LAWYER PROFILE

Veena Sivaramakrishnan

Asia-Pacific 2026

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Restructuring/Insolvency

India

5 years ranked

Banking & Finance

India

13 years ranked

About

Provided by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Practice Areas

Veena is a key Partner in Banking & Finance and Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice with over 17 years of experience.

Career

Veena advises foreign and Indian owned banks and NBFCs, ARCs, FPIs, private equity players and distressed market players in the financing and restructuring space. Her specialisation is Structured Finance, Restructuring (within and outside IBC), Bank/NBFC and Financial Sector regulatory and Derivatives.

In the recent years, Veena has been a part of marquee and unique deals in her sector and these include Capital First – IDFC merger, DBS Bank – Lakshmi Vilas Bank merger, restructuring of Leela Hotels by Brookfield outside IBC, resolution of Altico Capital by Ares SSG, structured NCD issuances included partly paid and structured payout structures for AIFs and FPIs, cross border structured financing including acquisition financing and receivable financing, etc.

Professional Memberships

Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Member of INSOL India, APLMA and ISDA

Personal

Veena has been consistently recognised by Chambers and Partners since 2014.

Veena holds a B.A. B.L, (Hons.) from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Banking & Finance - India

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Veena Sivaramakrishnan is a partner in Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co's Mumbai office. She has been active advising clients on a wide spectrum of matters across the fields of banking and finance, insolvency, M&A and regulatory. She is particularly adept at handling deals with multi-jurisdictional components.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - India

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Veena Sivaramakrishnan is based in Mumbai and is well-regarded by market sources for her banking and restructuring practice. She is well-versed in advising resolution professionals and committees of creditors on financial restructurings and insolvency processes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Veena combines strong legal analysis and regulatory expertise with market awareness. She is also extremely responsive and attuned to clients’ objectives.
Banking & FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific
Opinions given by Veena are based on in-depth research and provide optimal solutions.
Banking & FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific
She is extremely capable and very articulate. She delegates extremely well and is not too heavy or too light on partner involvement.
Banking & FinanceChambers Asia & Pacific
Veena Sivaramakrishnan was quite hands on in terms of her preparedness and in meetings. She is also always willing to step up.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Asia & Pacific
Veena is extremely adept and a go-to person from a financial services and banking law perspective, with a good commercial understanding of situations.
Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Asia & Pacific