ZBA

Number of partners: 2
Number of lawyers: 12
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi

Firm Overview:
ZBA is a client centric law firm providing international quality Indian legal services. The firm advises leading businesses of today and tomorrow which operate in India. ZBA specialises in arbitration and litigation, banking and finance, corporate commercial, debt capital markets, insolvency and restructuring, project finance and regulatory advice, with an international focus. It has a strong sector capability in energy, financial services, infrastructure, insurance, healthcare, retail and maritime.

ZBA is known for advising on complex, strategic and reputation critical matters for our clients. This is where its quality of expertise, knowledge, tactics and depth of experience delivers the greatest impact and value. Understanding client’s requirements, objectives and operating environment is important to the firm. It places particular emphasis on this aspect. ZBA works with its clients to achieve extraordinary results, harness commercial potential and become trusted long-term partners. Smart strategies and honest advice set it apart from its peer group.

Domestic or international, established or forthcoming – ZBA works with a diverse range of organisations. It identifies and manage risk and liability, navigates legal challenges and enables your strategic growth in today’s complicated and volatile business environment. ZBA represents clients across all High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals, National Company Appellate Tribunals, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal and Debt Recovery Tribunal and the Supreme Court. The firm’s depth of understanding of the regulatory intentions is what it brings to the table. The firm has been ranked by several well-recognised publications such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, IFLR1000, Indian Business Law Journal, Asia Law Profiles and Who’s Who Legal. The firm was ranked by the RSG India Report 2019, as one of the top 30 firms in India.

The firm's differentiators:
■ Clients first
■ Partner time and attention
■ Multi-disciplinary
■ Responsiveness
■ Connected innovation

Main Areas of Practice:
■ Admiralty & Maritime
■ Insurance
■ Banking & Finance
■ Debt Capital Markets
■ Corporate & Commercial
■ Regulatory
■ Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
■ Projects & Infrastructure
■ Insolvency & Restructuring

International Work:
■ Acting and advising an international insurer and ship owner on a complex dispute relating to a collision and oil spill in India
■ Acting for an international commodity trading house in LCIA proceedings in London and subsequent enforcement proceedings in India
■ Representing an international trading company on enforcement of collateral management agreements for commodities warehoused in India
■ Acting for a Korean ship owner on cross-border insolvency proceedings with India
■ Represented Chinese ship owner on contested ship arrest proceedings in India with novel questions of Indian law on ship arrest
■ Offshore bidders on bids under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 approximating US$3 billion in the power and steel sector
■ Bankrupt US entity exit of equity shareholding of Indian company and foreign exchange export trading liabilities
■ European bank on pledge enforcement of iron ore cargo in Indian bonded warehouses
■ US$1 billion external commercial borrowing secured loans from foreign and Indian banks to 2 Indian housing finance companies
■ Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC US$300 million loan to NTPC
■ ONGC’s US$2 billion medium term note programme
■ Offshore acquisition financing for European credit fund funding a multinational group with Indian subsidiary
■ Japanese backed NIS Ganesha on its US$230 million investment in DMI Finance

Contacts:
Partner: Zarir Bharucha
Tel: +91 98210 91908
Email: [email protected]
Partner: Niloufer Lam
Tel: +91 99206 68000
Email: [email protected]