Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : India
Band 1
Contact number
022-40791000About
Provided by Trilegal
Our Banking and Finance practice's reputation as a market leader has been built on the foundation of an intuitive commercial understanding of what our clients want to achieve, the quality of our documentation, and our ability to competently deliver the right outcomes within tight timeframes.
Our Partners regularly advise clients on established as well as emerging products in a dynamic legal and regulatory environment. We provide a focused, pragmatic approach, with fee transparency, and highly effective, technology-driven transaction management.
We represent lenders and borrowers across a wide spectrum covering sponsors and corporates. Our key clients include
major domestic banks such as ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Axis Bank,
foreign banks such as Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank, Barclays, Nomura and Rabobank,
multilateral agencies such as IFC, US Exim Bank, and UK's CDC Group,
sponsors such as Brookfield and Blackstone, and
non-banking financial companies and offshore credit funds such as Edelweiss, SSG, Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, KKR, and Varde.
We work on a range of domestic and cross border structured financing transactions with varied complexity, covering acquisition finance, project finance, private DCM, securitisation, and debt restructuring. This includes distressed investments, enforcement and winding up, and advisory, regulatory, and mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector.
Chambers Review
Trilegal has a long-established legal practice which is well versed in advising large banks and financial institutions on complex structured transactions in India. The team is active across project finance, refinancing, acquisition finance and term loans. The lawyers are also experienced in distressed debt transactions and syndicated lending, and handle deals across the renewable energy, transportation and real estate spaces. Trilegal's key clients include State Bank of India, Axis Bank and Piramal Capital Housing Finance.
Work Highlights
- Trilegal advised Actis Highway Infra on the financing of its acquisition of six Welspun Group entities, including Welspun Road Infra and Welspun Delhi Meerut Expressway, via an InvIT.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Trilegal have been very clear and practical in their advice. They have a rich team with extensive depth."
"Unlike many competitors, Trilegal's turnaround times are swift (even when the timelines are unreasonable) and the product they deliver is always excellent."
"Trilegal have been very clear and practical in their advice. They have a rich team with extensive depth."
"Unlike many competitors, Trilegal's turnaround times are swift (even when the timelines are unreasonable) and the product they deliver is always excellent."
Notable Practitioners
Kannan Rahul is a partner based in Trilegal's Mumbai office. His work includes a significant amount of project and real estate finance matters. He regularly represents borrowers and lenders, winning praise from investment banks and major investment funds.
"Kannan is an exceptionally good lawyer. He has an understanding of practical matters and is very good at negotiations. He gets the correct outcome for both sides. The other thing is responsiveness."
Ameya Khandge is a partner at Trilegal, based in its Mumbai office. He represents notable international lenders and public bodies in a range of financing work, including project finance matters.