Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Corporate, financial services regulation

Teja is a senior consultant in Penningtons Manches Cooper's corporate team and head of financial services regulatory. He specialises in UK, EU and international law in financial services regulation; investment, mergers and acquisitions; banking and capital markets; investment and shareholder disputes and international sanctions.

Much of Teja’s work has an international dimension. This includes guiding UK companies expanding overseas, or overseas companies investing into or entering the UK market. He has over 30 years’ experience helping businesses, including private groups, financial institutions and investments funds, to successfully acquire, sell and invest in businesses worldwide.

As a member of Penningtons Manches Cooper’s India group, Teja has helped many Indian companies enter the UK through acquisitions or establishment. He also has substantial experience working on transactions throughout Europe and in the Gulf. He is instructed to give specialised legal opinions on English company law and practice, including as expert evidence for use in litigation before courts outside the UK.

He is a non-executive director of the fast-expanding Levi Roots/Reggae Reggae Group.