INDIA / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES
Justin Bharucha Partner
Bharucha & Partners Mumbai
Tel: +91 22 6132 3900 / 98201 45774 Email:
justin.bharucha@
bharucha.in Web:
www.bharucha.in
Biography: Through law school Justin trained with Udwadia Udeshi and Berjis and joined them as an associate after qualifying. He moved to J Sagar and Associates with the rest of his department and thereafter joined Amarchand & Mangaldas in 2004. Justin joined Bharucha & Partners as a founding partner to fulfil the vision of being part of a law firm dedicated to excellence and client satisfaction.
In addition to general corporate advice, Justin’s practice focuses on M&A and finance. Justin’s M&A practice includes advising on acquisitions by and from non-residents (transactions range from organic joint ventures to financial stakes by venture capital and private equity investors), especially in sectors where foreign investment is subject to restrictions, for example real estate, defence, and retail. Justin has also structured transactions and advised Indian clients on acquiring companies offshore.
Justin’s M&A practice is complemented by a significant financing practice. He specialises in structuring domestic and international consortium lending, stressed asset sales and securitisation, and OTC and ETD products. His practice involves frequent interaction with regulators and Justin has a healthy working relationship with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Recent transactionalhighlights: •Advising and representing the Reliance ADA Group in respect to the proceedings before the Special Court, Delhi High Court, and Supreme Court in the ‘2G Scam’ case.
•Advising Danone on its India business including the joint venture with the Narang Group.
•Advising Verizon on the exit of their Indian joint venture partner from VCIPL.
•Advising the Harris Corporation on the Indian leg of its global acquisition of the Schlumberger Oil business.
•Advising Reliance Communications on restructuring aggregate facilities of $ 1.5 billion sourced from offshore India syndicates as well as Indian banks and financial institutions.
Sector specialisations: M&A, Finance, Employment law, Regulatory, Anti-corruption & ethics
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati & Marathi
ShardulSShroff Managing partner
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co New Delhi
Tel: +91 11 2692 0500 Email:
shardul.shroff@
amarchand.com
Biography: Shardul Shroff, managing partner, with over 33 years of experience, is considered a leading authority on corporate governance, infrastructure, projects and project finance, privatization and disinvestment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, banking and finance, capital markets and commercial contracts. He regularly counsels boards and directors on corporate governance matters and actively participates in the Independent Directors Dialogue.
He is activelyinvolved in the formulation and drafting of various important economic legislations and company law reformsinIndia. He has also been on anumber of high-poweredcommittees appointed by the Government of India, including committeeson variouslegislations. He has servedasamember on FICCI’sM. Damodaram Committee,High PoweredNareshChandra Committee (2nd Committee) (2003) and the High PoweredJJIrani Committee (2006) that deliberatedonthe principles of corporate governance with reference to the newCompanies Bill 2008.
He is the Chairman of CII National Committee on Legal Services and the Associate President of Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). He is also the recipient of ‘National Law Day Award’ from the President of India for his unique contribution to the field of corporate law. Also, he has been honoured for his ‘Outstanding Contribution to the field of Law’ by Chambers and Partners at The Chambers Asia-Pacific Awards 2012.
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi
Bar admissions: Supreme Court Bar Association Delhi Bar Association International Bar Association (IPBA) Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India
Academic qualifications:
B.Com (Hons.), Sydenham College Mumbai LLB, Government Law College, Mumbai
Related articles by this lawyer: India Chapter of The Foreign Regulation Investment Regulation Review; Law Business Research (2013) Is Cap on Number of Subsidiaries Justified; The Economics Times (December 28 2012) Emerging challenges of managing law firms in the Indian sub- continent; Managing Partner Magazine (January 2012) Recent Challenges in the Indian M&A Space; IFLR India Annual Review (2012)
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