Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia and Veena Sivaramakrishnan jointly lead the ‘responsive, pragmatic, professional, and articulate’ banking and finance team at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, which works closely with the firm’s capital markets, private equity, and insolvency practices to provide a full-service transactional and regulatory offering. Ahluwalia has broad finance practice with a notable emphasis on structured debt and private credit; she also leads the firm’s fintech offering. Sivaramakrishnan takes point on derivatives and insolvency work as well as financial services regulatory mandates. Also in the core team are executive chairman Shardul Shroff and Shubangi Garg, who regularly advises global financial institutions and investment banks on structured debt investments and the issuance of listed NCDs.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The firm has expertise in various streams and brings in the expertise from other teams as may be required.’

  • ‘Very good experience and access to firm-wide knowledge. Very responsive and experienced team.’

  • ‘Responsive, pragmatic, professional, and articulate.’

  • 'Quick turnaround times.'

Key clients

  • Barclays Bank PLC
  • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
  • Morgan Stanley Bank
  • Nomura Singapore Limited.
  • JP Morgan
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
  • Morgan Stanley India Company Private Limited
  • Axis Bank Limited
  • DBS Bank India Limited
  • International Finance Corporation (“IFC”)
  • BNP Paribas
  • IIFL
  • Jungle Ventures Pte. Ltd.
  • BPEA Investment Managers Private Limited
  • Peak XV Partners Advisors India LLP
  • Kotak Infrastructure Investment Fund

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Practice head

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Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Veena Sivaramakrishnan

Other key lawyers

Shardul Shroff, Shubhangi Garg