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Trilegal

Banking & Finance

Global Guide 2026 : India


Trilegal

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Our Banking and Finance practice's reputation as a market leader has been built on the foundation of an intuitive commercial understanding of what our clients want to achieve, the quality of our documentation, and our ability to competently deliver the right outcomes within tight timeframes.​ 

Our Partners regularly advise clients on established as well as emerging products in a dynamic legal and regulatory environment. We provide a focused, pragmatic approach, with fee transparency, and highly effective, technology-driven transaction management.​ 

We represent lenders and borrowers across a wide spectrum covering sponsors and corporates. Our key clients include  

  • major domestic banks such as ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Axis Bank,  

  • foreign banks such as Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, Citibank, Barclays, Nomura and Rabobank, 

  • multilateral agencies such as IFC, US Exim Bank, and UK's CDC Group, 

  • sponsors such as Brookfield and Blackstone, and  

  • non-banking financial companies and offshore credit funds such as Edelweiss, SSG, Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, KKR, and Varde.​  

We work on a range of domestic and cross border structured financing transactions with varied complexity, covering acquisition finance,project finance,private DCM, securitisation,and debt restructuring. This includes distressed investments, enforcement and winding up, and advisory, regulatory, and mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector. 

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Banking & Finance - India

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Trilegal has a long-established legal practice which is well-versed in advising large banks and financial institutions on complex structured transactions in India. The team is active across project finance, refinancing, acquisition finance and term loans. It also boasts experience in private credit transactions, in which the team has acted for global investment firms. The lawyers are additionally experienced in distressed debt transactions and syndicated lending, and handle deals across the renewable energy, transportation and real estate spaces.

Work Highlights

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  • Trilegal advised International Finance Corporation on a post-merger financing made available by it to HDFC Bank for an aggregate principal amount of USD500 million.

Strengths

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  • The firm is very responsive, but in a substantive way. It is not responding for the sake of it, without having given due thought to the issue.

    Banking & Finance respondentGlobal
  • With an outstanding level of client service and access to partners, they have a combination of pragmatism and local expertise.

    Banking & Finance respondentGlobal
  • The firm has a very strong ability to work on complex transactions, including cross-border ones, as well as the capacity to meet tight timelines.

    Banking & Finance respondentGlobal

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Kannan Rahul
    Band 2Kannan Rahul

    Kannan Rahul

    Kannan Rahul is a partner based in Trilegal's Mumbai office. His work includes project and real estate finance matters. He regularly represents borrowers and lenders, winning praise from investment banks and major investment funds.

    • Kannan is able to navigate complexity and provide mature actionable advice.

      Banking & Finance respondentGlobal
    • We continue to engage him due to his strong subject matter expertise and service levels.

      Banking & Finance respondentGlobal
    • Kannan is a very strong lawyer with a very sound commercial sense.

      Banking & Finance respondentGlobal
  • Band 4Ameya Khandge
    Band 4Ameya Khandge

    Ameya Khandge

    Ameya Khandge is a partner at Trilegal, based in its Mumbai office. He represents lenders and public bodies in a range of financing work, particularly in the power and renewables sector.

    • He has very good domain knowledge. He understands the technical aspects and is also aware of market trends.

      Banking & Finance respondentGlobal

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