Linklaters named as IFLR India’s International Firm of the Year
18 July 2011
Linklaters has been named as the IFLR (International Financial Law Review) International Firm of the Year for India.
In addition, Linklaters won four deals of the year awards and two awards for ‘team of the year’ in the international restructuring and project finance categories. Together with its best friends firm in India, Talwar, Thakore and Associates (TT&A), the firm won ‘Equity Deal of the Year’ for the Standard Chartered IDR (Indian Depositary Receipts) listing, the first ever listing in India by a foreign company. TT&A were the Indian legal counsel on the deal. This was a transaction of enormous significance and was possible only because of the imagination and creativity shown by various market participants, including the regulators.
Full list of awards won by Linklaters is below:
- International Firm of the Year
- Restructuring Team of the Year
- Project Finance Team of the Year
- Debt and Equity Deal of the Year - Tata Motors enhanced conversion
- Equity Deal of the Year - Standard Chartered IDR Listing (Linklaters and TT&A)
- M&A Deal of the Year – Bharti Airtel – Zain Africa BV
- Project Finance Deal of the Year - Jhajjar Power
Sandeep Katwala, Regional Managing Partner EEMEA and National Head of the India Group, Linklaters, attended the ceremony at Mumbai’s ITC Grand Central Hotel on 7 July 2011. He said:
“We are delighted to be able to celebrate success on such a large scale at the IFLR India awards, which is a clear indication of our efforts and focus on the Indian market. These awards are testament to the expertise and hard work of our people.”
For further information, please contact Katie Taylor on +44 20 7456 2287 or Rupert Winlaw on +44 20 7456 3219
