Namrata Kolar
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Real Estate: Bengaluru-based
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Namrata Kolar
Partner (Head–Real Estate)
Real Estate and Disputes
Namrata is the Head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Real Estate Practice. She is a recognised leader in Real Estate Law with over 24 years of experience. While Namrata specialises in real estate transactions, she has a varied experience over other practice areas like dispute resolution and general corporate advisory including employment laws.
She currently heads a team of 41 lawyers including 8 Real Estate Partners across various offices of the firm.
Namrata has advised Indian and overseas real estate funds, developers, MNCs real estate investors, lenders, borrowers, and financial institutions.
Namrata specialises in acquisition and financing of various real estate projects, be it residential/commercial/warehouses/ townships/renewable energy projects and development of special economic zones. She is considered an expert in drafting and negotiating retail and commercial leases, especially for malls, built to suit premises and data centres and corporate campuses. She regularly advises on all aspects of real estate transactions including title due diligence, issuance of title opinions, acquiring property by way of conveyance, lease or joint development models, mortgages, drafting and negotiating commercial leases. In addition, she has also represented and acted for clients in transactions involving financing of real estate sector (both private equity and debt financing), including REITs.
Namrata has significant experiences with construction contracts, development management agreement, fit out agreements and other project related documentation.
In the area of dispute resolution, Namrata has considerable experience in representing clients before the various High Courts, Tribunals, Company Law Board, NCLT, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission and other fora. She specialises in corporate disputes, court-based Mergers & Amalgamations and Real Estate disputes.
Namrata has also been actively involved in a number of union related matters, appearances before High Courts, Industrial Tribunals and in conciliation proceedings before labour authorities in various employment-related disputes under legislations such as the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
Professional Memberships
• Advocate & Solicitor; Bar Council of Karnataka, India
• Qualified as Solicitor, England & Wales
Education
• LL.M., SOAS, University of London, UK, 2003
• PGDHRL, National Law School of India, Bengaluru, India, 2000
• B.A. LLB., National Law School of India, Bengaluru, India, 1999
Awards
Band 2
at Chambers and Partners 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021
Best Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
at Business World Legal World
2021
‘A List Lawyer’
at IBLJ 2023 & 2024
Ranked ‘Leading Individual & Recommended Partner’ for Real Estate.
Legal 500 2023 & 2024
‘Leading Lawyer’ for Real Estate.
Legal Era Rankings 2023 & 2022
Distinguished Practitioner at
AsiaLaw 2023-2022