Ankit Sinha

Practice Areas

Financial Services and Regulatory

Experience

Ankit is a Partner and part of the Financial Services and Regulatory practice groups. He is recognised for his expertise in financial laws, excelling in transaction structuring, tailored solutions, and strategic advice. His lending and financing expertise spans foreign currency lending, rupee financing, security creation, and credit enhancement structures. Having successfully read his master’s in banking & finance laws from Queen Mary University of London provides him with a cutting edge over his peers.

Ankit has led various transactions involving mortgage and asset-based lending, equipment leasing, mezzanine financing, corporate and structured financing, acquisition and leveraged financing, project finance, and trade and commodity finance mandates.

Ankit’s regulatory focus includes advising domestic and foreign banking entities and other financial intermediaries on a wide range of financial services issues. He has been instrumental in developing and launching tailored banking and financial products and services to meet clients’ commercial needs. Ankit’s insights continue to shape the banking landscape. He is valued by clients as a top legal professional in India and an emerging leader in the field. Ankit is also recognised for acting on innovative and intricate deals within the distressed assets market. He advises banks, both onshore and offshore, in their financial restructuring of non-performing and distressed assets and offers banking related enforcement / recovery strategies to such entities.

Known for his strong commercial acumen in supporting transaction execution and structuring, Ankit ensures great overall client experience.

Accolades -

1. Ranked as a Next Generation Partner ‘Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory’ in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024 Edition.

2. Ranked as an Up-and-Coming Practitioner for Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2024 Rankings.

3. Endorsed as a Leading Lawyer – Rising Star Partner for ‘Banking’ and ‘Restructuring & Insolvency’ in the 33rd Edition of IFLR1000 for the year 2023.

4. Distinguished as a Notable Practitioner for ‘Banking & Finance’ in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2024 Edition.

5. Featured in the ‘Top 100 Individual Lawyers’ Legal Powerlist 2022 published by Forbes India.

6. Ranked as an Up-and-Coming Practitioner for Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners Global 2023 Rankings.

7. Recommended Lawyer for ‘Banking and Finance’, ‘Projects and Energy’ and ‘Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory’ in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023 Edition.

8. Ranked as an Up-and-Coming Practitioner for Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2023 Rankings.

9. Distinguished as a Notable Practitioner for ‘Banking & Finance’ in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2023 Edition.

10. Endorsed as a Leading Lawyer – Rising Star Partner for ‘Banking’ and ‘Restructuring & Insolvency’ in the 32nd Edition of IFLR1000 for the year 2022.

11. Ranked as a ‘Leader’ for Finance in India in the PBV Directory 2022 Edition.

12. Featured in the coveted Asian Legal Business India Rising Stars 2022 list as one of the ‘Most Accomplished Young Lawyers’ below the age of 40.

13. Recommended Lawyer for ‘Banking and Finance’, ‘Projects and Energy’ and ‘Financial Services Regulatory’ in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022 Edition.

14. Distinguished as a Notable Practitioner for ‘Banking & Finance’ in Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2022 Edition.