centre for Regulatory Studies (CRS), has teamed up with Mentblue to introduce a Certificate Course on Capital Market Transactions: Law & Practice (IPOs, QIPs, Rights & Hybrids). This course is part of ‘The Practice Series,’ a collaborative initiative designed to provide participants with an authentic experience of executing capital market transactions within Tier 1 ECM teams.
Why Choose This Course?
The course is led by a practitioner-focused faculty that includes partners from esteemed law firms such as S&R Associates, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal, and JSA Advocates & Solicitors. These experts not only teach but also actively engage in structuring, executing, and closing capital markets transactions.
Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire IPO lifecycle, from initial structuring to listing and post-listing compliance, following the actual sequence of a deal. Furthermore, the course includes applied drafting assignments based on real Indian capital markets transactions rather than hypothetical scenarios.
Additional resources include a document library featuring offer document precedents, transaction agreements, comfort letters, disclosure templates, and transaction checklists. The course is supervised by the Centre for Regulatory Studies at NLU Delhi, and successful participants will receive a certification from the university.
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The flexible format of weekend-only live sessions, coupled with six-month recording access, makes this course suitable for both law students and working professionals.
Course Modules
The course comprises five modules:
- Module 1: Introduction to the equity capital markets, key stakeholders, and the IPO roadmap and transaction timeline.
- Module 2: Examination of the regulatory framework, including SEBI ICDR, the Companies Act, SCRA, LODR, and continuous disclosure obligations.
- Module 3: Focus on legal due diligence, preparatory work, restated financials, the auditor’s comfort process, and a mid-course assignment workshop.
- Module 4: Detailed exploration of the offer document, key transaction agreements, marketing, book-building, pricing, anchor investors, allotment, and international offerings.
- Module 5: Post-listing obligations, corporate governance, REITs, InvITs, QIPs, rights issues, preferential allotment, FPOs, a final assignment workshop, and career roadmap session.
Course Faculty and Eligibility
The course is taught by distinguished partners including Reuben Chacko, Jabarati Chandra, Shubhangi Garg, Abhiroop Lahiri, Abhiroop Datta, Oishika Dasgupta, Anshu Bansal, Maitreya Rajurkar, and Tanvi Kini.
Eligible participants include law students (LL.B. / LL.M.), advocates, law firm associates, in-house counsel, company secretaries, CA/CS/CMA/CFA candidates, merchant bankers, compliance officers, and graduates with corporate, strategy, or transactional experience.
Programme Details
Enrollment is currently open for the course, which consists of 17 live online sessions across five modules, scheduled from August to October 2026. Classes are held on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 AM IST. The course is conducted online with a fee of ₹15,000 (inclusive of all taxes). Group nominations from law firms, corporates, and in-house teams are accepted upon request.
Upon completion, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NLU Delhi, issued by the Centre for Regulatory Studies. Interested individuals can register at mentblue.com/courses. For further inquiries, contact support@mentblue.com or call +91 92896 57727 / +91 96256 19518.
