Kochhar & Co. fields a team of dedicated banking and finance lawyers who work closely with the firm’s bankruptcy and litigation teams to assist clients with financing transactions. Key areas of strength include project finance, syndicated lending, acquisition finance and trade finance mandates. Pradeep Ratnam is known for his expertise in cross-border and international financings; he jointly heads up the team with Sujatha Rangachari and Sharmil Bhushan, who handles debt restructuring, security enforcement and insolvency resolution assignments. Other key members of the team include Parul Verma and Swapnil Sant, who have particular expertise in handling project finance transactions in the real estate and infrastructure sectors.
Testimonials
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‘The team is pro-active, solution oriented and thinks client first.’
‘Being master of their trade is most important.'
Key clients
- Khargone Transmission Limited
- SBI Mutual Fund
- Good Host Spaces Private Limited
- Axis Bank Limited
- Radiance Renewables Private Limited
- Piramal Capital Housing Finance Limited
- Jupiter International Limited
- Tata Cleantech Capital Limited
- Arka Fincap Limited
- Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited, Edelweiss
- Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited and Edelweiss
- General Insurance Company Limited
- CFM Asset Reconstruction Private Limited
- Niyogin Fintech Limited and Blacksoil Capital Private Limited
- Exim Bank
- Arth Padarth Factors and Finance Private Limited
- GoDigit
- Kotak Infrastructure Debt Fund
Work highlights
- Advised Sterlite Transmission on the project financing of its SPV (Khargone Transmission Limited) for implementing the transmission system for Western Region associated with Khargone Thermal Power Plant.
- Advised SBI-Mutual Fund on its investment in the rated, listed, redeemable and non- convertible debentures issued by Prestige Projects Private Limited.
- Advised the senior lenders of Axis Bank and TCCL on a complex holdco project financing for a renewable energy company Azure Power on a 200MW utility scale project in Rajasthan, India.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pradeep Ratnam, Sharmil Bhushan, Sujatha Rangachari