About

HDFC Property Ventures Limited (HPVL) is the private equity arm of HDFC, the largest bank in India by market capitalisation. The company engages in the business of advising asset management which manages funds with a combined corpus of around $1.3bn. The legal team of the business is comprised of two highly exciting legal professionals – senior vice president Rajeev Kumar and legal manager Sharon D’Gama. Kumar has approximately 18 years of professional experience in various capacities and has been associated with HPVL for nine years. Involved in all legal aspects related to private equity transactions and advising various portfolio companies on business advisory, litigation management, regulatory support and law enforcement, Kumar has consistently made an outstanding impression with the precision and speed of his work, as well as his approach in advising the business. D’Gama has been at the company for three years, impressing in the process with her involvement in private equity transactions, fund raising, corporate legal and regulatory changes. In the last six months, the team has been involved in advising on investments in excess of Rs 1,000 crores across three vital transactions and is currently involved in raising a new alternative investment fund. The team has also recently worked on one of the largest private equity exits in the history of India’s real estate market, successfully restructuring the investment to enable the fund to receive the exit proceeds.