Banking & Finance, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure and Restructuring & Insolvency

Partner & Co-Founder

After completing his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from Cardiff University, United Kingdom in 2004, he started his career with Dua Associates, Delhi. Soon he moved to SJ Berwin LLP, London post which he joined Khaitan Sud & Partners where he was the head of the Project Finance and Infrastructure practice until 2015-16. After that, he co-founded Gravitas Legal.

He has advised financial institutions and funds such as PTC India Financial Services, NIIF Infrastructure Development Fund, IIFCL and REC Limited, banks such as State Bank of India, Axis Bank Limited, Export-Import Bank of India and Bank of Baroda and financial consultants such as IDBI Capital Markets & Securities Limited in connection with their financing of various infrastructure projects (encompassing power and roads etc.) and non-infrastructure projects (encompassing steel, hotels and commercial real estate development) owned and managed by renowned corporates such as THDC India Limited, Bajaj Hindustan Power Group, Rattan India Group, Aryan Coal Beneficiation Group, ACME Group, KVK Group and Jindal Steel and Power Limited. Tanuj has drafted and finalized several financing and security documentation and advised on various transactional aspects such as assignment and novation of contracts. He is also actively involved in devising strategies in relation to commercial and debt recovery-related litigation and insolvency proceedings. He has represented/advised various corporate debtors, ex-management, and resolution professionals/liquidators.

In addition to regular bilateral and multilateral financing transactions, Tanuj has been involved in novel and atypical transactions around 5\25 flexible structuring scheme, takeout finance, refinance, S4A, OSDR and SDR. Both lenders and borrowers have turned to him on a wide gamut of funding-related transactions from the restructuring of debts, hybrid facilities, promoter funding, external commercial borrowings and acquisition finance to recapitalizations. He also advises clients in debt recovery litigation by representing them before the Debts Recovery Tribunal and helps businesses in the expeditious recovery of their dues through regular, trending and practical advice.

English & Hindi

Bar Council of Delhi

LL.B from Cardiff University, United Kingdom (2004) and B.A. (Hons.) from Delhi University (2001)