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Banking and Finance
Sidebar’s Banking & Finance practice delivers nuanced, business-aligned legal solutions across the entire spectrum of financial transactions and regulatory frameworks. Our team works closely with lenders, borrowers, and intermediaries to structure and execute deals with clarity, speed, and legal robustness—across both domestic and cross-border markets.
We advise clients ranging from public and private banks to NBFCs, developmental institutions, and corporate borrowers—offering sector-aware counsel in a fast-evolving financial ecosystem.
Core Services:
- Transaction Advisory: Structuring and documenting loans including project finance, acquisition finance, corporate finance, construction finance, and refinancing.
- Capital Raising & Debt Instruments: Advising on external commercial borrowings (ECBs), NCDs, structured finance, and working capital arrangements.
- Security & Recovery: Drafting security documents, conducting due diligence, and advising on enforcement and recovery proceedings.
- Banking Regulatory Advisory: Supporting clients on compliance with RBI guidelines, banking product structuring, and regulatory interface.
- Insolvency & Restructuring: Advisory on debt restructuring, inter-creditor arrangements, and resolution plans under the IBC.
- Derivatives & Risk Management: Legal support for derivatives transactions, hedging documentation, and capital adequacy considerations.
Key Differentiators:
- End-to-End Lending Capability: Deep experience across the entire credit lifecycle—from structuring to enforcement.
- Cross-Sector Lending Insight: Transactional experience across energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, real estate, and consumer finance.
- Market-Timed Execution: Responsive advisory aligned with financing timelines and deal-critical sensitivities.
- Regulatory Fluency: Robust understanding of RBI, SEBI, and FEMA frameworks—ensuring regulatory clarity and minimal friction.
- Multi-Stakeholder Advisory: Balanced counsel for both lenders and borrowers, backed by real-world negotiation experience.
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Projects, Energy, Infrastructure & Resources
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Banking and Finance