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Expertise Based Abroad
Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Gautam Narasimhan
Practice Areas
Gautam is Co-Managing Partner of ASEAN and Singapore and focuses on leveraged finance, structured finance, credit funds and private equity in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.
He has advised many international banks, private equity funds and credit funds on numerous high-profile financings and structured transactions in the region, including some of the most significant acquisition financings on recent high value intra-Asia deals. Gautam has been practising in Singapore for the last 18 years and worked in London and New York previously. He is qualified in England, Singapore, New York and India.
Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 states that Gautam is “ very commercial and solution-seeking and has the necessary gravitas…when you have a tricky situation he’s good at coming up with solutions. ”
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Gautam Narasimhan retains a market-leading reputation, especially for Indian and Indonesian mandates, and offers structured and acquisition finance expertise.
Gautam Narasimhan has a busy India-focused banking and finance practice and is highly regarded for his experience acting on behalf of lenders on acquisition finance mandates.
Gautam Narasimhan is sought out for his strong track record in large-scale bilateral and syndicated financings in Indonesia. Based in Singapore, he is also highly regarded for his restructuring practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gautam has a strong client focus and is committed to delivering high-quality legal services."
"Gautam is just an absolute guru in India acquisition finance and structured lending deals. He is a very prominent lawyer and very dominant in the market."
"He is just an absolute guru in India acquisition finance and structured lending deals; he's very dominant in the market."
"Gautam has developed by far the leading lender-side banking practice among the international firms in Asia. He has built this practice by generating strong and trusting relationships with banks, credit funds and borrowers, showing unmatched commitment to his work and always taking a commercial, pragmatic approach."
"Gautam has a strong client focus and is committed to delivering high-quality legal services."
"Gautam is just an absolute guru in India acquisition finance and structured lending deals. He is a very prominent lawyer and very dominant in the market."
"He is just an absolute guru in India acquisition finance and structured lending deals; he's very dominant in the market."
"Gautam has developed by far the leading lender-side banking practice among the international firms in Asia. He has built this practice by generating strong and trusting relationships with banks, credit funds and borrowers, showing unmatched commitment to his work and always taking a commercial, pragmatic approach."
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