Driven by excellence, focused on strategies for the longer term.

This is the crux of who we are. It is an articulation of precision in purpose, from the Firm’s beginnings to where we are today. Our collective eye is unerringly trained on tomorrow.

Deep sectoral expertise across services and industries.

Our insistence on strategic advisory exacts an in-depth understanding of and involvement with our clients’ businesses and industries. We engage not just individual businesses, but also contribute to the country’s legal and regulatory frameworks.

Personal commitment supported by experience and grit.

We commit early. We pull together internally for greater support. Every effort is sincere, every individual deeply dedicated to their task, their role, to the Firm.

Our undertakings for long-term impact are an organic extension of our purpose.

They are to employ our deep knowledge of the law beyond the business, the transaction, the deal. To use the opportunities and skills we possess, to reflect on the culture we’re creating. Individually and collectively, these are our efforts to help shape the thinking of our future generations, and arm them with strategies for true, sustainable growth.

Knowledge-sharing is intrinsic to equity and inclusivity.

This is a repository of thought leadership, deep insights and strong viewpoints, legal and other news and events and how they impact the industry and our clients.

Relevance is critical to growth. It necessitates a firm that is dynamic and responsive.

Amplifying intrinsic talent, sharpening skills, expanding knowledge, is vital to leading. It defines every aspect of how our firm functions and transacts. This is how we create new benchmarks and set industry standards.

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ADVOCACY

Accountability, fairness and transparency are the pillars of good governance and are drivers for our increased participation in regulatory committees and public policy initiatives.

Our deep, nuanced understanding of governance, coupled with the insistence on ethics and professionalism extends from corporate governance to public policy. Our experienced lawyers and specialist teams work with consultants, governments and international law firms to contribute to the evolving governance landscape in India. We regularly address conferences and seminars on and author articles advocating for policy change.

  • Member, Maharashtra’s Economic Advisory Council (2023)
  • Independent Director (2018 – Present), Member of Audit & Risk Committee (2018 – Present) and Member of Investment Committee (2019 – Present), Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Pte. Ltd., Singapore
  • Independent Non–Executive Director and Member of Human Resources & Remuneration Committee of the Board, China Light and Power Holdings Limited, Hong Kong (2015 – Present)
  • Deputy Chairman (2013 – 2021), Non–Executive Director (2006 – 2021), Chairman’s Committee Member (2015 – 2021), Risk Committee Member (2012 – 2021) and Nomination Committee Member (2019 – 2021), The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Asia Pacific Board
  • Non–Executive Member of the Governing Board, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) (2017 – Present)
  • Member, Confederation of Indian Industry National Council (2015 – Present)
  • Special Invitee, Competition Law Review Committee set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2018)
  • Member, Committee on Corporate Governance formed by SEBI, under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak (2017)
  • Expert Committee Panel, Law Commission of India on ‘Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996’ (2014)
  • Vice President & Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) (2010 – 2013)
  • Member, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Washington D.C. (2008 – 2013)
  • Member, RBI Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low–Income Households, chaired by Dr. Nachiket Mor (2013)
  • Member, Godrej Committee on Corporate Governance, set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2012)
  • Member, Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms, constituted by the Government of India (2007)

  • Member, Standing Committee on Primary Markets (2024)
  • Member, Expert Committee for drafting legal framework for allowing Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure in the IFSC(s) (2024)
  • Member, IFSCA constitutes Committee on Framework for transfer of stressed loans from domestic lenders to permitted financial institutions in IFSC (2024)
  • Member, Working Group constituted by the IFSCA, for implementing direct listing of equity shares of listed Indian companies on IFSC exchanges, under the Chairmanship of Praveen Trivedi (2023)
  • Member, Expert Committee for the proposed International Arbitration Centre (IAC) at GIFT IFSC (2023)
  • Member, Expert Committee to propose creditor–led resolution approach under the Code, constituted by Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (2023)
  • Independent Expert, Performance Review Committee of the IFSCA (2022 – 2025)
  • Steering Committee Member, ASSOCHAM 5th National Summit Asset Reconstruction Companies (2023)
  • Chairperson of the ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) National Council on Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and Valuation (2023)
  • Member of the Insolvency Law Academy’s Thought Committee on Bank Insolvency (2023)
  • Member of expert committee to recommend reforms in the Arbitration Law (2023)
  • Member, Committee of Experts constituted by the International Finance Services Centre Authority (“IFSCA”) to recommend measures / create a framework, for the transfer of stressed loans from domestic lenders to permitted financial institutions in IFSCA (2022)
  • Co–Chair, International Development & Practice Committee, International Insolvency Institute (2022)
  • FICCI National Executive Committee (2022)
  • FICCI Capital Markets Committee: Sub Group on Ease of Doing Business (March – July 2022)
  • Member, Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, a private sector initiative working to scale an effective and efficient voluntary carbon credit market to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement (2021)
  • Member, Insolvency Law Amendment Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to recommend amendments to the IBC (2019 – Present)
  • Member, Task Force on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans, set up by the RBI (2019 – Present)
  • Member, International Insolvency Institute, a non–profit, limited membership organization, set up to promote international cooperation and coordination in the insolvency field (2019 – Present)
  • Member of the Task Force on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans set up by the RBI (2019)
  • Technical Co–Chair, Main Organising Committee of INSOL International (2019)
  • Member, Dr. T. K. Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptcy Law Reforms, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to draft the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (2015)
  • Member, Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Committee, SEBI Advisory Group (2011)
  • Member, U.K. Sinha Committee – Working Group on Foreign Investment in India (2010)

  • Chairman, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Task Force on Judicial Reforms (2021-2022, 2020-2021 and 2018-2019)
  • Member, The Study Group constituted for the research project on ‘Classification of Errors: An analytical study based on the decisions taken in disciplinary cases’ under the aegis of the Research Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) (2020)
  • Member, Committee constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of  India, to examine the comments received on “Consultation Paper to examine the existing provisions of law and make suitable amendments therein to enhance audit independence and accountability” (2020)
  • Member, High Level Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to prepare the investigation manual for the serious fraud investigation office (2020)
  • Member, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Economic Growth and Investments Council (2012-Present)
  • Member, Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), nominated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India (2017-Present)
  • Member, Appellate Panel, formed by the Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI (IIIPI), set up to address disciplinary issues pertaining to insolvency professionals (2017-Present)
  • Member, Company Law Committee (CLC) constituted by the Government of India, to examine and make recommendations to the Government on various provisions and issues pertaining to implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (2019) 
  • Member, 2nd Company Law Committee (CLC), set up by the MCA to suggest amendments to the Companies Act, 2013, to facilitate ease of doing business in India (2019)
  • Member, Committee to review the offences under the Companies Act, 2013, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India (2018)
  • Member, Committee to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India (2015)

  • Member, SEBI committees / working groups for the review of regulations relating to mutual funds and foreign portfolio investors (2018 – 2019)
  • Member, Investment Funds Committee, International Bar Association (2014 – 2018)
  • Member, Limited Partners + Manage in India Council, Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA) (2018 – Present)
  • Invitee, SEBI Working Group on redrafting the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014, under the Chairmanship of Shri. Harun R. Khan (2018 – 2019)
  • Invitee, SEBI Working Group to reconcile the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 with the Companies Act, 2013 and the Insolvency and the Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (2018 – 2019)

  • Vice–President, INSOL India (2023 – Present)
  • Special Invitee, Expert Committee to propose creditor–led resolution approach under the IBC, constituted by Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (2023)
  • Member, Working Group to propose the best practices for Insolvency Professional Entities registered as Insolvency Professionals, constituted by the Insolvency Law Academy (2023)
  • Special Invitee, Expert Committee to propose prepacks under the IBC, constituted by Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (2021)
  • Special Invitee, IFSCA Committee on the Framework for transfer of stressed loans from domestic lenders to permitted financial institutions in IFSC (2021)
  • Special Invitee, Insolvency Law Amendment Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to recommend amendments to the IBC (2019 – Present)
  • Special Invitee, Task Force on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans, set up by the RBI (2019)

  • Member, SEBI FPI Advisory Committee to suggest measures required to encourage FPI participation in the bond market under the Chairmanship of Hasmukh Adhia, former Finance Secretary to the Government of India (2022 – 2023)
  • Member, SEBI Working Group to reconcile the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996 with the Companies Act, 2013 and the Insolvency and the Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (2018 – 2019)
  • Member, SEBI Working Group on redrafting the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014 under the Chairmanship of Shri. Harun R. Khan (2018 – 2019)

  • Member, Working Group on priority in distributors among investors of AIFs’, constituted by SEBI in consultation with Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (2023)
  • Chairman, Expert Committee to ‘Onshore the Indian Innovation to GIFT IFSC’ (2023)
  • Member, FSCA constitutes Advisory Committee for steering InFinity Forum (2021)
  • Member, Committee of Experts on positioning IFSC as a hub for offshore trading in INR (2021)

  • Special Invitee, Corporate Laws & Corporate Governance Committee (CL&CGC) of ICAI (2023 – Present)

  • Member, USISPF Strategic Working Group on Private Equity & Venture Capital (2022 – Present)

  • Member, CII Taskforce on Ease of Doing Business – Working Group on Enforcing Contracts (2023)
  • Expert Witness, (on behalf of CII) before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on its deliberations on “India and Bilateral Investment Treaties” (2021)
  • Expert Witness, before the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Finance in its deliberations on the “Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – Pitfalls and Solutions” (2021)
  • Member, Sub Committee on Time Standard and Delay constituted by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Invest India (2020)

  • Invitee, Working Group constituted by the International Financial Services Centres Authority for implementing direct listing of equity shares of listed Indian companies on IFSC exchanges, under the Chairmanship of Praveen Trivedi (2023)

  • Membership Officer, Diversity & Equality Law Committee, International Bar Association (2023 – Present)
  • Diversity & Inclusion Council Representative, Diversity & Equality Law Committee, International Bar Association (2023 – Present)
  • Co–Chair, Disability Rights Working Group, Diversity & Equality Law Committee, International Bar Association (2020 – 2022)