Lauded by clients for its ‘clear-cut advice’, Majmudar & Partners has a strong emphasis on advising Indian financial institutions and banks on external financing transactions and has recently seen an uptick in instructs in the NBFC sector. Akil Hirani heads the team and is the key port of call for domestic companies and structuring investment advice. Hirani works alongside Fraser Alexander, who takes point on contentious banking mandates.
Testimonials
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‘The Majmudar & Partners team provides clear-cut advice on Indian law matters and is very responsive and pleasant to deal with. Further, throughout our cooperation with the Majmudar & Partners team, we have particularly appreciated the team's ability to provide helpful explanations in respect of Indian law concepts which we were not familiar with.’
‘We have been working primarily with partner Akil Hirani and principal Sinjini Majumdar, who both excel at providing clear-cut advice on Indian law matters, being very responsive and paying great attention to detail. Further, we appreciate their availability on very short notice and despite different time zones.’
Key clients
- Nordea Danmark
- Elementis Holdings Limited
- Axis Bank Limited (ABL)
- Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited (DBL)
- Leading Public Sector Bank
- Punjab National Bank (PNB)
- Demant A/S
Work highlights
- Advising Nordea Danmark on a major cross-border financing of a spices business.
- Assisted Elementis Holdings Limited, a speciality chemicals company, in connection with preparing and filing the Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of its Indian subsidiary, Elementis Specialties (India) Private Limited, with the Reserve Bank of India.
- Advised Demant A/S, a global hearing healthcare and audio technology group, on a proposed loan and supply arrangement with an Indian entity.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Akil Hirani