INDIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Himanshu Malhotra and Lidia K. Kharmih Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is found- ed on a century of legal achievements, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms. The firm’s mission is to enable business by providing so - lutions as trusted advisers through excellence, responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration. SAM & Co. is known globally for its exceptional practices in M&A, private equity, competition law, insolvency and bankruptcy, dispute reso - lution, international commercial arbitration, capital markets, banking and finance, tax, intel - lectual property, data protection and data pri -
vacy, white-collar crime, technology law and infrastructure, energy and project finance. The firm has a pan-India presence and has been at the helm of major headline transactions and litigations in all sectors, besides advising ma - jor multinational corporates on their entry into the Indian market and their business strategy. Currently, the firm has over 800 lawyers includ - ing 177 partners, offering legal services through its offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai.
Authors
Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia leads the fintech practice and has worked in the banking and finance, and financial services M&A practice groups at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Himanshu Malhotra is a principal associate in the fintech, financial services regulatory and banking and finance practice groups at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. During his
She has advised several leading fintech platforms in connection with their products and solutions in India. She has led several policy initiatives in collaboration with the Digital Lenders Association of India. Shilpa has also advised various companies, banks and financial institutions in connection with their financing activities as well as specialised financial products. She was also on the government drafting committee for the Factoring Act.
tenure spanning more than seven years at the firm, he has advised several digital payment platforms, payment wallets and other fintech players operating in the country in designing and structuring their financial products.
Lidia K. Kharmih is an associate of the fintech, financial services regulatory, and banking and finance practice groups at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. She has advised digital
lending platforms, payment service providers and other fintech players operating in the country on designing and structuring their financial products.
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