In collaboration with BRIDGE, DNLU Jabalpur
Master M&A the way Tier 1 associates work it, in 4 weekends.
No M&A background needed. We start from the basics and take you to structuring a deal, live with law firm partners. You also get 100+ pages of notes, a 30-document mock data room and a due diligence toolkit.
Taught live by DNLU Jabalpur and partners from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Hammurabi & Solomon, Aquilaw, IC RegFin Legal and Antares Legal.
Advanced certificate course
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Live on Zoom · 1.5 to 2 hours per session
QR-verifiable certificate with BRIDGE, DNLU Jabalpur
No prior M&A experience required
Indian M&A law changed in 2026. Most textbooks haven't.
Firms want associates who know the current rules and can work a data room. These four changes are taught in the course, with the module that covers each.
Income-tax Act, 2025
In force from 1 April 2026, replacing the 1961 Act. Section 116 caps loss carry-forward, which changes how deals are structured.
CCI Deal Value Threshold
Deals above ₹2,000 crore with substantial business operations in India need CCI approval, which pulls many digital deals into merger control.
SAST Amendment, 2025
Independent registered valuers and SEBI-ordered valuation now shape open-offer pricing under the Takeover Code.
Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Proposed changes to schemes under Sections 230 to 233, and decriminalisation that affects reps, warranties and indemnity.
Work you can show in an interview
The course closes by showing you how to build the profile firms look for in a junior deal lawyer.
A sample due diligence report
Structured the way deal teams write them, with risk ratings and qualifications.
An issue tracker
Red flags logged and tracked the way they are on a live deal.
A deal CV
How to present transactional skills and coursework when you apply.
A certificate with DNLU
QR-verifiable, issued with BRIDGE, DNLU Jabalpur, and ready for LinkedIn.
Eight modules, from deal basics to a client-ready diligence workflow
AI is used throughout, with one module dedicated to AI workflows for deal work.
Starts
Sessions
Each session
Mode
- Deal forms: merger, demerger, slump sale, asset purchase, share purchase
- Control, material influence and minority positions
- Parties and mandates, buy-side vs sell-side
- Distressed M&A: IBC route, Section 29A, resolution plan acquisitions
- Preliminary documents: NDA, standstill, term sheet, exclusivity
- Signing to closing, conditionality and timelines
- Schemes under Sections 230 to 233 and the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026
- Decriminalisation and its effect on reps, warranties and indemnity
- CCI: Deal Value Threshold, substantial business operations test, green channel, 150-day review
- Gun-jumping and the relevant turnover penalty base
- SAST triggers: 25%, creeping acquisition, control, open-offer sizing
- SAST Amendment 2025: Independent Registered Valuers, SEBI-ordered valuation
- FDI mapping: sectoral caps, insurance opening, Press Note 3 relaxation
- FEMA, NDI pricing, cross-border mergers under Section 234
- Income-tax Act, 2025: what changed from the 1961 Act
- Section 116: loss carry-forward capped, transitional treatment
- Tax neutrality, indirect transfer, GAAR, stamp duty
- Valuation and acquisition finance: IBBI valuers, RBI framework 2026
- Scoping: red-flag vs full-scope vs confirmatory, materiality thresholds
- DD request list and follow-up rounds
- VDR management: indexing, access tiers, Q&A logs, privilege
- Corporate and secretarial: cap table, approvals, registers, SBO
- Contracts: change of control, assignment, MAC, termination
- Litigation, tax, regulatory and employment exposure, quantification
- DPDP readiness against the November 2026 and May 2027 milestones
- Pricing the DPDP gap into CPs, price adjustment or indemnity
- Cybersecurity, CERT-In and breach history in the lookback period
- IP chain of title and open-source licence contamination
- AI assets: model provenance, training-data rights, LLM vendor terms
- EU AI Act exposure and Indian AI governance
- Drafting the DD report: structure, risk rating, qualifications
- Red flags into deal terms: CPs, price adjustment, escrow, walk-away
- SPA architecture: reps, disclosure schedules, covenants, caps, baskets
- W&I insurance and its effect on the indemnity negotiation
- Closing mechanics and post-closing covenants
- Sequencing CCI, NCLT, FDI and SEBI timelines
- Workspace and guardrails across Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini: anonymisation, client consent, verification
- Grounded deal corpus in NotebookLM: data room and regulations, queried with citations
- Contract review at scale in Claude: clause extraction, anomaly flagging, SPA redlining, DD report drafting
- Structured deliverables in ChatGPT and Gemini: request lists, issue trackers, risk matrices, CP checklists
- Target and regulatory awareness in Perplexity: promoter checks, CCI and SEBI order tracking
- The professional stack and its limits: Kira, Luminance, Harvey, Spellbook, VDR-native AI
- Post-closing execution: filings, novation, employee transition, licences
- Integration failures and disputed indemnity claims
- Scoping diligence and transaction support as a paid engagement
- Career pathways: firms, in-house, PE/VC, transaction advisory, IBC practice
- Building the profile: deal CV, sample DD report and issue tracker
Taught by people who work on deals
Registrar, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
Partner, Aquilaw
Partner, IC RegFin Legal
Partner, Antares Legal
Technology & Media Specialist Counsel
Legal Operations & AI Consultant
A certificate issued with DNLU Jabalpur
Complete the course and receive an Advanced QR-Verifiable Certificate, issued by IALA in collaboration with BRIDGE, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur.
- Carries the DNLU logo alongside IALA and BRIDGE
- A QR code lets employers verify it in seconds
- Add it to your LinkedIn profile and CV
- Included in both the Basic and Advanced plans
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Everything that comes with the Advanced plan
Lifetime recordings and the full set of course resources, on top of the live sessions, Q&A and certificate.
Lifetime recorded lectures
Every session, whenever you need it.
Mock Data Room with solved key
30 deal documents with planted red flags.
Due Diligence Toolkit
Request lists, trackers and formats.
Deal Execution Playbook
The steps from signing to closing.
M&A Prompt Library
200+ prompts for review and drafting.
Curated Course Notes
100+ pages to revise from.
Recruiter & Employer List
Who to contact when you apply.
1 to 5 Year Career Roadmap
Paths across firms, in-house and PE/VC.
Live Q&A with experts
In every session, on both plans.
Choose the plan that fits you
Advanced
₹5,999
Everything in Basic, plus recordings and all resources
- 8 live sessions on Zoom
- Live Q&A with experts
- QR-verifiable certificate with BRIDGE, DNLU Jabalpur
- Lifetime access to recorded lectures
- Mock Data Room (with solved key), Due Diligence Toolkit and Deal Execution Playbook
- M&A Prompt Library (200+) and Course Notes (100+ pages)
- Recruiter & Employer List and 1 to 5 Year Career Roadmap
Basic
₹3,999
The live course and the certificate
- 8 live sessions on Zoom
- Live Q&A with experts
- QR-verifiable certificate with BRIDGE, DNLU Jabalpur
- Lifetime recorded lectures
- Mock Data Room, Toolkit and Playbook
- Prompt Library and Course Notes
- Recruiter List and Career Roadmap
Registration closes on 31 October 2026, when the first session begins.
Questions before you enroll
Still deciding? Write to contact@iala.in or call the student helpline on +91 92325 93090.
Law students, young lawyers, corporate associates, and company-secretary, CA and in-house professionals building a career in M&A, corporate law or transaction advisory.
No. The course starts from deal foundations and builds up to a client-ready diligence workflow, so beginners and career-changers can follow throughout.
8 live sessions across 4 weekends, starting 31 October 2026. Each session runs 1.5 to 2 hours, live on Zoom.
Recordings come with the Advanced plan, which includes lifetime access to every session. The Basic plan covers the live sessions.
A set of 30 realistic deal documents with planted red flags, plus a solved key, so you can run diligence end to end and check your findings against model answers. It comes with the Advanced plan.
A dedicated module on AI workflows for deal work, using Claude, NotebookLM, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity for contract review, data-room analysis, diligence deliverables and drafting, with a focus on client consent, anonymisation and verification.
IALA, in collaboration with BRIDGE, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur. It carries the DNLU logo and a QR code for verification, and comes with both plans.
Basic (₹2,999) includes the 8 live sessions, live Q&A and the certificate. Advanced (₹3,999) adds lifetime recordings and every course resource: the mock data room, due diligence toolkit, deal execution playbook, prompt library, course notes, recruiter list and career roadmap.
No course can. It gives you working knowledge of M&A practice, hands-on diligence experience and work you can show in interviews.
The cohort starts on 31 October
Registration closes when the first session begins.
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