The Banking and Finance sector is one of the core areas of our practice. Our lawyers bring decades of experience and expertise and have shown extraordinary capacity to respond to the dynamic landscape of the financial sector.

The team specialises in providing solutions on all types of financing transactions, including rupee and foreign currency financings, structured financing, acquisition finance, real estate finance, export finance, hybrid debt, securitization, debt restructuring and resolution under various schemes of the Reserve Bank of India, stressed assets financing and financing and insolvency. We have advised various domestic and foreign banks, institutional investors, non-banking financial companies, multilateral institutions, speciality funds, asset reconstruction companies and corporate borrowers.

The firm has a significant presence in Project Financing. The experience of our team includes the top sectors of project finance such as Road, Power, Airport, Healthcare, Port, Oil & Gas etc. Our team consists of prominent lawyers specialized in various aspects of the sector and is fully equipped to offer a wide range of effective and practical solutions to the client’s diverse needs.

Our team’s experience in nurturing the project from its nascent stage to its frustration and drafting, structuring, and negotiating various RFPs, RFQs, concession agreements, power purchase agreements, sale-purchase agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, EPC contracts, financing and security agreements, business purchase agreements, share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, consortium agreements etc. makes us the potential player in the legal arena of this sector.

Our team extensively advises on all facets of insolvency and bankruptcy regime. Our team advises various clients including the Committee of Creditors (COC) and Resolution Professionals (RP) on various fronts such as the pre-insolvency stage, during the corporate insolvency resolution process to the acquisition of the stressed asset via an insolvency process. Our comprehensive approach in an insolvency matter encircles acquisitions, deal structuring, drafting the resolution plan, conducting legal due diligence, conducting meetings with resolution professionals to address concerns and clarify queries. We also appear before various DRTs/ National Company Law Tribunals to see a proceeding through the lens of conclusion.

The real estate sector is one of the hallmarks for our firm. The constant evolution of the real estate law and the complexity of the transactions has lead to a numerous regulatory changes. The exceptional expertise of our team in this heavily regulated sector helps the developers and landowners on joint development projects, residential condominiums, commercial spaces, integrated townships, special economic zones, industrial parks, re-development projects, slum rehabilitation projects and various other real estate projects. We work on structuring transactions in line with the regulatory framework at various levels of authorities, carrying out due diligence on land, negotiating on behalf of our clients and provide end to end solutions to developers.

The ability of our legal experts to advise most appropriate documentation structure/create a perfect strategy is one of the significant strengths. Our team works efficiently in combining various legal aspects of restructuring. The expertise of our team in various sectors such as banking and finance, project finance, real estate, M&A etc. is one of the major factors of our success in the field of restructuring. The distinguished experience/knowledge of our team allows us to provide practical legal solutions for the maximization of investments and recovery, securitisation and asset reconstruction.

While it may be the last thing one would want to think about in life, with the changing time having a Will in place has become an important instrument to protect the interests of your dear ones. With that motive, our lawyers provide assistance in drafting Wills (including registration and probate), setting up of a trust, assisting in Estate Planning as needed and rendering assistance in obtaining succession certificate. Our team also has expertise in advising trustees on all aspects of trust administration, including how to properly interpret the trust, the trustees’ responsibility to beneficiaries, their fiduciary duties and liabilities etc.