NAME: Nikhil Naredi
LAW FIRM: Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
COUNTRY: India
PRACTICE AREAS: Capital markets
Nikhil Naredi of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is our September lawyer of the month for his lead role in the $458 million IPO of India’s largest depository, National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). The offering ranks among India’s largest this year.
Naredi is a prominent figure in the Indian legal landscape, serving as a partner in the firm’s capital markets practice based out of the Mumbai office. He heads a team that advises issuers, investment banks, and investors on a broad spectrum of securities offerings, including public offerings and private placements of equity, equity-linked, and debt instruments. He has played roles in transactions that raised over $35 billion globally.
Naredi's notable track record includes the INR 9,200 crore ($1 billion) Zomato IPO, the INR 5,000 crore ($567 million) NuVoco Vistas IPO and the INR 4,500 crore ($510 million) Mindspace Business Parks REIT listing. He also guided Axis Bank on two qualified institutional placements totalling INR 22,000 crore ($2.5 billion) and has structured every major Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) transaction to emerge from India to date.
Naredi is currently ranked as a Distinguished practitioner in asialaw for capital markets.
