Full-service firm Juris Corp excels in banking and finance, and capital markets. It features a robust trade and commodity finance practice, a rarity in the market, and is well-regarded for its debt issuance offering. The firm remains steady in the top tier of the banking table for its prowess in this space. In the past 12 months, the banking practice experienced a number of intricate and highly structured cross-border trade and commodity and receivables financing deals. There was also an uptick in real estate and shipping financing work. The firm has worked on more than 150 financing transactions spread across a wide array of sectors and practice verticals, with deal values ranging from $50 million to $3.5 billion.
The capital markets team was busy last year with the rise in debt capital markets work, benefiting from the growth in demand across the country for investment by debt funding. Senior partner Jayesh H is known for his diverse expertise in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, private equity, and restructuring and insolvency. The firm has offices located in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.
Client feedback
“Good knowledge on derivatives.” – Capital markets
Mahak Sahoo
“Very helpful.”
Work highlights
Successfully represented various secured lenders before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal in challenging an order passed by the Mumbai National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) by which the company petition filed by the secured lender clients was dismissed on the ground of limitation.
Acting for an asset reconstruction company by dismissing the NCLT’s intervention application on the ground of the existence of an independent right to file proceedings.
Work highlights
Acted for Tata Housing Development Company to raise funds for a combination of corporate purposes and debt servicing.
Advised Shriram Finance on raising debt to grow its book assets, for on-lending to increase its asset book, financing of commercial vehicles and the refinancing of existing indebtedness.
Key clients
Akara Capital Advisors, Criss Financial Holdings, Piramal Group, Runwal Group, Star Housing Finance.
Work highlights
Advised a large US-based bank in a first-of-a-kind revolving, uncommitted, true-sale account receivables purchase programme.
Represented a British multinational bank and a financial services firm on the securitisation of PSL receivables.
Assisted DBS Bank India in relation to insurance-backed account receivables financing transactions.
Key clients
Axis Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Bank of India, HSBC, Mizuho Bank Citibank, Rabobank, Reliance Industries, Scotiabank, Vedanta, Standard Chartered Bank.
Work highlights
Advised a UK bank on licensable activities in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City.
Engaged by the Industrial Bank of Korea to draft its internal policies and update existing arrangements with third-party vendors in compliance with the new outsourcing directions as issued by the Reserve Bank of India in mid-2023.
