Mr Krishnava Dutt > Argus Partners > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

With experience in matters relating to corporate restructuring and distressed assets, Argus Partners has advised financial creditors, investors, asset reconstruction companies, and corporate debtors. Managing partner Krishnava Dutt leads the team, alongside Aastha, Adity Chaudhury, and Arka Majumdar. Their collective experience includes advising on liquidations, CIRPs, stressed loans, resolution plans, and debt restructuring.

Primarily based in Mumbai, the banking and finance practice at Argus Partners is particularly known for its sector-dedicated lawyers and ability to handle complex transactions. Key industries covered include real estate, renewable energy and infrastructure. Practice head Krishnava Dutt recently led the team in a standout highlight where the firm was counsel to HDFC Limited in its merger with HDFC Bank. Prakash Panjabi is regarded as one of the market’s leading practitioners in structured and asset finance and disbursement of credit facilities. Aastha is another key team member.

With expertise spanning across multi-jurisdictional M&A, joint ventures, and group restructurings, the Argus Partners team routinely represents international and domestic corporations. Displaying considerable strength in the finance, sports, and manufacturing spheres, the group is well equipped to handle public and private takeovers, along with complex spin-offs. In the Mumbai office, Krishnava Dutt and Adity Chaudhury specialise in dealing with strategic debt restructurings and joint ventures, whilst Abhinav Bhalaik focuses on investment work. In Kolkata, Arka Majumdar regularly acts on behalf of clients in the mining and engineering industries, and Bengaluru-based Ankit Guha provides general corporate and funding advice. Jitendra Soni is noted for his work on IPOs and seed funding rounds.

Argus Partners‘ broad practice encompasses structured finance, promoter funding and securitisation mandates. The group advises a range of domestic and international banks, asset reconstruction companies and other banking financial institutions. Managing partner Krishnava Dutt leads the banking and finance team from Mumbai, while Prakash Panjabi is an experienced figure in debt issuances and debt restructurings. Aastha represents a range of lenders and borrowers in syndicated lending and project finance transactions, while Nidhi Arya regularly assists with transactional matters, including construction financings and external commercial borrowing, with a particular focus on the real estate sector.

Argus Partners advises on the full lifecycle of private equity transactions, ranging from the initial investment to exit strategies, in addition to structuring investments and negotiations. Based in Mumbai, Krishnava Dutt co-leads the team and is supported by Ankit Guha, who operates from the firm’s Bengaluru office. In Kolkata, Arka Majumdar acts for domestic and international clients in primary and secondary investments, and New Delhi-based Jitendra Soni is another key contact in the group.

With a strong tech practice spanning transactional, corporate, and regulatory advice, the Argus Partners team draws upon its network of offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangaluru. The firm is especially strong in litigious proceedings, as well as boasting a growing fintech and e-commerce offering. Mumbai-based Abhinav Bhalaik and Jitendra Soni in New Delhi advise on M&A and strategic investments, and Mumbai-based Krishnava Dutt assists with financing transactions. From Delhi, Neha Madan represents clients from the IT and healthcare industries. Ankit Guha operates out of the firm’s Bengaluru office.