LAWYER PROFILE

Utsav Johri

Asia-Pacific 2026

JSA

Ranked in 1 practice area

Banking & Finance

India

4 years ranked

Contributions and articles

4 Global Practice Guides

About

Provided by JSA

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Utsav is a banking partner in the Mumbai office of the firm. His practice focus on structured finance, acquisition finance, leveraged buyouts, project finance, cross border finance, real estate financing, debt restructuring and debt capital markets.

He advises various Indian and international banks, NBFCs, financial institutions, credit funds, distressed asset funds and Indian borrowers.

He has also been actively involved in various debt restructuring and security enforcement assignments. He also represents resolution applicants, committee of creditors and insolvency resolution professionals in relation to insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

In addition, Utsav regularly advises domestic and international banks on all types of general banking products.

Personal

He has been recognised as the “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 (Legalease). IFLR 1000 has recognized Utsav as a “Notable Practitioner” for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Utsav has also been recognised in the influential bi-annual RSG India Report 2019 for Banking & Finance practice areas as a recommended individual lawyer of the firm from client reviews.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Banking & Finance - India

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Utsav Johri specialises in acquisition and insolvency-related financing, among other matters, and has experience representing investment banks and foreign financial institutions as well as corporates. He is based out of JSA's Mumbai office.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Utsav is a lawyer with a deep understanding of banking and finance law. We find that he brings value to our discussions and drives discussions in our favour.
Banking & FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific
He is very close to the deal and we trust him not to miss anything important for us.
Banking & FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific