Sawant Singh is a founding partner of Phoenix Legal. His areas of expertise include private equity, project finance, securitisation, asset reconstruction, consortium banking, domestic and external commercial borrowings, as well as debt restructuring. He also advises clients on a host of corporate and commercial, labour/employment and real estate issues including inbound and outbound foreign investment, corporate restructuring, M&A and joint ventures.
Singh is widely recognised for his services and has been regarded to have a “great reputation” in the industry. He has been commended as a thought leader for the banking sector by Who’s Who Legal, describing him as a “go-to for debt restructuring, private equity deals and complex finance transactions”. Named as a “distinguished practitioner” in banking and finance by Asialaw Profiles, Singh was characterised as “highly respected by peers and much acclaimed by clients”. He has been referred to by Chambers and Partners as one of India’s “most indemand” banking practitioners, a “go-to person for tactical solutions” who “always makes himself available”. He has been included in the “A-List: India’s Top Lawyers” by India Business Law Journal and recognised as a global leader by Who’s Who Legal.
According to Legal500, “Sawant Singh is recognised by clients and peers as one of the top financing lawyers in India. He has a very pleasant interactive style which is a big positive. Clients praise him for his ‘solution-focused and practical approach’ in addition to his ‘very calm demeanour, which is a huge plus in high stakes negotiations’.
They admire him for being ‘accessible, smart and quick in his responses’ and for being ‘able to see the commercial aspects of the matter’”. Chambers and Partners, Who’s Who Legal and IFLR1000 have also recommended him as a highly regarded and leading lawyer in banking and finance, projects, infrastructure and energy
- Advising Everest Industrial Holdings Ltd in setting up a joint venture with Varun Beverages Limited and advised EIH from an Indian laws perspective in sale of its 50% stake in Everest Industrial Lanka (Private) Limited.
- Advised Oricon Enterprises Limited on its sale of plastic caps and closures and preforms by way of slump sale on a going concern basis to Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL).
- Advised Muthoot Capital Services Limited (as the “Originator”) and HDFC Mutual Fund (as the “Investor”) on their securitization transaction, which involved the securitization of a pool of loan receivables. This was executed through the issuance of Pass-Through Certificates (“PTCs”).
- Banking
- M&A
- Project finance
- Structured finance/securitisation
- Trade finance
- Banking
- Financial services
- B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 1997
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, 1999