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Real estate financing in India – Current trends and recent developments
December 15 2022
6:00 pm IST - India Standard Time (UTC +5:30)
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Real estate financing in India – Current trends and recent developments
Overview
As India continues to grow, the real estate industry is undergoing significant changes influenced by government policy and the availability of credit. The pandemic necessitated certain measures to bring in transparency and access to credit in the sector. How effective have those measures been? How do lenders and investors perceive the Indian real estate market now? What emerging asset classes in real estate are here to stay?
The session will attempt to cover some of the following aspects.
Key government initiatives shaping the industry
- Real Estate debt restructuring during the pandemic
- Impact of RERA and GST implementation
- Introduction of REITs and their performance so far
Investment trends in Residential and commercial real estate
- Commercial real estate – the rise in demand for warehousing and office spaces continues. How are Institutional investors, AIFs, NBFCs and developers capitalising on the opportunity?
- Residential real estate – How are investors looking at the increased cost of credit thanks to inflation, currency volatility and repo rate changes?
- Fractional ownership in property via online investment platforms
Growth in alternate asset classes and related investment trends (data)
- Data center growth – what returns can investors expect?
Viability of ESG in real estate investments
Speakers
Pranav Sharma, partner, Banking and Finance practice, Trilegal
Pranav Sharma is a Partner in the Banking and Finance practice at Trilegal. Pranav specialises in banking and finance and debt capital markets, and has 20 years of extensive experience in these areas. Aside from acting for leading banks and financial institutions and other credit providers on all forms of onshore and offshore financings, Pranav regularly represents sponsors and borrowers on such financings. He has advised a wide range of multilateral, bilateral, government agencies, state-owned enterprises and leading companies across a vast spectrum of financing, in India and abroad.
Pranav has wide-ranging expertise in transactions ranging from commodity or receivables-backed financing, ECA back financing, acquisition financing, and structured and trade financing. His practice is focused on lending transactions in emerging markets covering Eastern Europe, Turkey and Africa, besides India.
He has acted for lenders (both domestic and foreign) as well as sponsors and project companies on project financing for several successfully concluded and ongoing projects in the roads and highways, power, telecom, hotel and steel sectors.
Prior to joining Trilegal, he worked with a leading Indian law firm and was a Managing Associate at a well-known banking group in London. He is qualified in both Indian and English law.
SIDDHARTH RANADE, PARTNER, DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION, TRILEGAL