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“There is broad agreement amongst peers that Latham possesses one of the strongest India-focused capital markets teams of any international firm. [It] has also played a leading role in many of the largest M&A transactions to come out of the country.” 

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2013

India Practice

Latham & Watkins delivers international legal advice on commercial transactions in India, advising clients on their activities in the Indian market and Indian clients on their activities internationally.

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Unique Experience in the Region

Latham is one of the largest and most experienced international law firms advising both domestic and international clients on their transactions in India and globally. The firm’s India Practice boasts more than 50 India-focused lawyers based across the firm’s offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, representing clients on ground breaking transactions in the country, across a number of practices, including: 

With a 17-year track record of success and experience, Latham’s lawyers have advised on more than 160 transactions in India, with a combined value of more than US$120 billion.

Clients benefit from Latham’s longstanding history working alongside all of the leading law firms in India, delivering top quality local and international legal advice on many of the country’s landmark transactions.

Members of Latham’s India Practice routinely handle transactions governed under both English and US law, and the firm includes lawyers who are proficient in Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil and Kannada.

Latham & Watkins continues to work on some of the most significant deals in the market, including:

  • The award-winning Network18 and TV18’s rights issuances, recognized as “Deals of the Year” by India Business Law Journal in 2012
  • The complex restructurings of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) of Subex Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited
  • Asia's largest high-yield corporate bond (at the time of issuance) – Vedanta Resources plc’s ground breaking bond offerings, awarded “Best High Yield Bond of the Year” by FinanceAsia in 2011
  • The largest acquisition in the Indian oil & gas sector – Vedanta Resources Plc’s acquisition of Cairn Energy Plc, awarded  “M&A Deal of the Year” by India Business Law Journal in 2010
  • The first US listing of an Indian issuer in four years – MakeMyTrip’s US Initial Public Offering, awarded “Best Small-Cap Deal of the Year’ by FinanceAsia in 2011
  • The first senior US dollar deal with a 10-year maturity to be issued by an Indian bank – ICICI Bank’s US$1 billion bond offering, awarded “Banking & Finance Deal of the Year” by India Business Law Journal in 2010

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