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Rajiv Gupta
Position
Rajiv Gupta heads Latham’s India Practice and advises Indian companies and global clients doing business in India on a full range of corporate and finance transactions. He draws on more than two decades of experience advising on capital markets transactions.
Rajiv brings an unusual combination of skills to advise both issuers and underwriters on a full range of capital markets transactions, including:
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- US IPOs and SEC-registered transactions
- Indian IPOs
- High-yield bonds
- Convertible securities
He has developed a preeminent India practice advising on hundreds of complex, high-profile, and precedent-setting capital markets transactions.
Rajiv also leverages Latham’s global platform to help clients navigate a full range of complex or cross-border corporate transactions, including:
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- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Restructuring
- Leveraged finance
Rajiv served as an appointed member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Advisory Committee. A native Hindi speaker, Rajiv has been educated in India, the US, and the UK, and has practiced in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, so brings a global perspective to clients’ transactions.
He regularly speaks on capital markets and corporate transactions, at key industry conferences, including the Indian Banks’ Association’s conference.
Rajiv’s pro bono work includes advising on the innovative Women’s Livelihood Bond series, sponsored by the Impact Investment Exchange.
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Capital markets: equity and debt: foreign firms
(Leading partners)Latham & Watkins LLP
brings its world-leading credentials in capital markets to Singapore where the team has extensive geographic coverage across Southeast Asia and South Asia. The Singapore department has balanced mix of issuer and underwriter clients with the practice encompassing the full range of equity and debt products. It has maintained an outstanding reputation in regional IPOs, particularly those originating in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, along with India. It is also noted for US IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq. Sharon Lau is a leading name in regional equity and debt offerings, including SPAC deals, IPOs, medium term note (MTN) programmes and exchangeable bond issuances. Rajiv Gupta is head of the India practice and a leading figure in IPOs and high-yield bond offerings by Indian companies. Stacey Wong is an emerging talent, along with counsel Jeremy Wang. Timothy Hia covers both bank financings and debt offerings. Michael Sturrock has retired.
India > Foreign firms
Core streams of work for Latham & Watkins LLP include capital markets, M&A and private equity, shareholder activism and commercial outsourcing transactions, with considerable experience handling matters that span Asia. Practice leader Rajiv Gupta frequently handles matters pertaining to a host of capital markets and M&A transactions, while Sidharth Bhasin represents a stable of private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions on investments in India. Timothy Hia covers the full gamut of finance transactions including some notable leveraged financings.