Practice Expertise
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate / M&A
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Projects & Infrastructure
Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate / M&A
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Projects & Infrastructure
WSG Practice Industries
Financial Services
Corporate & Business
Crossborder Trade & Investment
Energy & Natural Resources
Government & Public Sector
Telecommunications
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WSG Leadership
- Banking & Finance Group - Member
- Energy Group - Member
- Fintech Law Group - Member
- Insurance/Re-Insurance Group - Member
- Mining Group - Member View More
Profile
Pradeep Ratnam is a Senior Partner in the New Delhi office of the Firm and co-chair of the Firm's Infrastructure, Banking and Project Finance Practice.
Pradeep obtained a B.A, LL.B. (Hons.) from the prestigious National Law School of India, Bangalore and is a British Council Chevening Scholar with an LL.M (with Distinction) from the University of Warwick, U.K. Prior to joining Kochhar & Co. Pradeep, who is dual qualified in India and the UK, worked in Herbert Smith LLP, Allen and Overy LLP and White and Case LLP in London and in Singapore. Since his return to India, Pradeep has served as Director (Legal) in IDFC Alternatives (the alternative assets platform of Global Infrastructure Partners) and as Group General Counsel at Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services Limited (IL&FS).
Pradeep has over 24 years of multi-jurisdictional work experience in the areas of Infrastructure and Finance, Public Law and PPP, and advises on transactions in Banking, Projects & Structured Finance and Restructuring, as well as M&A and Private Equity investments in Infrastructure.
Pradeep's clients comprise of domestic and international banks and other financial institutions, infrastructure companies, project developers, EPC and O&M contractors, asset reconstruction companies, credit funds and private equity. With practice experience of over two decades in diverse jurisdiction - the UK, Singapore and in India, Pradeep advises on the legal aspects of cross border transaction structuring in India, investment regulation, complex due diligence, financing, project development, M&A and exits. He is currently involved in various transactions in conventional power, health and IT, renewable energy, power transmission, roads, telecom, water, ports, housing, and social and urban infrastructure.
Pradeep obtained a B.A, LL.B. (Hons.) from the prestigious National Law School of India, Bangalore and is a British Council Chevening Scholar with an LL.M (with Distinction) from the University of Warwick, U.K. Prior to joining Kochhar & Co. Pradeep, who is dual qualified in India and the UK, worked in Herbert Smith LLP, Allen and Overy LLP and White and Case LLP in London and in Singapore. Since his return to India, Pradeep has served as Director (Legal) in IDFC Alternatives (the alternative assets platform of Global Infrastructure Partners) and as Group General Counsel at Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services Limited (IL&FS).
Pradeep has over 24 years of multi-jurisdictional work experience in the areas of Infrastructure and Finance, Public Law and PPP, and advises on transactions in Banking, Projects & Structured Finance and Restructuring, as well as M&A and Private Equity investments in Infrastructure.
Pradeep's clients comprise of domestic and international banks and other financial institutions, infrastructure companies, project developers, EPC and O&M contractors, asset reconstruction companies, credit funds and private equity. With practice experience of over two decades in diverse jurisdiction - the UK, Singapore and in India, Pradeep advises on the legal aspects of cross border transaction structuring in India, investment regulation, complex due diligence, financing, project development, M&A and exits. He is currently involved in various transactions in conventional power, health and IT, renewable energy, power transmission, roads, telecom, water, ports, housing, and social and urban infrastructure.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Bar in 2000
Delhi Bar Association
Education
LL.M, University of Warwick, UK (British Chevening Scholar), 1999
Solicitor on the rolls of the Law Society, London
LL.B, National Law School of India University, 1997
Areas of Practice
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate / M&A
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Projects & Infrastructure
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Recognised among India's 'Top 100 Lawyers' by FORBES Legal Powerlist 2020; felicitated for expertise in Banking & Finance
Legal 500 Asia Pacific : Recommended Lawyer for Banking & Finance 2022, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure 2022
Recognised among India's 'Top 100 Lawyers' by FORBES Legal Powerlist 2020; felicitated for expertise in Banking & Finance
Legal 500 Asia Pacific : Recommended Lawyer for Banking & Finance 2022, Projects, Energy & Infrastructure 2022
Articles
The Supreme Court on Captive Power Plants – Recent Judicial Development
By Pradeep Ratnam |June 2022Will PLIs Give Japanese Manufacturing a Boost in India?
By Pradeep Ratnam |August 2021
Amazon Versus Future Coupons and Others-Lessons in Regulations and Contract Enforcement in India
Production Linked Incentives (PLI)-A Boon for the Next Generation of US Investments in India?
The Supreme Court on The Great Indian Bustard-Environmental Contestation and Implications in Solar Projects in India
Retrospective Taxation in India-Towards Legislative Finality at Last?
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