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Dhananjaya Chak

Dhananjaya Chak

Global 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

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Practice Areas

- Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Finance

- Project Finance

- Projects

- Acquisition and Leveraged Finance

- Corporate Debt Finance and Treasury

Career

Dhananjaya is a Partner based in our London office. Dhananjaya advises in our finance practice, with a focus on the infrastructure and energy sectors. Dhananjaya is Head of our India finance practice. Dhananjaya has extensive experience acting for sponsors and lenders on energy and infrastructure acquisitions across Europe and the UK as well as greenfield projects in Africa and Southeast Asia (with a particular focus on India). His experience covers holdco and midco financing structures as well as multi-creditor platform structures including a mix of commercial bank and institutional debt. Dhananjaya is a key member of our market-leading team considered as the 'platinum' standard in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors for providing top quality service to clients. Our sector team deliver high-level support on some of the most complex energy transition and decarbonisation projects (including CCUS), renewables and power projects, world-class mining projects, large-scale oil and gas projects and first-of-a-kind infrastructure projects. We continue to support our clients, and have done over many years, in navigating the systemic shift in interest in green and sustainable financing.

For additional information on Dhananjaya’s professional background, please visit: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/d/dhananjaya-chak

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance - India

Expertise Based Abroad
India, expertise based abroad in UK

Individual Editorial

Dhananjaya Chak heads the firm's Indian finance practice and is noted for his experience in advising clients on financing matters, particularly concerning energy infrastructure.

Projects & Energy - India

Expertise Based Abroad
India, expertise based abroad in UK

Individual Editorial

Dhananjaya Chak is head of the firm's India finance practice group and is regularly mandated on the financing of solar projects for both lenders and borrowers.

Strengths

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  • Dhananjaya Chak is a very dynamic and solution-oriented lawyer.

    Banking & FinanceChambers Global Guide
  • Dhananjaya Chak was wonderful to work with. Things were always well explained and the responses to any questions we had were very prompt.

    Banking & FinanceChambers Global Guide
  • Dhananjaya Chak is a very dynamic and solution-oriented lawyer.

    Projects & EnergyChambers Global Guide
  • I would definitely recommend Dhananjaya Chak. He is wonderful to work with as everything is always well explained and his responses to any of our questions are very prompt.

    Projects & EnergyChambers Global Guide

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