The lawyers at Gravitas Legal combine their banking and finance expertise with insolvency, restructuring and debt recovery litigation. Founding partner Tanuj Sud has extensive experience in advising a range of financial institutions and funds including major Indian banks. He is especially adept at assisting clients in the infrastructure and energy sectors with their financing requirements and has acted as borrower’s counsel to Jindal Steel Odisha and Vena Energy Vidyuth Private Limited. Ajay Kumar is a core team member for banking, finance and insolvency matters.

Sagus Legal‘s team is led by Delhi-based Shruti Kanodia who represents banks and borrowers in direct financing, consortium finance, and in multi-banking arrangements. Kanodia's expertise also extends to areas such as debt recovery and debt restructuring; she is well supported by Nilesh Panda who is building expertise in term loan financing, security structuring, and compliance management in respect of banking and finance transactions.

Managing partner Sonal Kumar Singh heads the Delhi office at AKS Partners. The team continues to handle largely contentious cases ranging from those at the Debt Recovery Tribunal to others that reach the Supreme Court. The team advises on a range of complex cases for the leading private sector bank, Axis Bank, and continues to act for the Central Bank of India on a long running matter before the Debt Recovery Tribunal.

Consistently handling all aspects of project financing, strategic debt restructurings, and complex negotiations, the ‘solution-oriented’ Dhir & Dhir Associates team acts for both lenders and borrowers. The practice has experience advising on deals in the infrastructure space, with co-heads Alok Dhir and Guranpreet Singh Sarna regularly assisting government authorities and multinational corporations on project management matters. Shikha Singh is knowledgeable in the renewable energy space.

Tandon & Co., which was founded by Kunal Tandon, provides a range of expert advice including banking and finance matters. Although it is based in Prayagraj, the firm acts for a number of significant India-based banks in cases, many of which are before the High Court of Delhi. It advises on the structuring and documentation of financial transactions including working capital facilities, syndicated loans and credit facilities.

Demonstrating vast expertise in undertaking banking and financial mandates, including cheque bouncing, document review, and title search reports, the Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys‘ NCR practice is jointly led by Meenakshi Ogra, Chhavi Pande, and Anubhav Gupta. The team routinely represents financial institutions before the Debt Recovery Tribunal, whilst Harsha Aswani and Aatir Sayed are also highlighted as key names to note.

The New Delhi-based managing partner, Vipul Maheshwari, leads on the banking work at Maheshwari & Co. Advocates & Legal Consultants – a firm which also has an impressive track record in respect of social responsibility and pro-bono work. Banking and finance work is part of the firm’s broader offering – it provides assistance on due diligence to banks and borrowers in addition to assistance in setting up on-shore and off-shore funds.