Chambers Review
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Band 2
Band 2
Provided by Santosh Janakiram
Senior Partner
Projects & Project Financing/ Banking
Mr. Santosh Janakiram is a Senior partner and head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Projects Group and previously was a partner in Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. (AMSS), India’s largest law firm. He has worked in AMSS/CAM’s Mumbai office since 2001.
Santosh has extensive experience in banking, project financing, acquisition financing, structured financing and private equity and represents developers, sponsors, lenders and contractors in infrastructure and project finance transactions. Santosh has advised on various bond and structured debt financings. He also leads the firm’s renewable energy practice advising developers, investors and lenders in one of the leading practices in the sector in India.
Santosh has acted on a number of landmark transactions this year:-
• Represented the consortium of lenders on extending green loan facilities to certain subsidiaries of Adani Green Energy Limited by way of an ECB Facility and an offshore guarantee facility.
• Represented the consortium of lenders in relation to the extension of financial assistance to Cube Highways Trust (Borrower) by way of rupee term loan facilities, to be utilized, inter alia, for the purpose of refinancing existing loans and/or the promoter/ sponsor debt, in relation to identified special purpose vehicles.
• Represented India Grid Trust, a public listed infrastructure investment trust in its transaction to acquire the units held by Terra Asia Holdings II Pte. Ltd. (Terra Asia) in Virescent Renewable Energy Trust (VRET), in relation to the due diligence of the power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, operation and maintenance contracts and material regulatory approvals of around 16 SPVs of VRET engaged in solar power generation across multiple states in India.
Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa,
India
B.A. LLB., National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, 2001
Ranked in "Band 2" for Projects Infrastructure & energy and Banking & finance practices in India.
at ‘Chambers and Partners
Recognized as “A- list” lawyer, 2024 & 2025.
at IBLJ
Ranked ‘Leading Lawyer Champions’ for Projects and Energy, 2022- 2024.
at Legal Era Leading Lawyers
Ranked as ‘Highly Regarded’, (2020-2024) for Project Development; Banking; Project Finance.
at IFLR1000
Ranked as “Leading Lawyer” for Project & Energy (2019-2025).
at Legal500
Ranked ‘Recommended lawyer’, 2021
at Global Leader Project Finance
Ranked ‘Global Leader: India’ 2023 and ‘Thought Leader’ 2021- 2023
at Who's Who Legal
Ranked ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ for Banking & Finance, 2023 & 2024.
at AsiaLaw
“Lawyer of the Year” for Project Finance, 2020 and 2021.
IFLR1000 India Awards
Provided by Chambers
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Santosh is an excellent person to deal with. He acts like a business partner and helps us navigate through challenges.
Santosh is very good at banking and finance. He is very solution-minded and experienced across different transactions.
Santosh is very good at banking and finance. He has good experience in energy as well as good connections with banks. He is very solution-minded and experienced in many transactions.
Santosh is nimble and gives clear advice.
Santosh is an excellent person to deal with. He acts like a business partner and helps us navigate through challenges.
Santosh is very good at banking and finance. He is very solution-minded and experienced across different transactions.
Santosh is very good at banking and finance. He has good experience in energy as well as good connections with banks. He is very solution-minded and experienced in many transactions.
Santosh is nimble and gives clear advice.