The ‘very involved, pragmatic, and extremely solution-oriented’ team at Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee acts for domestic and multinational corporates, private equity houses, and investment funds, handling the full range of issues relating to cross-border transactions, including financing, restructurings, M&A, and IPOs. The practice is now jointly headed by Singapore-based duo Biswajit Chatterjee and Stephanie Keen; managing partner Chatterjee is recommended for equity and debt capital markets matters, while Keen has a broad corporate and M&A practice with notable strength in advising clients across the fintech, telecoms, and energy sectors. Another core member of the team is counsel Kaustubh George, who assists issuers and underwriters on public offers, international issuances, and venture capital funding.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Biswajit Chatterjee is an experienced US securities lawyer and continues to act on several matters. He is ably supported by Kaustabh George.'
  • 'The team is very involved, pragmatic and extremely solution oriented. It is always a pleasure to work with them.'
  • 'Biswajit Chatterjee is one of the most experienced lawyers for the India practice out of Singapore. He is very approachable and extremely hands-on in deals. Kaustubh George is also a great lawyer in the HL team. He is a very composed lawyer and is able to handle pressurised situations very well. It is always of great comfort to have him on a transaction.'
  • 'An extremely client-centric approach with a solution-oriented mindset.'

Key clients

  • PhonePe
  • Navis Capital Partners
  • Woodward, Inc.
  • JM Financial Limited
  • Axis Capital Limited
  • Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited
  • DAM Capital Advisors Limited
  • Edelweiss Financial Services Limited
  • BNP Paribas
  • BofA Securities India Limited
  • HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited
  • Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private Limited
  • Jefferies India Private Limited
  • ICICI Securities Limited
  • IIFL Securities Limited
  • Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited
  • SBI Capital Markets Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised PhonePe Singapore on the separation of ownership of PhonePe Private Limited, India’s largest digital payments platform, from Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart Private Limited.
  • Acted as international legal counsel to the book running lead managers on the IPO of Bikaji Foods International Limited.
  • Advised Sojitz Corporation on the contracting arrangements for the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of Sabarmati Depot for the project for the construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, promoted by the Indian government.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Biswajit Chatterjee, Stephanie Keen

Other key lawyers

Kaustubh George