Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Client SatisfactionShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co maintains a thriving real estate and construction practice, housing a specialised team equipped to advise a varied client base, including real estate owners, buyers, lessors, lenders and developers, on a wide range of complex issues, ranging from contract, construction and title disputes, to loan services and foreclosure issues. Co-managing partner Akshay Chudasama specialises in cross-border transactions and regularly represents clients on corporate and private equity transactions, while Bhoumick Vaidya’s expertise ranges from title diligence and acquisition of lands for development of commercial and residential properties, to private equity and debt transactions, leases, leave and license, joint ventures and joint developments. Aarthi Lakshminarayanan routinely advises on statutory compliance and regulatory matters, special economic zone laws, mitigation of risks, title exceptions and complex real estate transactions, while Mrinal Kumar conducts notable work on structuring M&A, private equity transactions, foreign direct investment laws and land acquisition.
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Testimonials
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- 'Mrinal Kumar: hands on in the matter, depth of knowledge of the transaction, ability to identify issues and solutions.'
- 'The team shows negotiation skills, patience, and in-depth diligence.'
- 'Deal solution, domain expertise, timeliness of closure.'
- 'They are very solution oriented and updated on the latest amendments.'
Key clients
- Brookfield India REIT
- Bain Capital Credit, L.P.
- Kotak Investment Advisors Limited
- Hero Future Energies Private Limited
- Birla Estates Private Limited
- Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited
- AGP DC Infra Two Private Limited
- Mitsubishi Electric India Private Limited
- Tata Electronics Private Limited, part of the TATA Group
- Ascendas Asia Real Estate Fund Management Pte Ltd (part of CapitaLand Group)
- KIMS Hospital Bengaluru Private Limited, vpart of the KIMS Hospitals Group
- Solitaire Group
- Kamaths Ourtimes Icecreams Private Limited (Natural Ice Creams)
- Brookfield
- HHLR Management Pte. Ltd. & Alta Capital Management LLP
Work highlights
- Advised Brookfield India REIT on acquisition by Brookfield India REIT and GIC of two commercial properties from Brookfield’s private funds for $1.4bn.
- Advised Bain Capital Credit, L.P. on the transaction in which, as a first step, Macrotech mDevelopers Limited together with Bain Capital and Ivanhoé Cambridge created a platform to invest in logistics and light industrial parks, as well as in-city fulfilment centres, by way of creation of multiple SPVs. The SPV will acquire land for the purposes of construction of warehouses.
- Advised Kotak Investment Advisors Limited on debt financing to Bharat Hotels Limited.
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Mrinal Kumar
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Bhoumick Vaidya
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & CoPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Akshay Chudasama, Mrinal Kumar