Anuj Pethia

Anuj has more than 16 years of experience and has acted on various Indian and international capital markets transactions including some of the sophisticated and pioneer offerings in the last two decades advising issuers, underwriters, promoters and selling shareholders across sectors.​

Anuj is a solution oriented transactional lawyer and has worked on numerous IPOs, FPOs, Rights Issues, QIPs, ADRs, GDRs, FCCBs, foreign listings, domestic and  international bond issuances, MTNs, bulk and block trades, preferential allotments, buybacks and offers for sale on stock exhcnages. Anuj started his career with the eartwhile Amarchand & Mangdaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. in 2008 and prior to joining JSA, Anuj has been a partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangdaldas.

 

Awards and Recognition

  • Recognized as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ for Capital Markets by the ILFR 1000 rankings continuously since 2018
  • Recognized by SEBI for the substantial contributions made towards the SEBI’s expert committee’s report on direct listings

 

Memberships

Member of The Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa

 

Publications

Authored chapters of “Treatise on Securities Law”, Thomson Reuters ; Edition: 1 Ed 2021

 

Education

  • B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), National Law Institute University, Bhopal (2008)
    Pt. Ramlalji Sharma Memorial Medal for standing first in the order of merit
  • LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, New York (2013)

 

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Initial Public Offerings

Advised issuers and lead managers on the IPOs of Waaree Energies, Ola Electric Mobility, Sagility India, RR Kabel, SBI Cards & Payment Services, Rainbow Children’s Medicare, Tarsons Products, C.E. Info Systems (MapMyIndia), Amber Enterprises, Varun Beverages, PNB Housing Finance, Indian Energy Exchange, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Aadhar Housing Finance, Adlabs Entertainment, Adani Power, Aadhar Housing Finance, etc.

 Also, advised on the DRHP filing of the Fujiyama Power Systems Limited, Healthium Medtech, Bharat Hotels, Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities, Crystal Crop Protection, Himani Industries, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, ReNew Power, Sembcorp Energy India, etc.

Anuj has also advised various investors and selling shareholders in their sales / exits in the IPOs of TCNS Clothing Limited, S Chand and Company Limited, Samhi Hotels Limited, Suryoday Small Finance Bank, etc.

 

Further Public Offerings and Rights Issue

Anuj acted on FPOs of Tata Steel and also advised on rights issue by Fusion Finance, Tata Motors and Hindalco, among others.

 

Qualified Institutions Placements

Gravita India, PDS Limited, Route Mobile, Zydus Wellness, PVR Limited, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Hindalco, Yes Bank, LIC Housing Finance, Dhanlaxmi Bank, Jindal Steel and Power, JK Cement among many others and Institutional Placement Program by Godrej Industries.​

 

Cross-border listings and DRs

Advised Essar Energy PLC in relation to listing on the London Stock Exchange, Tata Power Company on its multiple GDRs and FCCBs issuances, Tata Steel on its GDR program and Axis Bank on its simultaneous GDR and QIP. Anuj has regularly advised on compliance, termination and voting structures of depository receipts listed in NASDAQ, SGX and Luxembourg SE.

 

Debt Capital Markets

Advised Ultratech Cement Limited on India’s first sustainability linked USD bond. Anuj has also acted for issuance of bonds and medium-term notes programs by ICICI Bank, NHAI, PFC, REC, PGCIL and Exim Bank among others. Anuj also advised Renew Power, Sembcorp India and Mytrah Power in relation to masala/green bonds issuance and has advised on NCD issuances (listed and unlisted) by Dilip Buildcon, The Tata Power Company, Piramal enterprises among other corporates.

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