Litigation Practice is headed by Indranil Ghosh who has extensive experience in acting for clients before various forums including. Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, Commissions and Tribunals, Mr.Ghosh been nominated as “The International Who’s Who of Commerial Litigators 2007”, Won the Queen’s Award, Aisa Law leading Lawyers in the field of Dispute Resolution by Asia Pacific Lawyers, Scroll of Homour for the year 2009 presented by International Council of Justics, All India Bar Association.

Mr. Manan Oberoi, Partner. Banking & Finance. Manan has over twelve years’` experience in working with banks, Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), leading listed Companies, Government of India, State Governments, Consultants, Advisors, and esteemed organizations like World Bank, Asian Development Bank.

His key areas of practice include debt finance, including domestic and cross border syndicated lending (both secured and unsecured), asset sales and corporate financing and refinancing; Securitization; Real Estate Finance, including housing finance companies in transactions relating to securitization of housing loans. Manan was previously working with SBICAP and has handled portfolio exceeding Two Trillion (INR 2000.00 Billion) under consortium and multiple banking arrangement. Handling security creation & perfection for India’s leading Companies representing sectors like Steel, Oil & Gas Exploration, Power Generation and Infrastructure.

Mr. Oberoi has been advising clients on issues relating to acquisition of both Indian and overseas companies including the foreign exchange and other governmental regulations applicable to such transactions; review of Loan Agreements, Hypothecation Agreements, Agreements relating to Bank Guarantee, securitization, Filing of Charges with the Banks.

Mr. A. P. Saxena retired as General Manager from National Housing Bank (NHB) after completing 29 years of service with NHB. He has been actively engaged in the areas of Regulation and supervision of Housing Finance Companies, besides Refinance, Risk Management, Policy Formulations in the field of Housing Finance.

As part of NHB, he had numerous exposure on International training /seminar viz., International Housing Finance at Wharton University, World Urban Forum IV at Nanjing (China), kfw Germany. He was on the Board of CERSAI as a Nominee Director of NHB.

Mr. Saxena has been associated with Inter Regulatory Meetings with RBI, SEBI, IRDAI on various regulatory and compliance issues of group NBFCS/HFCs. He has in-depth knowledge on issues relating to KYC/AML, Fair Practice Codes, Corporate Governance,  Grievance Redressal System (GRIDS) etc. He has been actively involved as a member of Project Implementation Unit, in the successful implementation of external borrowing of 50 million Euro from German Bank (kfw) on development of Energy Efficient Housing and World Bank USD 100 million on low-income housing, through Refinance window of NHB.

Rahul heads the Mumbai office of Lex Favios as its Counsel. 

He is a leading expert in the area of Dispute Resolution and Banking & Finance being the core practice area and has extensive experience in advising clients with regard to strategy and procedure in litigation, drafting and vetting pleadings, and providing an overall comprehensive legal support. He has a rich experience in handling matters before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, High Courts, NCLT.  

Rahul specializes in Civil and Commercial Litigation particularly relating to areas of Banking & Finance, Company Law Matters, Insolvency related matters, Regulatory Approvals and Compliance and has vast experience in handling all securitizationand related matters.

Hehas expertise  in drafting and filing application for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process(“CIRP Process”), before the Adjudicating Authority, acting as Counsel for the Resolution Professional/Bank and undertaking,(a) Review of Documents/Information Memorandum(s) /Resolution Plan(s), (b) Rendering Legal Opinion on issues flagged by the Resolution Professional, (c) Attending CoC/ other meetings (including preparation), (d) Preparation and submission of claims (excluding computation) , (e) Verification of claims of other creditors, (f) Transaction Audit (Legal side), (g) Drafting and filing Miscellaneous application before the Adjudicating Authority.

Pooja Singh is a Litigation Lawyer and part of Dispute Resolution Team of the Firm

Her practice areas covers Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Securitization, Real Estate and General Corporate Advisory.

She has been extensively been involved in handling NCLT, Recovery and Securitization matters before Courts and Tribunals and assisting banks, NBFC and other financial institutions with respect to regulatory compliances, setting up of NBFCs, drafting, negotiation and execution of Consortium Documents of banks such as SBI, Axis Bank, and has been involved in carrying out legal due diligence, risk assessment and tittle search for large tracks of land on a Pan India basis. 

Pooja specializes in Civil and Commercial Litigation particularly relating to areas of Banking & Finance, Company Matters, Insolvency related matters, Regulatory Approvals and Compliance and has vast experience in handling all securitization related matters before DRT.  She has conducted various legal due diligence and Legal Audits. She is also actively involved in assisting clients in Drafting of Corporate documentation.

Mohit Wilkinson is an Associate Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

His proficiency lies in the field of Corporate Laws, FEMA 1999 including Foreign Trade Policy, RBI Regulations and SBI. He has extensive experience in carrying out Secretarial Audit, Legal Due Diligence and Risk Assessment with respect to Corporate and Legal compliances, liaising with Government Regulatory Bodies like RBI, Regional Director Office, NCLT and Registrar of Companies. He has been advising clients on various regulatory matters and appearing before NCLT with respect to matters such as reduction of share capital.

He has worked in the past with MNCs like Beumer Group and has in house experience, which assist him in understanding and meeting client expectations.

Yashita is a Senior Associate in the Firm’s Banking and Finance Practice.
Yashita has extensive experience in Project Finance and Infrastructure Projects and has also assisted in advising businesses on all project related contractual issues relating to corporate governance, compliances and applicable laws. & key areas of practice include debt finance, including domestic and cross border syndicated lending (both secured and unsecured), asset sales and corporate financing and refinancing; Securitization; Real Estate Finance, including housing finance companies in transactions relating to securitization of housing loans. She has assisted in advising Lenders in connection with legal & regulatory framework governing the project finance transactions, drafting and vetting of financing & security documents.

Abhishek Arora is a Litigation Lawyer and part of Banking and Dispute Resolution Team of the Firm His practice areas cover Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Securitization, Real Estate, Consumer Disputes, Corporate Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Litigation. Abhishek has been appearing before various Courts & Tribunals and have extensively handling Writ Petitions, Company Petitions, Arbitration Proceedings, Consumer Complaints, Civil and Commercial Suits, Recovery and Securitization matters before Courts and Tribunals and assisting banks, NBFC and other financial institutions with respect to due diligence and title search across India. Abhishek specializes in Civil and Commercial Litigation particularly relating to areas of Banking & Finance, Company Law Matters, Insolvency related matters, Regulatory Approvals and Compliance and has vast experience in handling all securitization and related matters.

Tanya practice area covers Corporate Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Investments, Foreign Direct Investments, Food and Drug, Franchising and Licensing and Hospitality

Tanya has advised and assisted numerous Indian and foreign companies in setting up their business operations in India, in light of permissibility of foreign investment in the proposed business sector under Indian laws while also providing review and analysis of applicable Indian laws, different business entities that can be set up and recommending the suitable entity/structure for the client to undertake the proposed business, way to repatriate profit and exit mechanism.

Tanya has been advising on setting up retail/franchise business in India, obtaining regulatory approvals required in this regard, advising on laws and regulations pertaining to Licensing and distribution; Food laws; drafting and negotiating on behalf of clients, the Master Franchise Agreement, Sub-Franchise Agreement, License Agreement, advice on FSSA Regulations 2011, Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules-2011, drafting and negotiating on behalf of clients, the Master Franchise Agreement, Sub-Franchise Agreement, License Agreement, Trade Name License Agreement and other related documents.

She has been advising and assisting large hospitality corporates with respect to review of approvals and licenses for operating hotels in India under various Indian laws and regulations.

She has extensive experience in drafting of applications and obtaining approvals from various Indian regulatory bodies. She has drafted and negotiated various agreements including investment, share

purchase, share subscription, shareholders, and other corporate agreements.

Devyanshi Chaudhary is Associate Advocate and part a of Corporate and Commercial Practice at Lex Favios. Devyanshi has an integrated law degree from Jindal Global Law School. She brings with herself a mix of corporate and hospitality experience. Devyanshi has exposure to diverse areas such as Commercial Transactions M&A and Labour Laws and has been advising various Indian and foreign companies in setting up their business operations in India She has negotiated and drafted various transaction documents such as Term sheets, Share Subscription Agreement and Share Holders Agreements , POSH/HR Policies, Share Purchase Agreements, employment agreements, ECB Agreements, Hotel Management Agreements, Service Agreements etc. ESOP Policy and other corporate agreements. She has also conducted legal due diligence of numerous companies in various service sectors for private equity investments and providing Legal Opinion and enforceability certificate to our clients.