Kochhar & Co.’s fintech and financial services practice offers expertise across transactional, regulatory, and contentious matters, advising clients on e-commerce, digital payments, lending, blockchain, cryptocurrency and crowdfunding. Stephen Mathias, a key contact for data protection issues, and Anuj Kaila, who assists fintech companies, start-ups and other clients on compliance with payment regulations, are the names to note in Bengaluru. In Mumbai, Sharmil Bhushan is a key member of the team, focusing on lending transactions, insolvency and mandates in the fintech and financial services sector. Arun Babu, also in Bengaluru, contributes deep expertise in payment aggregator, cryptocurrency, and digital lending regulations.
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Key clients
- Assetplus Financial Services Private Limited
- Mastercard International
- Sodexo
- Fedex
- Hatio Innovations Private Limited
- Knight FinTech Research Private Ltd
- Niyogin Fintech Limited
- Brickendon Consulting
Work highlights
Acted as Indian counsel to fintech platform Assetplus in its third fundraise, providing end-to-end support on deal structuring, key investment agreements (SSA, SHA, SPA), employment documentation, and compliance with corporate, labour, and exchange control laws.
Advised Sodexo on structuring and negotiating a key agreement with a licensed payment aggregator to enable digital payment processing on its e-commerce platform.
Acted as Indian counsel to fintech platform Assetplus in its third fundraise, providing end-to-end support on deal structuring, key investment agreements (SSA, SHA, SPA), employment documentation, and compliance with corporate, labour, and exchange control laws.
Practice head
Stephen Mathias; Savitha Kesav Jagadeesan; Anuj Kaila; Sharmil Bhushan;
Other key lawyers
Gayathri Poti