Mr Ajay Shaw > DSK Legal > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

The restructuring and insolvency practice at DSK Legal offers advisory, litigation, and transaction services which cover insolvency resolution processes, restructuring, and recoveries, as well as liquidations, defaults, and resolution compliance. Co-leading the group, which is predominantly instructed by resolution professionals, liquidators, and financial institutions, are distressed loans and asset expert Ajay Shaw, restructuring authority Niraj Kumar, and insolvency specialist Ashish Pahariya. Other notable practitioners include Satendra Kumar Rai, Soham Mookherjee, and Anisha Kumar.

With particular expertise in the pharma and real estate fields, DSK Legal is routinely retained by a plethora of domestic and offshore entities for all facets of fund and investment work. Managing partner Anand Desai‘s strengths lie in private equity and hedge fund transactions. In New Delhi, Aparajit Bhattacharya is notably well-versed in cross-border transactions and foreign investments, while Rishi Anand bolsters the practice with his tech expertise. In Mumbai, Hemang Parekh handles both M&A and private equity transactions. Ajay Shaw is also recommended.

With notable strength in housing, projects, and real estate finance, DSK Legal counts leading international banks, investors, and financial institutions among its impressive clientele. Managing partner Sajit Suvarna, Ajay Shaw, real estate finance specialist Srinivas B.R., and Anjan Dasgupta jointly lead the team; Shaw has a particular focus on distressed assets and loans, while Dasgupta routinely advice international banks, developers, and investors on acquisition finance, banking regulations, and fintech matters. They work alongside Roochi Loona and Avinash Kumar Khard, who advise on infrastructure and project finance, and Ashish Pahariya, a key name for structured financing, debenture issues, and equity transactions.

An extensive team at DSK Legal provides its clients with a comprehensive range of corporate services from mergers and acquisitions through to post-acquisition integrations and structurings. This is provided together with a range of financing advice, obtaining governmental approvals and regulatory matters. Managing partner Anand Desai is well known for his extensive negotiation and litigation skills while Hemang Parekh is a trusted advisor for complex mergers and acquisitions and private equity ventures. His clientele includes those from healthcare, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, e-commerce, food and agriculture. Other key practitioners include corporate specialist Ajay Shaw, Rishi Anand who provides a blend of corporate/commercial skills with technology expertise and Gaurav Mistry whose skillset is corporate, foreign investment and securities laws. Nakul Batra and Jayesh Kothari are also corporate/commercial facing partners.

The team at DSK Legal is sought after by government entities, private companies and lenders, in particular, for its wide expertise, which covers regulation, M&A, project development, financing and investments, as well as litigation and arbitration. Anjan Dasgupta and Ajay Shaw co-chair the group from the Mumbai office, with Dasgupta handling project financing and development in the conventional and green energy spaces, and Shaw dealing with acquisitions, financings and investments. Dinesh Pardasani also co-leads the practice from New Delhi, offering clients assistance with projects and disputes arising within the infrastructure and utilities spaces, and is supported by Samir Malik, who expertly handles litigation and client defence before various courts, tribunals and regulatory bodies. In Mumbai, Avinash Khard and Ashish Pahariya are also recommended.

Recommended for its ‘deep knowledge’ and ‘engaging’ nature, DSK Legal maintains a broad full-service offering that spans the sectors of pharma, fintech and media, to name a few, with capabilities across a plethora of legal and regulatory compliance issues. New Delhi’s Aparajit Bhattacharya demonstrates notable capabilities in the renewable energy space, while Mumbai’s Hemang Parekh is well-positioned to advise clients on investments and strategic initiatives. Ajay Shaw represents clients in a multitude of transactional and advisory mandates, and New Delhi-based Rishi Anand is noted for his expertise in general corporate matters and reorganisations.