Reference People

He is consistently ranked as “star practitioner” in India by Chambers Global and often regarded as the “M&A King of India”. A thought leader and known for advising many first of its kind transactions in India, he regularly gets recognised as an award winning professional across various practices.

• Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) in setting up of a 50:50 joint venture with a French multinational energy company Total S.A. (Total) to house 2.148 GW of operating solar projects across 11 states in India.
• Essel Corporate LLP and Cyquator Media Services Private Limited, the promoters of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zee), in relation to sale of their minority stake in Zee to OFI Global China Fund, LLC off-market and other investors
• Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited acquisition of 75% stake in Krishnapatanam Port Company Limited.
• Equistone Partners Europe Limited’s acquisition of Moody’s Analystics Knowledge Centre from Moody’s Corporation.
• Aditya Birla Capital Limited in raising INR 2100 crore from the Promoter company (Grasim Industries), Advent, Premji Invest and others.| Adani Gas Limited sold 37.4% stake to Total Holdings SAS.
• Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited (RIIHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, entering into an agreement with a Brookfield entity for the proposed investment by Brookfield by the Tower Infrastructure Trust comprising of the tower infrastructure business of Reliance Jio.

• Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee Member of CII National Council
• Member of SEBI constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance and SEBI Committee on Insider Trading
• Member of first apex advisory committee of the IMC International ADR Centre
• Task force member of Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India
• Member of the Media Legal Defence Initiative International Advisory Board
• Part of various committees of the CII’s the National Council on Corporate Governance and the National Committee on Capital Markets, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Commodities Markets, Financial Investors and Regulatory Affairs
• Board Member of Krea University
  Member of the Apex Advisory Board of Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Study of the Legal Profession established by the Harvard Law School
• Member of the Advisory Board of National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)