The restructuring and insolvency practice at DSK Legal offers advisory, litigation, and transaction services which cover insolvency resolution processes, restructuring, and recoveries, as well as liquidations, defaults, and resolution compliance. Co-leading the group, which is predominantly instructed by resolution professionals, liquidators, and financial institutions, are distressed loans and asset expert Ajay Shaw, restructuring authority Niraj Kumar, and insolvency specialist Ashish Pahariya. Other notable practitioners include Satendra Kumar Rai, Soham Mookherjee, and Anisha Kumar.

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  • ‘Ashish Pahariya is a hands-on counsel, who is always available for advice.’

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Key clients

  • Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited
  • Steel Strips Wheels Limited
  • Anirudh Agro Farms Limited
  • UPL Limited
  • Resolution Professional for JBF Petrochemicals Limited
  • Resolution Professional for DS Kulkarni Developers Limited (DSKDL)
  • Liquidator for IVRCL Limited
  • Eicher Polaris Private Limited (“Eicher Polaris”), (KPMG Restructuring), Liquidator of Eicher Polaris
  • MTC Business Private Limited
  • Six Sigma Investments Fund (“RA”)
  • Aditya Birla Finance Limited
  • Rajgreen Amusement Park Private Limited
  • IL&FS Financial Services Limited
  • Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Limited

Work highlights

  • Assisting Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited in relation to the initiation of insolvency against various borrowers who have defaulted on its payment obligations.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ajay Shaw, Niraj Kumar, Ashish Pahariya

Other key lawyers

Satendra Kumar Rai, Soham Mookherjee, Anisha Kumar