Khaitan & Co. relies on its pan-India presence to provide advice on complex financing transactions to a diverse client base that comprises major corporates, banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions. Key areas of expertise include acquisition financings, real estate finance work, mezzanine financings and regulatory issues. Kumar Saurabh Singh is well renowned for his expertise in all variations of debt transactions, while Devidas Banerji leads the team in Kolkata and is known for his expertise in the aviation finance space. Manisha Shroff specialises in domestic and international debt issuance transactions, while the duo of Siddharth Srivastava and Rajeev Vidhani have extensive expertise in syndicated lending arrangements and structured finance matters.

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Testimonials

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'Deep and broad competence with extremely dedicated professionals. Strong bench strength with an ability to pull in additional and very competent resources last minute when required which is critical when doing large billion $ deals. Would definitely recommend Khaitan & Co for any deal both in India and cross border.'
'Manisha Shroff is superb to work with.'
'The firm has a good banking and finance practice. The strength is of course they are well versed in the law as well as on the regulatory side of things and the partner with whom we deal is open to discussing new ways of analyzing situations for taking certain risk calls by the bank.'

Key clients

Ivanhoe Cambridge and Lighthouse Canton Pte Ltd.
Axis Bank Limited
Oman Investment Corporation
SBI Mutual Fund
Aseem Infra Finance Limited
HDFC Bank Limited
Morgan Stanley
Brookfield Asset Management
Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited
IndusInd Bank Limited
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Singapore
REC Limited and Power Finance Corporation Limited
Spaceway Wellness Private Limited
Inbrew Beverages Private Limited
RBL Bank Limited
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
ICICI Bank Limited
India Infradebt
SAEL Limited
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
NIIF Infrastructure Finance Limited
Tata Cleantech Capital Limited
Tata Capital Financial Services Limited
State Bank of India
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
Bank of Baroda
Union Bank of India, Dubai
Mars Growth Capital Fund 1, L.P
IndusInd Bank Limited
Capri Xponentia Managers LLP
Investec Bank Plc
BPEA Investment Managers Private Limited
T.S. Rajam Rubbers Private Limited
L&T Finance Limited
JM Financial Credit Solutions Limited
Neo Asset Management Private Limited
Worldbusiness Capital, Inc.
Aditya Birla Finance Limited
IDFC First Bank Limited
Credit Suisse Securities (India) Pvt Ltd
Arka Fincap Limited

Work highlights

Represented Ivanhoe Cambridge and Lighthouse Canton Pte Ltd in availing various term loan facilities by its special purpose vehicles.
Advised Oman Investment Corporation on the acquisition of the entire shareholding of Sembcorp Energy India Ltd.