Mr Santosh Janakiram > Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Offices
PENINSULA CHAMBERS, PENINSULA CORPORATE PARK
LOWER PAREL
MUMBAI 400 013
India
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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 > Banking and finance
(Leading partners)Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ market-leading banking and finance practice group regularly acts on the full range of high-value financing matters, including project finance, debt restructurings, corporate finance, and mezzanine financings. Senior partner Santosh Janakiram, who also heads up the firm’s projects and renewable energy groups, is a name to note for bond and structured debt financings as well as banking and finance work in the energy space. Janakiram works alongside Amey Pathak, who regularly advises banks and financial institutions on infrastructure project finance; senior partner L. Viswanathan is another key name here. Other notable individuals in the group include managing partner Cyril Shroff
as well as Leena Chacko, who has a strong track record advising on structured debt transactions and mezzanine debt structures.
India > Projects and energy
(Leading partners)Banks and financial institutions, project sponsors and developers, government bodies and multilateral institutions turn to the team at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas for its experience handling the gamut of infrastructure and energy mandates, including mining, solar, green hydrogen, battery storage, airports and roads, among others. In Mumbai, Cyril Shroff deals predominantly with corporate and disputes law, while L Viswanathan is sought out for his advice on the regulatory aspects of energy projects and Santosh Janakiram handles banking and project financing, advising developers, investors and lenders, with a special focus on the renewables space. Over in Delhi, Ajay Sawhney is well known for advising on the construction and development side of domestic and international projects, while Ramanuj Kumar is known by clients including financial institutions for his navigation of electricity regulation and project financing. Atman Desai joined Khaitan & Co. in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance India
- Leading partners India > Banking and finance
- Leading partners India > Projects and energy
- Projects and energy India
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Private client
- Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
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