Qualified Institutional Placements (QIPs) have emerged as a fast-track fundraising route for Indian companies seeking institutional capital. The mechanism allows listed firms to raise funds from qualified institutional buyers, helping finance expansion, acquisitions and balance-sheet strengthening. QIPs offer speed, pricing flexibility and access to sophisticated investors compared with traditional public issues. The article highlights how companies are increasingly using QIPs as a strategic tool to accelerate growth and access deeper pools of institutional funding.
Please click here to read the full article by Arka Mookerjee, Partner and Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets; Siddhartha Desai, Partner; Prateek Khandelwal, Associate; published in Legal Era Online
Arka Mookerjee is a Partner and Co-Head of the Equity Capital Markets practice, with over 21 years of experience advising on India’s most complex and high-value transactions. Widely recognised for pioneering mandates—including India’s first QIP and InvIT IPO—he represents issuers, underwriters and investors across capital markets and investment structures. Arka actively engages with regulators and industry bodies, playing a key role in shaping India’s evolving capital markets framework.