Gunjan Shah

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Partner

Her areas of expertise include mergers & acquisition, private equity, corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, debt capital markets and securities and takeover regulation in India.

In 2019, FT Innovative Lawyers 2019, Asia Pacific Awards awarded her transaction, AION and JSW’s acquisition of Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited, on innovation in legal expertise. She is a fellow of the Aspen Global Network– Kamalnayan Bajaj fellowship and has held a number of positions on legal panels and forums and is a judge at the Oxford-Price Media moot court competition held in Oxford, UK.

“Gunjan Shah handles a broad range of corporate commercial issues. She is a popular choice of counsel amongst both domestic and international entities for advice on investment and restructuring work” (Chambers Asia Pacific 2019). “All-rounder Gunjan has played a prominent role in several loan and bond refinancing matters” and “receives high praise for her legal understanding,” according to (Chambers Asia Pacific Guide 2014). Gunjan has been recognised as a ‘Leading individual’ for Corporate and M&A, by the Legal500, 2019, and had been described as described as “responsive, thoughtful and knowledgeable” and “a person who is a mainstay of the banking, finance and capital markets practice”.

Professional Memberships

• Delhi Bar Association

Education

• B.A. LL.B, (Hons), National Law School of India University, Bangalore (1993-98)
• B.C.L, University of Oxford (2000-2001)