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Veena Sivaramakrishnan, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Veena Sivaramakrishnan

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
MumbaiIBLJ A-List Icon

Contact
Tel: +91 22 6720 5560
Email: veena.sivaramakrishnan@amsshardul.com

Practice areas

Banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency; restructuring & insolvency; securitization & structured finance

Introduction

Veena Sivaramakrishnan is an equity partner in Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ banking and finance practice and in the insolvency and bankruptcy practice of the firm with a special focus on restructuring creditor agreements.

As a leading practitioner in banking, financial services, regulatory, financing, derivatives, insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring. Veena has been a part of many firsts for her practice areas, leading new frontiers in banking. She has done bank mergers/NBFC – bank mergers (DBS – LVB, Capital First – IDFC Bank, Bandhan Bank – Gruh Finance), first successful debt and equity restructuring under the SDR regime of the RBI (sale of Hyatt Hotels Pune to SAMHI group), legal validity to OTC derivatives under Indian laws and the introduction of credit derivatives, successful restructuring of the sale of Leela Hotels to Brookfield, issuance of the first partly paid NCD structure, winding down of regulated entities such as banks and NBFCs in India, setting up of a special liquidity trust under the directions of the government, to cater to covid-19 related defaults, and asset monetisation structures for easing liquidity to NBFCs, an NBFC resolution outside the IBC (Altico Capital), etc.

Clients praise Veena for her “firm grasp of banking as well as applicable regulations” with her vast experience in derivatives is highly valued. She has the ability to “provide commercial inputs over and above the legal advice” and to “offer alternative solutions”. Clients describe her as “proactive, approachable, responsive and timely, good technical skills, very professional, very sharp and relationship driven”. Most recently, a client remarked about Veena that “she has technical soundness, market knowledge and client service”, and the firm also believes these are indeed her key attributes and skill sets, which set her apart from her peers in the field.

Veena has been consistently ranked and recognised as one of the Top Lawyers in Banking & Finance, Structured Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency by Indian and international publications, such as Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific, India Business Law Journal’s A-List of top lawyers, Asialaw Profiles and IFLR1000.

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