Ms Adity Chaudhury > Argus Partners > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

Argus Partners
11, 1st Floor
Free Press House, 215, Nariman Point
Mumbai 400021
India

Work Department

Corporate and M&A, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency, Competition

Position

Partner

Career

Adity is well known for her expertise in corporate and commercial laws and has received several accolades for her work including – being listed in BusinessWorld Legal’s 40 under 40 list of lawyers, being recognised as Female Dealmaker of the Year by Asian Legal Business (a Thomson Reuters publication), being identified as one of the ’10 Most Influential Women Lawyers to Watch’ by the Insights Success magazine and several other recognitions. She is experienced in handling a variety of transactions in the nature of mergers (including distressed M&A under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code), acquisitions, spin-offs, joint ventures, group restructuring, public and private takeovers, corporate insolvency and restructuring, and merger control. She has also advised on several corporate and shareholder disputes. Adity also regularly advises on corporate governance and general corporate and disclosure matters. Adity’s clientele includes large corporate houses, multinationals, financial institutions and funds. She also regularly advises resolution applicants on their bids under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, apart from advising committee of creditors and resolution professionals.

Adity is a member of the following committees of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce – ‘Legal Affairs and IPR’; and ‘Private Equity, Venture Capital and Capital Markets’. She has written several articles on a wide range of subjects and has spoken at various seminars and conferences including those organised by CII (Confederation of Indian Industries). She has also given lectures at law schools.

Having graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, Adity began her career with the law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. She later joined Argus Partners in 2009. She is admitted to practice law in India and is currently based out of Mumbai, India.

Memberships

  • Bar Council of West Bengal
  • Bombay Chamber of Commerce – Legal affairs & IPR, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Capital Markets

Lawyer Rankings

India > Restructuring and insolvency

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.

India > Corporate and M&A

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.