Capital Markets

AZB & Partners has a market-leading team of lawyers in India, known for its work on debt and equity issuances, and is particularly active on IPOs and QIPs, representing issuers and underwriters in cross-border matters. The team maintains an impressive list of clients, including major corporate issuers and international financial institutions. The firm is also noted for its expertise regarding debt offerings, such as non-convertible debentures and foreign currency convertible bonds. The department handles transactions in a range of sectors, including financial services, telecommunications and real estate. Some of its key clients include Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Delta Corp.

"They have a very competent and experienced team who can handle complicated transactions."

"AZB has a team of experienced lawyers and are easily among the top law firms for this practice area in India."

AZB & Partners acted for the book-running lead managers on Patanjali Foods' further public offering.

Varoon Chandra is a senior partner at AZB & Partners and is based in Mumbai. He is instructed by major financial institutions and handles large-scale IPOs, QIPs and MTNs. "Varoon has decades of experience and is easy to work with." "He is exceptional."

Lionel D'Almeida is a partner at AZB & Partners and is based in its Mumbai office. He is involved on equity share buy-back deals and IPOs. "Lionel is very methodical and thinks before he speaks. He comes out with good solutions and is very responsive."

Agnik Bhattacharyya is a partner at AZB & Partners and is based in its Delhi office. He is active on a range of high-value QIPs and IPOs in India.