Vrindesh focuses on lending & finance transactions involving complex structures and cross border financing. He has assisted clients, including some of the global financial institutions, in a plethora of financing transactions, viz., Debt Transactions (secured, limited recourse basis and syndicated), Project Finance (including manufacturing, energy and real estate projects), Acquisition Finance, Real Estate Financing (including lease rental discounting), etc. Since his initial years as a professional, he has been assisting in some of the marquee deals involving leading banks, financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, which has helped him in developing the befitting legal and commercial acumen. He has also acted as the counsel for corporates clients, arrangers, and guarantors present in various jurisdictions. He also assists onshore and offshore banks and NBFCs on security creation aspects over units located in, inter alia, SEZs, industrial development areas, real estate projects, and restricted areas.
As a part of his practice, he regularly advises banks in relation to their day-to-day functions, ranging from setting up of financial products, to guiding them in understanding the contours of applicable laws involving issues pertaining to human resources, vendor management, RBI directions, data privacy, etc. He has also gained experience in providing end to end solutions to banks in winding down of their operations in India.
Vrindesh has been practicing law since 2019. Before joining JSA, he was an associate for two years with the banking and finance team at Juris Corp, Advocates & Solicitors.
Memberships
State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh
Publications
- Co-authored article on ‘Central bank digital currency: Novel alternative to downsizing paper currency‘ published with ET Edge Insights
- Co-authored article on ‘Unorganized Lending Gone Digital In India’ published with Mondaq
- Co-authored the Thomson Reuters ‘Securities and Banking Guide for India’ which provides a high-level overview of the financial services’ regulatory environment in Indian jurisdiction
- Co-authored the Thomson Reuters ‘Banking Regulation Global Guide – India chapter’
- Co-authored article on ‘Regulating Cryptocurrency in India’ published with International Bar Association (available at https://bit.ly/2SpQsTV)
- Co-authored article on ‘How investors, authorities can check greenwashing and boost green financing’ published with VCCircle (available at https://bit.ly/3nIc8Gk)
- Co-authored article on ‘Refinancing Amid COVID-19 Crises – A Silver Lining’ published with Law Street India (a portal of Tax Sutra) (available at https://bit.ly/3nHkRIO)
- Co-authored article on ‘Reserve Bank of India: Riding the Technological Wave’ published with Business World – Legal World (available at https://bit.ly/3eTkuXw) and Lexology (available at https://bit.ly/2PLkuk7)
Education
B.A. L.L.B. (Business Law Hons.), Institute of Law, Nirma University (Ahmedabad)
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Gujarati
