Kanchan Sinha is a seasoned legal professional and a Partner in the Firm’s Gurgaon office with over 21 years of experience. She specialises in cross-border and domestic M&A, transactions and general corporate/ commercial laws advisory.
Kanchan has unique experience of having worked both as a private practitioner and in-house counsel. She has worked with some of the leading top-tier and corporate law firms in India such as Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices and JSA Advocates and Solicitors, while as an in-house counsel, she has headed legal functions for well-established and prominent renewable energy and power producers in the country, such as, Acme Solar and Sembcorp India.
She has extensively worked on transactions pertaining to M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments, foreign investments and business transfer/ asset transfer/ cross-border matters across various sectors including Automotive, Construction and Township Development, E-commerce, Green Hydrogen and Ammonia, Hospitality, Infrastructure (Roads and Highways), Information Technology and IT-Enabled Services (IT/ITES), Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Mining, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), Passive Telecom Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals, Power and Electricity, Real Estate, Renewable Energy, Sports, Start-ups, Telecommunications, Trading, and other services sector. She has advised clients on setting up GCCs in India, on FEMA-related matters and employment laws-related matters.
Kanchan has been involved in drafting, vetting, negotiation and execution of a wide range of commercial contracts. She has also been involved in advising/ overseeing setting up of green hydrogen/ ammonia projects in India as well as offshore jurisdictions.
• Cadence Inc., a multinational company, in global acquisitions involving Indian entity engaged in back-end support services.
• Midland Microfin, an NBFC-MFI, in relation to equity investment of INR 74.4 crores from ICICI Bank and Kitara Capital.
• WhiteBalance, a sole proprietorship, engaged in content creation and production, for the slump sale of its business to M-Monk Digital Media Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of S4 Capital Plc.
• Azure Power, in its joint venture with a domestic manufacturer of solar modules, with respect to a 4 GWs solar power project of Solar Energy Corporation of India.
• LNJ Bhilwara Group (which is, inter alia, engaged in the business of Wind & Captive Power Generation) in relation to the investment by Hero Group (by way of acquisition of equity and equity-linked instruments) in various Bhilwara group companies.
• Tridevi Capital, a Private Equity Fund, for USD 20 Mil investment in Prabha Energy Private Limited (subsidiary of Deep Industries Limited), engaged in the coal bed methane project at North Karanpura Coalfield Block in Jharkhand.
• GMS Inc., in relation to the acquisition of a majority stake (55%) from Den Networks for an amount of INR 43.32 Crores (approx.) in Delhi Dynamos Football Club (a team in the Indian Super League).
• Mandala Capital (Manager of Private Equity Fund named Agro Fund), for fund’s investment of INR 112 Crores in Sustainable Agro-Commercial Finance Limited, a Non-banking Finance Company (non-deposit taking) engaged in rural credit and, also for its investment of INR 90 Crores in Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. (Sugar Manufacturing Company).
• American Tower Corporation for acquisition of 51% shareholding in Viom Networks Limited for INR 7,600 crores.
• Mashal Sports Private Limited in launching Pro Kabaddi League, and in its subsequent transfer in favour of Star TV.
• United Online, Inc., and FTD Companies, Inc., on Indian leg of their corporate spin-off entailing separation of the business relating to FTD Companies from United Online Group
Automobile
Energy & Natural Resources
Green Hydrogen
Projects & Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Trading
IT/ ITES,
GCCs
Sports
