Awards

2020

IFLR1000 India Awards 2020

• Law Firm of the Year 
• Deals of the Year
  • Banking and Finance – Embassy Office Parks REIT Margin Financing
  • Capital Markets: Debt – Greenko Solar Bond
  • M&A – L&T/Mind Tree
  • Project Finance – Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway
  • Restructuring and Insolvency – Essar Steel

• Teams of the Year
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets: Debt
  • Project Finance

• Lawyers of the Year
  • L. Viswanathan – Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Yash Ashar – Capital Markets: Debt
  • Santosh Janakiram – Project Finance

Asialaw Awards 2020

• India Firm of the Year
• Infrastructure Firm of the Year
• Impact Deal/Case of the Year – Embassy Office Parks first listed India REIT

Chambers & Partners HNW 2020 Guide

Ranked Band 1 for “Private Client Practice”

Media Law International

Ranked Band 1 for “Media Law”

IFLR Awards 2020 APAC

Most Innovative National Law Firm of the Year 2020

IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards 2020

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has won 13 awards:

• Best overall law firms
• Banking & finance
• Capital markets
• Energy and Natural Resources
  
• Fintech
• Infrastructure and Project Finance
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Policy & regulation
• Private Client Practice
• Private equity & venture capital
• Restructuring & insolvency
• Structured finance & securitization
• Technology and Telecommunications

Asian-Mena Counsel Deals of the Year 2019

• #1 Domestic Adviser

Winning deals of the year

• Bhushan Power and Steel’s Challenge of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
  
• Embassy Office Parks REIT’s Indian IPO
  
• RattanIndia debt resolution

6 deals also received honorable mentions.

ALB India Law Awards 2020

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Bagged the Most Number of Awards

• Law Firm of the Year
• India Deal Firm of the Year
• Debt Markets Deal for the Year – Network i2i’s Issuance of Securities
  
• Equity Market Deal of the Year – Embassy Office Park’s IPO
  
• M&A Deal of the Year(Premium) –  Arcelor Mittal and Nippon Steel’s Acquisition of Essar
  
• Deal Maker of the Year – Cyril Shroff

IBLJ Deals of the Year 2019

13 deals/matters were amongst the winning deals.

• Acquisition of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd by JSW Steel Ltd via Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
• ArcelorMittal India Private Ltd v Standard Chartered Bank and Others
• Greenko’s $1,035 million bond offering
• Insolvency resolution of Essar Steel
• Moratorium order – IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd
• Resolution of Aircel Ltd, Aircel Cellular Ltd and Dishnet Wireless Ltd
• Resolution of Ruchi Soya insolvency
• Rights issue of approximately ₹250 billion by Vodafone Idea Ltd
• Scheme of Amalgamation between Hindustan Unilever Ltd and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd
• Defense of the constitutionality of the IBC in Swiss Ribbons Pvt Ltd & Anr v UOI & Others
• TOTAL SA and Adani Joint Venture
• Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank merges with Bank of Baroda becoming India’s third largest bank
• Merck KGaA sells its global consumer health business to Procter & Gamble

2019

BusinessWorld’s Global Legal Leaders Awards 2019

India Law Firm of the Year 2019

Legal Media Group Euromoney Business Law Awards 2019

Best Firm for Women in Law in India

India Wealth Awards 2019

Association of Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) adjudged Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as:

• Best Private Client Law Firm
  

Global Restructuring Review (GRR) Awards 2019

Litigation: Most Significant Restructuring or Insolvency-Related Litigation

• Swiss Ribbons Pte Ltd v Union of India
  
• ArcelorMittal India Pte Ltd v Satish Kumar Gupta

Asialaw Regional Awards 2019

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas won the maximum number of awards in the Region, by winning:

• Law Firm of the Year (India)
• Energy Law Firm of the Year
• Impact Deal of the Year (Walmart acquisition)
• Impact Deal of the Year for (Equis acquisition)

The Asian-Mena Counsel – In-House Community, 2019

• Deal Firm of the Year (India)
  
• Visionary Client Service Law Firm of the Year
  
• Commended External Counsel of the Year – Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner
  

IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards 2019

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has won 10 awards:

• Best overall law firms
• Arbitration & ADR
• Banking & finance
• Capital markets
• Energy, projects & infrastructure
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Policy & regulation
• Private equity & venture capital
• Restructuring & insolvency
• Structured finance & securitization

ALB India Law Awards 2019

• Banking and Finance Services Law Firm of the Year
• Debt Markets Deal for the Year – Allianz Capital Partners GmbH’s Investment in IndInfravit Trust
• M&A Deal of the Year (Midsize) – AION Capital Partners and JSW Steel’s Acquisition of Monnet Ispat
• M&A Deal of the Year(Premium)-  Walmart’s Acquisition of Flipkart
• Managing Partner of the Year – Cyril Shroff

Chambers India Award 2019

Finance Law Firm of the Year

2018

The Asian-Mena Counsel – In-House Community, 2018

India Firm of the Year 2018 under following practices

• Anti-Trust/ Competition
• Capital Markets
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and M&A

Most Responsive Domestic Law Firm

Honourable Mentions in following practices

• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Projects and Project Financing

Deal of the Year

• Essar Steel auction and acquisition by ArcelorMittal
• Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Investments 2 national highway project
• Monnet Ispat & Energy corporate insolvency resolution process

Asian Legal Business Awards

• Employer of Choice 2018 – India

Asia Legal Awards 2018 – Hosted by The Asian Lawyer

•  M&A Deal of the Year: South Asia
•  Energy Firm of the Year
•  Private Client Firm of the Year

IFLR Asia Awards, 2018

• Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year – India
• M&A Deal of the Year – Rosneft Essar Oil Deal

The VCCircle Awards, 2018
Law firm of the year – Mergers & Acquisitions

Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards, 2018
National Law Firm of the Year

2017

IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards 2017-18

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has won 10 awards:

• Best Overall Law Firm
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Employment & Industrial Relations
• Energy, Projects & Infrastructure
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Policy & Regulation
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Restructuring, Refinancing & Insolvency
• Structured Finance & Securitization

The Asian-mena Counsel – In-house Community, 2017

Awarded as the “Most Responsive Domestic Law Firm” and received recognition as Asian-mena Counsel “In-House Community Firm of the Year 2017” under the following 11 practices:

• Alternative Investment Funds (including private equity)
• Anti-Trust/ Competition
• Aviation
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Compliance/ Regulatory
• Corporate and M&A
• Environmental
• Projects and Project Financing
• Real Estate/ Construction
• Restructuring & Insolvency

ALB Employer of Choice, 2017

Voted as the ALB’s Employer of Choice, 2017 for India.

IDEX Legal Awards, 2017

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ‘Wins’ the Flagship Award ‘Law Firm of the Year, 2017 for India’, including winning ‘Capital Markets Firm of the Year, 2017’.

IFLR Asia Awards, 2017

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ‘Wins’ the Coveted & Flagship Award “National Law Firm of the Year, 2017” for India

The Asia Legal Awards, 2017

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ‘Wins’ Securities Deal of the Year for “ICICI Prudential Life $908M IPO”

The Legal Era Awards, 2016-17

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ‘Wins’ Merger & Acquisition/Corporate Law Firm of the Year & Star Corporate Lawyer of the Year for Managing Partner Cyril Shroff

Legal League Consulting | The Leadership Summit, 2017

Leadership Excellence Award 2017 for “Pinnacle of Success”

The Asian-Mena Counsel Deals of the Year, 2016

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ‘Wins’ for the following deals namely ICICI Prudential Life IPO, Greenko High-Yield Green Bond &  NTPC Green Masala Bond

2016

IBLJ India Deals of the Year, 2016

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’s has 18 featured deals:

• Bharat Financial’s Qualified Institutional Placement
• Essar Oil sale to Rosneft, Trafigura and UCP
• Former GE Veterans & AION Capital Partner Acquisition of GE Capital
• GMR Energy Stake Sale to Adani Transmission & Tenaga Nacional Berhad
• GMR’s Issuance of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds to Kuwait Investment Authority
• Hitachi HVAC Joint Venture with Johnson Controls
• Initial Public Offering by Varun Beverages
• JCB India Limited v Union of India (Ministry of Defence)
• Initial Public Offering by Mahanagar Gas
• Reliance Industries & State Bank of India JV for Setting up a Payments Bank
• Tapti Asset Transfer Agreement with Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd and PMT-JV
• Greenko Acquisition of SunEdison’s India Assets
• Initial Public Offering by Equitas Holdings
• Initial Public Offering by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
• JNPT’s External Commercial Borrowings
• Offer for Sale by National Thermal Power Corporation
• Reliance Communications Merger with Aircel
• Yokohama Rubber Co’s Acquisition of KKR’s Alliance Tyre Group

ALB Dealmakers of the Year, 2016

Managing Partner Cyril Shroff

The Asian Lawyer Emerging Markets Awards, 2016

Deal Categories:

Capital Markets Deal of the Year: Debt – NTPC’s $300M Singapore Green Masala Bond

M&A Deal of the Year: Energy – Tata’s $1.4B Acquisition of Welspun Renewables

M&A Deal of the Year: Pharmaceutical – Fosun’s Acquisition of Gland Pharma

M&A Deal of the Year: Other Sectors – Yokohama’s $1.2B Acquisition of Alliance Tire Group

Individual Categories:

Emerging Markets Firm Leader of the Year – Independent: Managing Partner Cyril S Shroff

Asian-Mena Counsel’s India In-House Community Firms of the Year, 2016

Recommended for Capital Markets

Honorable Mentions for:

• Most Responsive Domestic Firms of the Year, India
• Alternative Investment Funds (including private equity)
• Corporate and M&A

ALB Asia’s Top 50 Largest Law Firms, 2016

Ranked 1^st in India & 17^th in Asia

ALB Asia’s 40 under 40 list, 2016

Disputes Resolution Partner Kapil Arora

ALB Annual M&A Rankings, 2016

Ranked ‘Tier 1’ law firm for M&A in India

ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2016

India Deal Firm of the Year

IP Stars Handbook for Trademark & Copyright, 2016

Ranked in Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Contentious and Copyright

Legal Era Conclave & Awards, 2016: Rising Star Awards 2016 ‘40 under 40 Rising Stars’

Partner Rishabh Shroff

ALM’s The Asian Lawyer – The Asia Legal Awards, 2016

M&A Deal of the Year – South Asia: American Tower’s US$ 1.4 billion Acquisition of Viom

ALB 2016 IP Rankings

Ranked ‘Tier 2’ firm of Trademarks & Copyright and ‘Tier 3’ firm for Patents

ALB Employer of Choice, 2016

Voted as the ALB’s Employer of Choice, 2016 for India

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2016

Ranked Top-Tier Firm in 8 practice areas:

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Investment funds
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT

2015

The Asian Lawyer Emerging Markets Awards, 2015

Mergers & Acquisitions – Corporate Lawyer of the Year: Managing Partner Cyril Shroff

Tax Lawyer of the Year: Tax  Partner S.R. Patnaik

Private Client Lawyer of the Year: Partner Rishabh Shroff

IBLJ India Deals of the Year, 2015

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’s has ‘16’ featured deals:

• Essar Global Fund & Subsidiaries’ Term Loan Facilities
• HDFC Bank’s QIP & ADR Offerings
• Infosys Founders’ Divestment of Stakes
• Shandong RuYi Science & Technology’s Acquisition of Reliance Industries’ Vimal Business
• Jaguar Land Rover’s US$609m High Yield Bond Offering % Tata Motors’ US$1.2b Global Rights Offering
• Daiichi Sankyo’s Exit from Sun Pharmaceuticals
• Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone’s Senior Unsecured Loans
• Initial Public Offering by Coffee Day
• Initial Public Offering by Prabhat Dairy
• Infosys’ Acquisition of Panaya, Kallidus and Scava
• Acquisition of Stake in Suzlon Energy by Sun Pharma’s Shanghvi family
• Julius Baer Group’s Acquisition of DSP Merrill Lynch’s Private Wealth Management Business in India
• Birla Corp’s Acquisition of Lafarge Holcim’s Two Cement Units
• CPPIB – Shapoorji Pallonji JV’s purchase of Chennai IT park
• Blackstone’s Acquisition of stake in Hindustan Constructions’ 24/7 Corporate Park
• Warburg Pincus & Goldman Sachs’ Stake Acquisition in PRL Developers

IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards, 2015

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’s has won ‘9’ awards:

Best Overall Law Firms

Banking & Finance

Capital Markets

Competition & Antitrust

Energy, Projects & Infrastructure

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Restructuring & Insolvency

Structured Finance & Securitization

ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2015

India Deal Firm of the Year

Best Managing Partner: India – managing partner Cyril Shroff

 ALB Employer of Choice, 2015

Voted as the ALB’s Employer of Choice, 2015 for India

League Table Rankings

Bloomberg Annual 2016 for Global Legal Advisers

• India Equity IPO Issuer Advisers: Ranked 1^st with a market share of 63.96%with deal value being USD 1,72,035 million from 14 deals and ranked 1^st with a market share of 63.96% with deal count being 14 deals valued at USD 1,72,035 million.

• India Equity IPO Manager Advisers: Ranked 3^rd with a market share of 9.66% with deal value being USD 24,431 million from 3 deals and ranked 5^th with a market share of 9.66% with deal count being 3 deals valued at USD 24,431 million.

• APAC ex-Japan Lender Loans: Ranked 15^th with a market share of 1.88% with deal value being USD 5,112 million from 11 deals and ranked 16^th with a market share of 1.88% with deal count being 11 deals valued at USD 5,112 million.

• Singaporean Borrower Loans: Ranked 4^th with a market share of 14.08% with deal value USD 761 million from 1 deal and ranked 3^rd with a market share of 14.08% with deal count being 1 deal valued at USD 761 million.

• Global Equity IPO Issuers: Ranked 11^th with a market share of 2.06% with deal value USD 2,577 million from 14 deals and ranked 12^th with a market share of 2.06% with deal count being 14 deals valued at USD 2,577 million.
• Asia (ex-Japan) Equity IPO Issuers: Ranked 6^th with a market share of 4.07% with deal value USD 2,557 million from 14 deals and ranked 9^th with a market share of 4.07% with deal count being 14 deals valued at USD 2,557 million.

Bloomberg Annual 2016 Asia Pacific for M&A

• India: Ranked 1^st with a market share of 40.6% with deal value being USD 32,837 million from 53 deals and ranked 4^th with a market share of 40.6% with deal count being 53 deals valued at USD 32,837 million.

• South East Asia: Ranked 6^th with a market share of 7.8% with deal value being USD 13,368 million from 7 deals.

Mergermarket Annual 2016 for Global M&A

• India: Ranked 1^st with deal value being USD 40,425 million from 60 deals and ranked 2^nd with deal count being 60 deals valued at USD 40,425 million.

• APAC (buyouts): Ranked 2^nd with deal count being 12 deals valued at USD 1,412 million.

• APAC (buyouts + exits): Ranked 8^th with deal value being USD 4,089 million from 16 deals and ranked 3^rd with deal count being 16 deals valued at USD 4,089 million.

• APAC Exits: Ranked 4^th with deal value being USD 2,677 million from 4 deals and ranked 5^th with deal count being 4 deals valued at USD 2,677 million.

• APAC (excl. Japan): Ranked 10^th with deal count being 60 deals valued at USD 40,425 million.

• APAC (excl. Australia & Japan): Ranked 6^th with deal count being 60 deals valued at USD 40,425 million.

• Russia: Ranked 4^th with deal value being USD 12,656 million from 2 deals.

• Central & East Europe: Ranked 5^th with deal value being USD 12,656 million from 2 deals.

Mergermarket Annual 2015 Asia Pacific for M&A (May 9, 2015 onwards for Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)

• India: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 4^th with deal value being USD 5,344 million from 33 deals and ranked 4^th with deal count being 33 deals valued at USD 5,344 million.

• A-Pac (excl. Japan) *Buyouts: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 10^th with deal count being 9 deals valued at USD 931 million.

Bloomberg 2015 Annual Asia Pacific for M&A (May 9, 2015 onwards for Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)

• India: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 3^rd with a market share of 8.7% with deal value being USD 5,687 million from 43 deals and ranked 5^th with a market share of 8.7% with deal count being 43 deals valued at USD 5,687 million.

Bloomberg 2015 Annual for Global Legal Advisers (May 9, 2015 onwards for Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)

• India Equity IPO Issuer Advisers: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 2^nd with a market share of 18.46% with deal value being USD 25,542 million from 4 deals and ranked 3^rd with a market share of 18.46% with deal count being 4 deals valued at USD 25,542 million.

• India Equity IPO Manager Advisers: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 7^th with a market share of 5.16% with deal value being USD 6,733 million from 1 deal and ranked 9^th with a market share of 5.16% with deal count being 1 deal valued at USD 6,733 million.

• APAC ex-Japan Lender Advisers: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ranked 14^th with a market share of 2.17% with deal value being USD 5,757 million from 28 deals and ranked 13^th with a market share of 2.17% with deal count being 28 deals valued at USD 5,757 million.