Tatva Legal Hyderabad

Ashish Anshu

PARTNER

Avinash Mody

Avinash Mody is the Founder & Managing Partner / Head of Practice of Tatva Legal New Delhi.Specific to Corporate M&A practice, in addition to a wide experience in advising on corporate and commercial laws, Avinash has extensive experience in formulating entry strategies, complex acquisitions and joint ventures, both domestic and cross border, buyout of joint venture partners, and restructurings.  With his experience he is able to offer considered and strategized negotiations, measured risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies.  Astute documentation skill-sets have helped him handle complex assignments and transactions.An illustrative list of key assignments historically handled by Avinash is below:(i)  He has acted for Toyota Tsusho Corporation on multiple strategic investments, and also acted for the Sumitomo Group and Nippon Steel on multiple investments in the auto-components sphere;(ii)  He acted for MetLife in acquisition by PNB of a 30% stake in MetLife India (now PNB MetLife), a multi- party life insurance joint venture, which transaction required legal assistance in the bid stage, restructuring of the existing joint venture arrangements, and procuring of approvals from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, the Reserve Bank of India and the Competition Commission of India for achieving transaction close;(iii)  For Dorf Ketal group, he has acted on multiple acquisitions, both onshore and offshore, in the chemical industry space(iv)  He acted for PNB in divestment of its stake in its housing finance company, which transaction entailed legal advisory during the pre-bid and bidding stage, procurement of approvals, and transaction closure.An additional representative list of clients advised by him is - Athene US, Aristocrat Technologies Australia, Edelweiss, Engelhart Commodities Trading Partners, Fujifilm, JPMorgan, J-OIL Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Knorr Bremse, Pact Group, Titagarh Wagons, Tri-stage Japan, Tower Vision.

Mohan Kumar Kalagarla

Mohan is a Partner at Tatva Legal Hyderabad Mohan’s practice focuses on real estate transactions, conducting due diligences and drafting allied documents including property development agreements, construction agreements, drafting of lease deeds, leave & license agreements, and sale deeds. He has advised and assisted companies in documentation, registration & stamp duty aspects relating to realty projects and property development matters, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating contracts relating to retail and franchising. He has represented several national/multi-national companies and banks in large transactions including in acquisition of properties, title diligence, documentation, joint ventures, FDI and FII transactions, development of SEZs and integrated townships.  Mohan has a sound knowledge of regulatory laws governing all aspects of licenses and approvals in development of SEZ’s and integrated townships. He has also advised on business and industrial operations including statutory approvals and licenses for businesses, business operations and operations related legal matters

Pratyush Kumar Singh

Pratyush is a Partner at Tatva Legal, Hyderabad He practices in the areas of corporate / commercial laws and employment law advisory. Pratyush’s practice focuses on general corporate counselling/advisory with specific emphasis on employment laws and transactional advisory. He has extensive experience in various aspects of employment law across multiple industries and is trusted for his strategic and tailored advice to legal and business functions of corporations. Pratyush is recognised as a leading lawyer in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and has advised on multiple facets of employment law, including employment agreements, transition of employees in case of M&As and business transfer transactions, reduction in force (RIF) due to redundancies, domestic / internal disciplinary enquiries, advisory on sexual harassment proceedings, advisory on social security benefits such as provident fund, gratuity, maternity benefits, contract labour arrangements, senior management severances, advise on contentious and non-contentious issues etc. Pratyush has advised clients in setting up of operations and business in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. He also has vast experience in structuring and drafting of transaction documents, strategic joint ventures, technology development, outsourcing and services arrangements, and operation of information technology based businesses and services. Pratyush regularly speaks on Indian employment law and related matters at various seminars and events in the region and is a frequent invitee by various multinational corporations as speaker on emerging employment issues.

Sanjay Kishore A.

Sanjay is a Senior Partner at Tatva Legal, Hyderabad Sanjay’s key areas of practice include litigation, dispute resolution, real estate, mergers & acquisitions and private equity. Sanjay has significant experience in advising clients in relation to commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation & dispute resolution, general corporate advisory, corporate and regulatory compliances and commercial and corporate contracts. Sanjay has also advised several multinational companies and banks in connection with FDI & FII transactions and has successfully completed several major land and property transfers. He has advised and assisted clients in their real estate projects and property development and has been involved in drafting, reviewing, negotiating contracts relating to retail & franchising.

Shailendra Komatreddy

PARTNER

Shiva Charan Reddy K

Shivacharan is a Partner at Tatva Legal, Hyderabad He has represented clients across a broad range of sectors. Shivacharan has a diversified practice area and he has been a part of various cross-border and domestic corporate transactions including M&A, private equity, strategic investments, business transfers, demergers, alternative investment funds, project finance, title and corporate due diligence, real estate leasing activities, acquisition and sale of immovable property and resolution plans under IBC. He has provided general corporate, commercial, intellectual property and information technology related advisory to his clients on multiple occasions. In his illustrious career, he has represented several financial investors and entrepreneurs, funds, foreign portfolio investors, corporates, banks and financial institutions, construction companies and government and regulatory bodies.

Sujeet Das

Sujeet Das is a Partner at Tatva Legal, Hyderabad He practices in the areas of corporate & commercial laws, projects, financing, and technology law. Sujeet is recognised as a leading lawyer in projects and financing and regularly advises infrastructure companies on all aspects of project implementation, preparation and negotiation of EPC contracts, concession agreements, O&M contracts, and PPA. He has represented multilateral financial institutions and leading Indian financial institutions and banks on diverse funding portfolio such as power projects (renewable and non-renewable), highway projects and non-infrastructure projects. He has advised on niche sectors such as acquisition of aircrafts and shipping finance including assignment of marine insurance policies. He led a team recognized in the Top 10 in Dealogic Asia Pacific Benchmark League Tables for Project Finance for several years in a row. For maintaining balance between specialist and generalist, Sujeet has advised clients across industries, including auto components, education, FMCG sector, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, media & entertainment, online gaming, real estate, tourism & hospitality. He has advised clients on legal and regulatory issues, undertaken risk assessment and devised risk mitigation strategies and negotiation strategy in dead-lock situations. He has also assisted in arriving at out of court settlements including disputes inter se between founders or contracting parties. As a trusted advisor, he has advised on promoter funding and family arrangements of HNWIs.   Sujeet is a regular speaker across various forums including colleges and is avid follower and contributor of thoughts on legal paradigm in context of innovative & upcoming sectors such as cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.