Chambers Review
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Capital Markets - India
What the Team is Known For
Lawyers at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co are highly reputed for equity and debt capital markets, acting on headline mandates in India. The team is regularly instructed by both financiers and issuers on high-value deals. The group possesses valuable experience in the market for IPOs, secondary offerings, QIPs and non-convertible debentures, advising a broad range of clients in sectors such as financial services, technology, energy and life sciences. The firm is instructed on REIT public offerings and is a prominent fixture on many leading domestic transactions.
Strengths
The team is committed to providing swift and efficient services. It prioritises responsiveness and agility, ensuring that we receive timely advice and support.
The team has a very good understanding of various nuances of the law as well as wide experience across a number of transactions, hence they are able to handle complex matters very well.
Work Highlights
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co acted as legal counsel to Morgan Stanley India on the qualified institutions placement by Zomato, comprising a further issue of 336,473,755 equity shares, raising approximately USD1 billion.
Notable practitioners
Prashant is a veteran in this field and brings solid experience and expertise to complex transactions.
Prashant is one of the strongest and more practical partners that we have worked with. His interpretations are very good.
Nikhil Naredi is a partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co and is based in Mumbai. He counts major banks and investors among his clients and oversees a varied range of complex, high-value deals, including REITs and IPOs.
Nikhil is very experienced and brings different perspectives to the table.
Nikhil is razor-sharp. He knows it all and always finds alternatives, without having to bend interpretations. He is technically brilliant and knows the entire regulations.
Sayantan Dutta is a partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co and is based in its Delhi office. He continues to oversee a wide range of IPOs, QIPs and rights issues.
I find him to be the most reasonable, practical and efficient partner.
Sayantan is driven, knowledgeable and immensely experienced in tough deal situations, which results in his problem-solving approach. He is also a good leader for his team.
Shubhangi Garg is well placed to advise clients on a variety of matters, including NCDs mandates and issuances of senior secured notes.
Shubhangi Garg has a great understanding of the commercial aspects of transactions. He is also excellent at negotiations.
He has a very good knowledge of Indian regulations and produces high-quality work.