Mr Saurabh Tiwari > DSK Legal > New Delhi, India > Lawyer Profile

DSK Legal
Level 5 – Max House,
Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
New Delhi – 110020, India
India
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Work Department

• Corporate & Commercial, Securities Law, Foreign Exchange Laws (Investments - inbound and outbound), Regulations for Financial Sector Entities, M&A and Fin-Tech

Position

Partner

Career

Saurabh Tiwari is a Partner at the Firm in the Corporate, Securities and Regulatory Practice and specialises in corporate and commercial laws with over 14 years of experience. Saurabh extensively advises clients on Indian foreign exchange laws, securities laws, company law, regulatory framework for financial entities including NBFCs, foreign contributions law, and commercial agreements. He has advised on several mergers and acquisition transactions, some of them being one of the largest in specific sectors.

Saurabh has advised several foreign corporates in establishing their presence in India, foreign investments in Indian companies (Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), including in retail and e-commerce, pharmaceutical and financial sector space), investment by Indian companies in foreign jurisdictions (Overseas Direct Investments (ODI)), External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) by Indian companies, Employee Stock Option Schemes (ESOPs) offered by foreign entities to employees of Indian group companies, and foreign grant agreements.

On securities law, he regularly advises on Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements, Take Over Regulations, legal framework on Insider Trading, Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Regulations and SEBI settlements. Fin-tech, including payments and settlements, is another sphere where Saurabh has been advising clients.

He has regularly represented clients before the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Saurabh has also worked significantly on disputes between foreign and Indian parties and on commercial settlements.

Saurabh regulatory contributes to various legal journal and periodicals, inter-alia, India Business Law Journal, VC Circle, Asia Law. He also has a keen interest in recruitment processes.

Languages

English and Hindi

Memberships

Member, Bar Council of Delhi

Education

B.Sc., LL.B. (Hons.), National Law University, Jodhpur, India

Lawyer Rankings

India > Capital markets

DSK Legal has notable expertise in handling initial public offerings, foreign currency convertible bonds, domestic debt matters and secondary issuances. The department is co-led by Ajay Shaw and Gaurav Mistry from Mumbai, while Saurabh Tiwari leads the practice from Delhi and regularly advises lead managers, selling shareholders and investors on equity transactions.