IFLR1000 is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural IFLR1000 India Awards.
The awards celebrate the most innovative deals and the best-performing law firms and lawyers across India. The awards shortlists are the culmination of months of research, analysing transaction and survey data, and hard deliberation by our internal judging panel.
In place of a physical event you can listen to a podcast where our awards team announce, analyse and discuss the winners here. The list of the winners - without analysis - is available below.
Shortlists for the awards can be viewed here.
Our methodology and criteria can be viewed here.
All IFLR1000 research (awards and rankings) published in calendar year 2020 can be viewed here.
To discuss how we can help promote your achievements, please contact Anicette Indiana: anicette.indiana@euromoneyasia.com
If you have questions about the research, please contact Ben Naylor: bnaylor@iflr1000.com
Deals of the Year
Deal of the Year: Banking and finance
Embassy Office Parks REIT margin financing
Allen & Overy
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Kirkland & Ellis
Madun Gujadhur Chambers
Maples Group
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Trilegal
Deal of the Year: Capital markets: Debt
Greenko Solar bond
Ashurst
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Mayer Brown
Shearman & Sterling
Talwar Thakore & Associates
YKJ Legal
Deal of the Year: Capital markets: Equity
Sterling and Wilson Solar IPO
AZB & Partners
Khaitan & Co
Latham & Watkins
Sidley Austin
Deal of the Year: M&A
L&T / Mind Tree
AZB & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Samvad Partners
Deal of the Year: Private equity
OTPP and Australian Super / National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Debevoise & Plimpton
Herbert Smith Freehills
Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal
Deal of the Year: Project finance
Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
L&L Partners
Deal of the Year: Restructuring and insolvency
Essar Steel
Acuity Law
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Indus Law
Juris Corp
L&L Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
S&R Associates
Teams of the Year
Team of the Year: Banking and finance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Team of the Year: Capital markets: Debt
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Team of the Year: Capital markets: Equity
AZB & Partners
Team of the Year: M&A
AZB & Partners
Team of the Year: Private equity
Khaitan & Co
Team of the Year: Project finance
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Team of the Year: Restructuring & insolvency
L&L Partners
Firms of the Year
Law Firm of the Year
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Challenger Firm of the Year
JurisCorp
Rising Star Firm
Veritas Legal
Lawyers of the Year
Lawyer of the Year: Banking and finance
Aashit Shah – J Sagar Associates
Lawyer of the Year: Capital markets: Debt
Yash Ashar – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Lawyer of the Year: Capital markets: Equity
Varoon Chandra – AZB & Partners
Lawyer of the Year: M&A
Mohit Saraf – L&L Partners
Lawyer of the Year: Private equity
Nishant Parikh – Trilegal
Lawyer of the Year: Project finance
Santosh Janakiram – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Lawyer of the Year: Restructuring and insolvency
L Viswanathan – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Woman in Business Law
Zia Mody – AZB & Partners