Dhananjay Kumar

Practice Areas

Partner

Insolvency & Bankruptcy and Projects and Project Finance

Dhananjay Kumar advises creditors, acquirers and office holders on the entire range of restrcucturing and insolvency matters including special situation financings, security enforcement, and recovery of loans. He also has deep experstise in dealing with stressed debt trading and asset reconstruction matters such as the sale by YES Bank of its stressed loan portfolio. He has been involved in high stake insolvency matters such as Essar Steel, Jet Airways, Videocon Group, Ruchi Soya, Reliance Capital and Srei Group.

Dhananajay has also had extensive experience in project and project finance focused mainly on oil & gas, telecom and port sectors. He advises both lenders and developers in the infrastructure sector and has acted for many key players in this space.

Professional Memberships

1. Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India

2. Foreign Lawyer with full registration, Singapore International Commercial Court

3. Member and Fellow of INSOL International

Publications

• Co-authored “Zombie Apocalypse: The lifting of COVID-19 measures and dealing with defunct companies”, (2021) 30 Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Issue 5, 488.

• Co-authored the India chapter in “Comparative Review of Approaches to "Rescue" Or "Debtor-in-Possession" (DIP) Finance in Restructuring and Insolvency Regimes”, a book published by INSOL International, March 2022.

• Co-authored “The Absolute Priority Rule in Indian Insolvency Law”, (2020) 33 Insolvency Intelligence, Issue 3.

• Co-authored “Guarantees under the Indian Insolvency Regime - Some Unique Outcomes”, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, November 2020.

• Co-authored “Cross-Border Insolvency Protocols: A New Beginning in India”, (2020) 17 International Corporate Rescue, Issue 2.

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