Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India

Anti-Corruption & Compliance; Banking & Finance; Climate Change & ESG; Corporate & Commercial; Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity & Venture Capital and Projects, Energy & Infrastructure

Partner

Nishant is a Partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India and specializes in the area of mergers & acquisitions, private equity & venture capital and banking & finance.

In the last 19 years, Nishant has worked on a wide array of equity and debt financing transactions across multiple sectors and countries. In the M&A space, he has worked on listed as well as unlisted company transactions including, public takeover, PIPE, going private, JV and minority or majority equity investments. As regards the debt investment, he advises on structured debt funding and re-structuring transactions.

Nishant also advises corporate houses and HNI’s in relation to investigations by government agencies like Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Economic Offence Wing for charges of bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud and various other offences and assists clients in formation of internal corporate policies and structures against anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-corporate fraud, whistleblowing, anti-sexual harassment, data privacy and cyber security.

His past international experience of working with the top tier law firms in San Francisco, New York and London offers his clients a distinctive approach and expertise on cross-border deals.

English, Hindi

Masters in Law (LL.M) -University of Pennsylvania Law School

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - National Law School of India University, Bangalore (Gold Medalist)

Awarded the ‘Lawyer of the Year- Private Equity’ at the Legal Era- Indian Legal Awards 2023-24. Recognized as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ for financial and corporate law practice in India by IFLR1000 (2019-23). Recognized as one of the ‘Leading Lawyers of India’ for banking & finance, corporate/M&A and private equity by asialaw (2015-2023). Recognized as an ‘Elite Legal Practitioner’ in Asia Pacific Region by Legal 500 (2018-2022). Recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ by Legal Era Awards