From domestic and cross-border financing, structured finance and syndicated loans to private placements of bonds and debentures, acquisition and project finance and securitisation, Trilegal brings a deep bench of practitioners to the banking and finance space. The team is experienced across a range of sectors, including real estate, healthcare, technology and infrastructure, and acts for some of the largest financial institutions, multinationals, foreign investors, banks and private equity firms in India. Leading the team is Ameya Khandge, a specialist practitioner in project, structured, syndicate and leveraged finance, as well as DCM, restructuring and cross-border matters. Kannan Rahul is a key contact on the team and brings expert knowledge in advising Indian and multinational credit funds, private equity firms and financial institutions.
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Testimonials
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‘Kannan and the team have been working on transactions with us for a few years and are excellent with their structuring and advisory on various B&F matters.’
‘Kannan Rahul and Vidhi Sarin have stood out in their advice on various matters.’
‘While there are several other law firms doing equally good quality work, Trilegal stands apart from the perspective of (i) availability and proactiveness on transactions, (ii) quality of junior lawyers; (iii) business acumen. These qualities make them our preferred counsel for transactions. ’
‘Standout partners – Aniruddha Sen, Prasan Dhar. Both are extremely commercially savvy and available for closing short-fuse deals, without compromising on quality or output. Complex structuring to plain vanilla transactions, their ability to handle deals efficiently and in a time and cost-effective manner is highly commendable. ’
‘The team's strengths lie in drafting ability, deal, and client management.’
‘Prasan Dhar understands investors' concerns regarding downside protection and effectively translates due diligence findings into deliverables from borrowers to mitigate risk. He quarterbacks getting advice from other practice groups where necessary so that we receive clear and actionable advice. If we could engage Prasan's team on every financing in India, we would.’
Key clients
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
- Power Finance Corporation Limited
- REC Limited
- International Finance Corporation
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Northern Arc Capital Limited
- IndusInd Bank Limited
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Standard Chartered Bank
- National Infrastructure Investment Fund
- ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
- PAG Credit
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Davidson Kempner
- Edelweiss Alternatives
- Nomura
- SC Lowy
- Bain Capital Credit
- British International Investment
Work highlights
Advised VAH on its landmark $316.3m US dollar-denominated bond issuance in the international capital markets, the first of its kind by an Indian toll road concessionaire.
Advised Northern Arc Capital on the issuance of listed green non-convertible debentures aggregating up to INR 50 crore by Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Private Limited for financing climate-smart agri solutions.
Advised Standard Chartered Bank on a rupee term loan facility of INR 265 crore extended to Clean Solar Power (Jodhpur) Private Limited for refinancing its existing debt.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Kannan Rahul
Practice head
Ameya Khandge
Other key lawyers
Kannan Rahul; Joseph Jimmy; Aniruddha Sen; Mallika Chopra; Vidhi Sarin; Prasan Dhar