Infrastructure development is a crucial driver for the growth of any economy. India, one of the fastest growing economies, is on the path of revamping its existing infrastructure and developing it further. To create world-class infrastructure the Indian government offers many incentives to encourage greater degree of private sector participation. The lawyers in this group have experience in all categories of infrastructure, including power generation and distribution, telecommunications, and transportation. Working in sync with M&A, project finance, regulatory and tax lawyers, the team provides comprehensive and sophisticated advise in a variety of infrastructure transactions.
Our lawyers' broad experience includes :
- Creating transactional documents including responses to the RFP in the Konkan Railway (the largest railway project) for design, manufacture, supply, installation, and tunneling for Konkan railway;
- Advising clients in several road building projects including structuring of the transaction and drafting joint venture agreements as well as escrow agreements and debenture deeds;
- Representing a consortium of European and Japanese corporations in design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of train control and signalling and telecom systems for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation;
- Negotiations and discussions with state governments, various industrial infrastructure corporation officials as well as bankers in several power, thermal and hydro projects in different parts of India including drafting the power purchase agreements.