Banking & Finance

AZB & Partners is a well-established law firm in India that advises domestic and international banks on a wide variety of work, including syndicated lending, ECB and corporate finance transactions. The team is also a go-to choice of counsel for key borrowers in the market and is active on structured and project finance transactions as well as securitisation issues. The firm handles a number of real estate financings and offers additional expertise in handling corporate insolvency matters. Key clients represented include HDFC, JPMorgan Chase and API Holdings.

"With AZB, the margin of error is minimal. They are extremely good with turnaround times and very, very good at grasping complex situations, not just vanilla deals."

"The work delivered by AZB was beyond the level of service contemplated, given the layers of complexity that opened up as we dug through."

AZB advised a syndicate of lenders on its USD1.1 billion social security loan facility to the Housing Development Finance Corporation.

Bahram Vakil is the co-founder of AZB & Partners and is a senior partner in its Mumbai office. He is well known in the market for his considerable expertise in project finance work, as well as insolvency.

Anand Shah is a partner based in AZB & Partners' Mumbai office. He acts for notable financial institutions and handles a range of financing matters from cross-border debt transactions to acquisitions and real estate financing. "Anand has a very good understanding of issues, client-centricity and a commercial approach."

Ishan Handa often advises banks, private equity funds and other kinds of investors on debt refinancing, acquisition and structured finance. "Ishan is solutions-oriented and delivers on time."