Sucharita Basu

Practice Areas

CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

REAL ESTATE INFRASTRUCTURE

GOVERNMENT ADVISORY POLICY

Career

Sucharita has over 23 years of experience in Corporate – Commercial, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Banking & Finance and Trust Laws. She advises a wide range of Indian and multinational clients in various sectors. Prior to AQUILAW, Sucharita was engaged as an Associate Partner with Khaitan & Co. Sucharita also expertises in Government Advisory and Policy. Sucharita is the Chairperson - Sub Committee on Ease of Doing Business, CII Eastern Region Council. Sucharita was the past Chairperson of CII, West Bengal State Council for 2023-24. She is an Independent Director in the Boards of Himadri Credit & Finance Limited and Tarsons Products Limited. She completed her LL.B. from University of Calcutta.

Professional Memberships

Bar Council of West Bengal

Incorporated Law Society, Kolkata

Confederation of Indian Industry

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Indian Chamber of Commerce

The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India

Utkal Chamber of Commerce

Work Highlights

GENERAL CORPORATE ADVISORY

Legal advice on commercial and corporate laws and corporate restructurings.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Due diligence, transactions involving listed and unlisted companies, advice and documentation - joint ventures, shareholder agreements and arrangements, technology transfers, import of plant and equipment.

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS & DATA PRIVACY

Licensing, transfer of technology, trade agreements, etc, and general corporate law advisory; advisory on data privacy and governance.

REAL ESTATE

Structuring of deals, legal due diligence of property, drafting/vetting transaction documents such as conveyance deeds, leases, license agreements, development agreement, trust deeds, trust laws etc, rendering advice on land laws land development, advisory on financing & investments, RERA.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Advice and documentation of infrastructure projects on PPP mode, legal structuring, contracts, laws & policies on behalf of government, transaction advisor and project proponent.

POLICY

Policy advisory for government, government parastatals and corporates, holistic policy making upon identification of policy intervention areas, appreciating evidence, deliberating with all relevant stakeholders and drafting/finalizing policy upon appreciating the strategic are of policy implementation.

FINANCING

Advice and documentation relating to corporate financing, debt issues, project financing, creation of security etc. and external commercial borrowings.

SECURITIES LAW

Advice and documentation relating to IPOs, Rights Issues, QIPs, NCDs, GDR and FCCB issues.

TESTAMENTARY ADVICE

Advice on succession planning of business and individuals, probates, etc.

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi, Bengali

Education