Abhinav Kumar

Partner - Regional Head Markets Practice (West)

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Abhinav has over 15 years of experience in advising on capital markets transactions and focuses on a variety of capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, rights issues, QIPs, preferential issues and secondary trades. He also regularly advises merchant bankers on risk analysis and SEBI related advisory.

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Qualifications

  • 2008 B.A. LL.B., National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
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Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Capital Markets

Relevant Experience

  • Qualified Institutions Placement by Bajaj Finance Limited in November 2023
  • Qualified Institutions Placement by Aditya Birla Capital Limited in June 2023
  • Initial public offering of Rainbow Children’s Medicare Limited in April 2022
  • Initial public offering of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Limited (Nykaa) in November 2021
  • Initial public offering of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited in October 2021
  • Qualified Institutions Placement of Zydus Wellness Limited in September 2020.
  • Qualified Institutions Placement of ICICI Bank Limited in August 2020.
  • Rights issue by Aditya Birla Fashion Retail Limited in July 2020.
  • Initial public offering and QIP of Avenue Supermarts Limited in March 2017 and February 2020.
  • Secondary trades by Standard Life Aberdeen of shares held in HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited and HDFC Asset Management Company Limited between 2019 and 2022
  • Rights issue by Piramal Enterprises Limited in January 2020.
  • Rights issue by Vodafone Idea Limited in May 2019.
  • Qualified Institutions Placement by Bajaj Finance Limited in November 2019.
  • Dollar bonds issuance by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone limited in July 2020, 2018 and 2016.
  • Qualified Institution Placement by Hindalco Industries Limited in March 2017.
  • Initial public offering of Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited in 2016.
  • Initial public offering of Infibeam Incorporation Limited in 2016.
  • Initial public offering of L&T Technology Services Limited in 2016
  • Initial public offering of Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited in 2015.
  • Rights issue by Indian Hotels Company Limited in 2014 and 2017.

Others

  • Visiting faculty for Securities Law course at Government Law College, Mumbai for 2018 – 23

Awards & Recognition

  • Ranked “Band 3” for Chambers and Partners 2024
  • Recognized as one of the top 10 Capital Markets Equity Lawyers Shaping India’s Financial Landscape in in 2023 by Business Today
  • Recognized as “Individual Practitioners” – Law (Under 40) by ASSOCHAM
  • Awarded “40 under 40” by BW Legal World in 2022
  • Awarded “40 under 40 Rising Stars” by Legal Era in 2021
  • Awarded “Top 50 Future Leaders” by Indian Business Law Journal in 2020
  • “Notable Practitioner” for Capital Markets: Equity Practice Area, IFLR1000- 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India

Qualifications

  • 2008 B.A. LL.B., National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Capital Markets