Ishan Handa
Partner
MumbaiPractice Area
My approach is fundamentally goal-oriented. The thrill of balancing the demands and concerns of interested stakeholders (clients, counter-parties, other advisors) whilst simultaneously creating a workable structure, keeps me motivated and enables me to think ‘outside the box’. This in turn, helps me solve issues which up until then may have been branded ‘unsolvable’, which I feel is a quality that is particularly valued in an industry sometimes tied down to conventional approaches.
Ishan Handa often advises banks, private equity funds and other kinds of investors on debt refinancing, acquisition and structured finance.
Chambers & Partners Asia–Pacific (2024)Ishan Handa, Partner is part of the Mumbai office. Ishan has over 13 years of experience in banking and finance. He advises and represents Indian and international banks, foreign portfolio investors, and NBFCs in a wide variety of lending transactions, both onshore as well as offshore, including structured finance, sponsor finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, private credit and real estate finance. He also regularly represents global private equity sponsors in acquisition/leveraged financing transactions as well as transactions involving debt raised by their portfolio companies in India.
DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa – 2011
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
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Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
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Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
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Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
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Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
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Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
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Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
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Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
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Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
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Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
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Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
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Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
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Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
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Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
-
Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
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(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
-
Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
-
(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
-
Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
-
(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
-
Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
-
(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Term loans and margin financing against its shareholding in Piramal Pharma Limited
-
Consortium of Lenders - margin financing to a global private equity firm against its stake in a leading healthcare group
-
Consortium of Lenders- leveraged financing to a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a chain of hospitals in India and Bangladesh
-
Consortium of Lenders on debt financing (and subsequent refinancing) for KKR’s acquisition of EuroKids International (now Lighthouse Learning)
-
Establishing a debt platform with TVS Emerald Realty for upto INR 10 billion for real estate projects pan-India.
-
(a) margin financing against units held by it (as a sponsor) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, a listed InvIT (b) acquisition financing for investment in Vini Cosmetics Private Limited (c) refinancing existing debt and raising fresh financing in connection with its acquisition of solar energy assets from Shapoorji Pallonji group (d) margin financing against its shareholding in Max Healthcare Institute Limited (e) acquisition financing for Ness Digital Engineering
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Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific
‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance
Asialaw Profiles
‘Rising Star’ for Banking & Finance
Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific
‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance
Chambers & Partners Global
‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance Lawyer
IFLR1000
‘Rising Star Partner’ for Banking
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
Recommended for Banking & Finance
IFLR1000
‘Rising Star Partner’ for Banking