Girish Rawat

Partner

Qualifications

  • LL.B. – Campus Law Centre, Delhi University
  • Company Secretary (CS) – Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

Bar Enrollment

  • Bar Council of Delhi

Bar Membership

  • Supreme Court Bar Association

Overview

Girish Rawat is a qualified lawyer and company secretary with over 18 years of experience. Girish has been involved in numerous complex and high-profile transactions and advises across several sectors, including real estate, projects, infrastructure, hospitality, technology, manufacturing among others.

Girish focuses on banking, finance and restructuring, including structured finance, cross border lending, hybrid debt financing, project finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance as well as restructuring and security enforcement assignments, and the corporate insolvency resolution process.

He actively advises clients on various investment and financing transactions, including bond/ debt securities, both listed and unlisted, buyback of listed securities. He also advises clients on their investment and disinvestment strategies as well as takeover of the listed companies.

Experience Statement

  • Acted for and advised State Bank of India in a financing transaction aggregating up to INR 4.36 Billion sanctioned to Solarcraft Power India 21 Private Limited (a SPV of BluPine Energy) for its 120 MW solar project at Panshina and Radhanpur District in the State of Gujarat, India.
  • Acted for and advised HDFC Bank in connection with financial assistance of INR 4180 Million granted to a SPV of Blupine Energy for its 120 MW solar project in Sadla, Gujarat.
  • Acted for and advised Assam Bio-Refinery Private Limited (a joint venture between Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Fortum 3 B.V., Netherlands and Chempolis OY, Finland) on successfully raising term loan of INR 3037.50 Crore from Power Finance Corporation Limited for its Bio- Refinery plant for 2G Bioethanol production and other products in Numaligarh, Assam.
  • Advised Landmark Infracon Private Limited on acquiring land parcel of 39.0083 acres, situated in the revenue estate of Village Rajokri, Sub-Division, Vasant Vihar, District Northwest, Delhi.
  • Acted as the sole legal counsel to the public issue of tax free bonds in the nature of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures aggregating to INR 5,000 Crore by Housing and Urban Development Company Limited.

Awards & Recoginition

  • Recognized as ‘Band 2’ Lawyer for Banking & Finance by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2024.
  • Recognized as ‘Leading Lawyer’ by LegalEra 2024.
  • Recognized as ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Banking & Finance by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023.
  • Recognized as ‘Top Individual Lawyer’ (above 10 years’ experience) for Banking & Finance by Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2023.
  • Recognized as 40 Under 40 Rising Star by Legal Era.
  • Recognized as Leading Lawyer in Financial and Corporate practice since 2017 by IFLR 1000.
  • Awarded the Finance Lawyer of the Year – India at Corporate Live Wire.
  • Awarded the Finance Lawyer of the Year- India at the Finance Monthly Global Awards.