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