Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Partner

Deepto Roy is a Partner at the Firm who specialises in projects, project finance and banking.

Deepto has wide expertise in Energy, Power, Renewable Power, Oil & Gas, Mining and Infrastructure, and represents project developers, construction contractors, banks and financial institutions.

Deepto has advised on some of the largest and most complex infrastructure transactions in India. Some of his prominent deals include advising Allianz Capital Partners in their acquisitions of an anchor stake in India’s first private invit, the IndInfravit Trusts, advising China Light & Power in relation to their acquisition of three transmission projects from the Kalpatru Group, advising State Bank of India, IDBI and ICICI Bank in relation to restructuring of the 2400 MW Dabhol Power Project at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra; advising the syndicate of banks led by ICICI Bank and Axis Bank for INR 50 million and USD 35 million foreign currency financing of GMR’s Delhi International Airport Limited.

Deepto regularly advises clients on dispute resolution and regulatory issues. Deepto has recently advised an international asset management major in relation to the acquisition of Indian Solar and Other Renewable assets of a multinational renewable energy major.  Deepto has appeared before arbitration tribunals; regulatory commissions such as the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission; Several High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Deepto also writes extensively on infrastructure and infrastructure disputes. His publications include “Institutional Arbitration in India: The Way Forward” (co-authored with Madhukeshwar Desai) in “Alternative Dispute & Resolution: the Indian Perspective”, Oxford University Press (edited by Shashank Garg), 2018 and “The National  Green Tribunal and Environment Clearances for Infrastructure Projects”, Current Practice Newsletter of the International Bar Association Section as Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law, Vol. 8, No.1, September 2019.

English, Hindi

Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

LL.B from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata