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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Offices
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MUMBAI 400 013
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Mr Santosh Janakiram
Work Department
Banking; Infrastructure and Financing
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Santosh Janakiram is a partner in and co-head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ (“The Firm”) Infrastructure and Project Finance Group and previously was a Partner in Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. (“AMSS”), India’s largest and foremost law firm.
Mr. Janakiram has rich experience in banking, projects, project financing, structured financing, acquisition financing and private equity and represents developers, sponsors, lenders and contractors in infrastructure and project finance transactions. Mr. Janakiram is involved in various infrastructure sectors, including energy, transportation and mining. He has led The Firm’s development of the Renewable Energy practice in the last few years, whereby The Firm has emerged as the pre-eminent firm in the sector in India.
Chambers and Partners have since 2009 considered Mr. Janakiram a Leading Lawyer in India in the Projects, Infrastructure & Energy sector and stated that he is considered by his peers to have a “detailed knowledge” of his practice area, and being “enthusiastic, fantastic and extremely bright with the ability to handle large transactions”. Mr. Janakiram has been named a Leading Lawyer in Banking, Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development and Project Finance by IFLR1000 and Who’s Who Legal Project Finance.
Mr. Janakiram has acted on a number of landmark transactions, including advising the Indian Lenders on the restructuring of the Dabhol Power Project and advising the syndicate of lenders including State Bank of India, International Finance Corporation, Development Bank and other national and international financial agencies in the 4000 MW Mundra Ultra-mega Power Project which is the first project to be financed by offshore lenders post Dabhol. He has also advised Etihad Airways on its purchase of three pairs of slots from Jet Airways at Heathrow airport for USD70 million, as part of Etihad’s widely reported acquisition of a minority stake in Jet Airways.
Languages
English; Hindi
Education
Mr. Janakiram was admitted to the Bar after receiving his B.A., LLB degree from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore
Lawyer Rankings
India > Private equity and investment funds
The ‘market leading private equity and venture capital practice’ at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas represents sovereign wealth and blue-chip funds in transactional matters, spanning buyout deals and capital raising across various regions. At the helm, Ravindra Bandhakavi provides counsel on private equity, sovereign and pension fund matters, while Reeba Chacko specialises in private equity and venture capital investments, coupled with expertise in foreign exchange control regulations and acquisition strategies. S. Harish adeptly manages a wide spectrum of transactions in the private equity domain, with a significant focus on pre-IPO deals within the e-commerce and retail sectors. Vandana Sekhri, Ruetveij Pandya, Chandan Kota, and Santosh Janakiram all contribute their sectoral expertise, covering fintech, infrastructure, corporate and securities, real estate, and retail, among others.
India > Projects and energy
(Leading individuals)With strong expertise across the renewable energy, healthcare, and aviation sectors, the department at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas regularly assists with project agreements, procurement and construction contracts, gas sale and pipeline agreements, as well as regulatory and compliance issues and a range of renewable power matters. The client base includes development banks and governmental entities. Based in Mumbai, managing partner Cyril Shroff
handles corporate and securities law matters in the space; L Viswanathan leads the finance and project practice. Santosh Janakiram has extensive experience in handling acquisition financing and infrastructure work. In Noida, Ajay Sawhney focuses on refinancing transactions involving renewable projects, and Ramanuj Kumar acts for banks and financial institutions.
India > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas offers advice on project finance work, commercial borrowings and debt restructurings to clients from multiple industries, with a particularly strong presence in the energy and infrastructure sectors. L. Viswanathan regularly advises corporates on project financings with specific expertise in the regulatory aspects of the energy sector; he jointly heads up the team with acquisition and real estate finance expert Leena Chacko, bond and structured debt financing specialist Santosh Janakiram, and Cyril Shroff. Amey Pathak regularly advises major Indian and multinational banks and financial institutions on project development and project finance mandates. Gayatri Shanker and Subhojit Sadhu are other key contacts.
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- Leading individuals India > Banking and finance
- Leading individuals India > Projects and energy
- Private equity and investment funds India
- Projects and energy India
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