World Renowned Faculties
Shinoj Koshy, Head – Corporate Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Shinoj Koshy is the head of corporate practice, Nishith Desai Associates. He is a dual-qualified lawyer with extensive experience in cross-border transactions. He is qualified as an advocate in India (2004) and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2007). He received a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from the National Law School of India and was awarded the Justice V. G. Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence. He has also completed his studies in International Commercial Negotiation from Stanford Law School, California, USA. He started his career with a clerkship at the Supreme Court of India working with Mr. Justice N. Santosh Hegde. In 2005, he joined Linklaters LLP and worked at its offices in London and Dubai. From 2007 to 2013, he worked for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in London.
Shinoj’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, particularly joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (intelecom, infrastructure and energy) and commercial dispute resolution. He has advised several corporates and private equity funds on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investment strategies for emerging markets like India, the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to his transactional practice, his corporate practice ranges from advising corporates and board-level professionals on corporate governance. As part of his pro-bono practice he has also been involved in mentoring programmes for women and independent directors.
Shivani Singhal, Advocate, Arista Chambers
Shivani is an Advocate at Arista Chambers.Her practice focuses on dispute resolution, particularly contentious advisory matters. She has advised clients on several commercial litigation matters before the Delhi and Bangalore courts, and arbitrations administered by the London Court of Arbitration (LCIA), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
Shivani has also been involved in high profile transactional work and regulatory investigations while working with Clifford Chance.
Shivani is enrolled as an Advocate in India and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in the UK.
Shivendra Singh, Leader-M&A and PE practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Mr. Shivendra Singh is the Leader, M&A and Private Equity practice at Nishith Desai Associates, New Delhi. He has over 10 years of experience in advising on a range of issues relating to M&A, angel investment, private equity and joint venture transactions, real estate, competition law and general corporate practice.
Mr. Singh has advised several early- and midstage startups from different sectors, including F&B, audio-visual content and literature, start-up incubator, road side assistance and ITES, in raising early round to institutional funding from PE, VC and Angel Investors. He has also advised leading corporate groups in executing certain strategic transactions, such as slump sale, joint ventures, group’s internal restructuring, strategic acquisitions, negotiating power purchase agreements etc.
Some of the notable projects undertaken by Mr. Singh includes: (i) advice to Emaar MGF on one of the largest real estate due diligence exercises in the National Capital Region of Delhi spread over 3000 acres of land; and (ii) representing the Archean Group in negotiating a power purchase agreement with Senelec for a proposed thermal power project expected to meet over 60% of the power requirements of Senegal. He has also been invited by the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Rural Development to express his views on The Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2013.
Mr. Singh is an alumnus of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Shripal Lakdawala, Partner , Deloitte
Shripal is Partner at Deloitte. He has close to 19 years of experience. Prior to joining Deloitte he has worked with KPMG and PwC.
Shuchi Gupta, Senior Manager, Transaction Tax Services, EY India.
Shuchi is a Senior Manager with the Transaction Tax Services group of EY India. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate from the University of Delhi Over 7 years of experience in the transactions domain. She has assisted several clients in the area of acquisitions, divestments, mergers, demergers, corporate restructuring, reorganizations, establishment of joint ventures etc.
Shuchi has gained wide experience in Corporate Tax, Fiscal and Regulatory Matters concerning restructuring and divestment of businesses in India. She has also worked with various multinational and domestic clients entry strategy,inbound acquisitions, group reorganizations across a wide range of industries.
Shuvendu Bose, Executive Director, Ernst & Young
• Background
PhD (yet to complete)- Energy and Economic optimization Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
MBA (Energy Management) Accredited Energy Auditor by Bureau Of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India
• Total 17 yrs of experience
• Key Skill: Having extensive experience in the managerial, technical and operational issues associated with the analysis and synthesis of energy utilities, energy systems design, energy economics, energy conservation and emission trading. Detailed Energy system improvement studies in various energy intensive industries along with implementation of energy management related services, infrastructure development for energy efficient technology transfer and information systems. A vast exposure on climate change policy development and CDM projects. Have been actively involved in managing carbon portfolio, trading and carbon finance.
• Key Assignments :
Part of designing Masdar City, the first carbon neutral city under construction on the globe, had been designing building energy efficiency measures and services (probably the best available energy efficiency measures in the world till date).
Managing sustainable energy solutions, organisational energy efficiency strategy, carbon foot-printing, cost curves for energy efficiency improvement for World bank, UNDP, local & global corporate
Contributed in UN Secretary General's report on energy efficiency and energy access.
Govt of India certified energy auditor and managed numerous energy and process improvement projects including building and services
Advised large global corporate for energy efficiency and cost reduction - studied Government policies and regulations, designed detail market entry mechanisms looking at conventional and alternate energy solution, energy supply and security, Energy based accounting and control philosophy. Identified major technology trends, performed learning curve analysis for key technologies, Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) analysis, dedicated investment or partnering strategy under various market and policy scenarios, designing energy efficient system.
Developing Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy policy initiatives for United Arab Emirates. And representing UAE in international negotiations on climate change
Structuring response mechanism for key business houses towards upcoming energy and climate change regulations in (carbon tax / cap and trade / energy trading certificate). Review of investment and priorities to cope up with upcoming regulations and improving triple bottom line.
Part of World bank consultation group on energy efficiency in Cities
Shyam Balakrishnan, Senior Manager, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited
Shyam has been with Deloitte for over 11 years. He specializes in carrying out valuation of shares, businesses and intangibles. He has been actively involved in several major valuations for mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, disputes and litigation as also for tax, regulatory and accounting purposes, including cross border transactions. He has wide experience in different industries including technology, media, life sciences, consumer business and manufacturing.
Siddharth Nair, Partner , Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Siddharth Nair is a Partner in Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and specializes in the fields of venture capital and private equity investments.
Siddharth advises some of the world’s leading venture capital and private equity funds. The funds that he has acted for in the past two years include:
Amadeus Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamaran Ventures, Greater Pacific Capital, Kalaari Capital, Matrix Partners, Naspers, Norwest Venture Partners, Omidyar Networks, Quona Capital, SBI Ven Capital
Siddharth also advises startups during their fundraises, across venture capital and venture debt transactions. The startups that he has advised on such transactions recently include Capillary Technologies, Faasos, Lendingkart.com, Nxtgen, Pepperfry.com, Pharm Easy and Swiggy.
Professional Memberships | Karnataka State Bar Council
Education | B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), National Law School Of India University
Siddhartha Nigam, Partner, Lead Advisory, Grant Thornton India
Siddhartha has more than fifteen years of experience in investment banking and strategic consulting across India and UK. During his career he has worked across a range on transactions and advisory mandates including M&A, Private Equity, IPOs, Debt Syndications, Restructurings and International Expansion/Diversification strategies. His industry experience includes Infrastructure, Telecom, Energy, logistics and Education. Siddhartha has also worked extensively with Public Sector Enterprises in India.
Siddhartha has been involved in a number of cross border assignments and his geographic experience spans North America, Africa, Europe, Central and South East Asia. His industry experience includes, Energy, Engineering, Real Estate and Education.
Sitesh Mukherjee, Partner, Dispute Resolution, Trilegal
Sitesh is Partner, Trilegal and heads the firm’s dispute resolution practice. He also serves as a board member of the firm. Sitesh has over two decades of experience in handling a variety of disputes, including high stakes commercial arbitrations, on diverse subject matters. He regularly appears on briefs before various High Courts, the Supreme Court of India and a variety of tribunals.
Sitesh also leads the firm’s strong economic regulatory practice. Sitesh’s Practice is distinguished by the sheer range of subject matters and nature of work it traverses. He prioritizes providing a business oriented solution which would minimize the possibility of initiating a dispute. Sitesh has advised clients on intricate corporate commercial dispute situations, including arbitrations. Some of the major clients he has represented include Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), Noble Group, Thomson Reuters, GDF Suez, NTPC, Power Grid and Sterlite among others.
Sitesh joined the bar in 1993, after completing his Bachelor of Laws from Delhi University. He is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Delhi High Court Bar Association; and a member of the executive committee of the Energy Bar Association.