Active on both a domestic and international level, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee is geared to handle public offerings, investments, corporate governance and a diverse multitude of transactions across a range of industries. Biswajit Chatterjee steers the group, principally focusing on equity capital markets alongside debt capital markets, corporate finance and private equity, while Nick Williams is particularly well-versed in compliance, bribery and corruption issues across the Asia-Pacific region. Finance expert Kaveeta Sandhu and Kaustubh George, who is active on both the corporate and capital markets sides, further strengthen the practice.
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Key clients
- Walmart Inc.
- Flipkart Private Limited
- Samvardhana Motherson International Limited
- JM Financial Limited
- Axis Capital Limited
- ICICI Securities Limited
- IIFL Securities Limited
- Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited
- Jefferies India Private Limited
- BNP Paribas
- BofA Securities India Limited
- HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited
- DAM Capital Advisors Limited
- Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited
- Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private Limited
- SBI Capital Markets Limited
- Ambit Private Limited
- Avendus Capital Private Limited
- Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
- Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO)
- PhonePe Private Limited, Singapore
Work highlights
- Advised the lead managers, Kotak Mahindra Capital, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) and IIFL Securities, on the $480m QIP of equity shares and compulsorily convertible debentures (bonds which must be converted into stock by a specified date) by Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (Deal Award of the Year 2023 by India Business Law Journal).
- Advised the lead managers, Axis Capital, Bank of America, Jefferies, JM Financial, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and SBI Capital Markets on the $480m rights offering by Grasim Industries.
- Advised Walmart, Inc. on its $3.5bn acquisition of shares in Flipkart Private Limited, from certain existing shareholders, including shareholders from the Tiger Global group, Accel group and Binny Bansal.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Biswajit Chatterjee