Pratish focuses on financing transactions, trade finance, securitisation and financial regulatory advices.
He advises on all kinds of debt transactions, debt instruments and structured finance products. He has advised clients on debt restructuring mechanisms including strategic debt restructuring, conversion of debt into equity and issues relating to enforcement of security interest.
Pratish’s expertise lies in securitisation transactions which includes securitisation of standard assets, securitisation of non-performing assets, pass-through structures and direct assignment transactions.
He regularly advises domestic and international clients on factoring, forfeiting, bill discounting, receivables financing and other trade finance transactions and has been instrumental in structuring many trade finance transactions.
Pratish has also advised:
- entities for setting up and obtaining licenses for banks, non-banking financial companies and primary dealer.
- clients on different issues relating to regulations and policies applicable to banks, non-banking financial companies and primary dealers.
- clients for structuring and launching of many banking products.
He has been practicing law since 2008. Before joining JSA, he was partner with Juris Corp.
Awards and Recognition
- IFLR1000 Asia Pacific Rankings for Banking and Finance
- Asialaw for Banking and Finance
- Chambers and Partners for Banking and Finance
- Legal Era Rankings
Memberships
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Publications
- RBI Revises ARC Framework Towards Increasing Transparency and Efficiency published by Lexology
- Co-authored Banking Regulation in India: Overview published by Thomas Reuters
- Co-authored Enforcement of Indian Bank Guarantees – The Dichotomy in Law! published by the International Bar Association
- Co-authored the India Chapter for the Structured Finance and Securitisation Global Guide published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law
- Insights on “Covid – Corporate Debtor – Central Bank” published in the Banking and Finance Journal (December 2020 Issue)
- Trade Finance in India-Recent Trends published by LawStreetIndia, a Taxsutra portal
Education
B.A.LL.B (Hons) from National Law Institute University, Bhopal
Languages
- English
- Hindi