Anirban Roy Choudhury

Anirban is a banking and finance lawyer with extensive experience advising on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border financing transactions and debt products, including structured finance, private credit, project finance, corporate and syndicated lending. He regularly represents both lenders and borrowers across diverse sectors on complex high value financing transactions, from structuring, documentation and negotiation through to execution and closing.

Anirban also has considerable international experience, having worked with Freshfields LLP (formerly Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) in Frankfurt.

Experience Statement

• Advised Tata Capital Limited, in connection with sanctioning structured facilities of up to INR 1235 Crore to AGP Group’s Zerra DC platform for setting up of a greenfield 200 MW integrated data centre project in Thane district, Maharashtra.
• Advised National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), in connection with sanctioning INR 760 Crore for construction of a feeder canal from Isarda Dam to Ramgarh in Rajasthan pursuant to a concession agreement with Rajasthan Water Grid Corporation Limited.
• Advised a consortium of banks led by Karnataka Bank Limited, in connection with financing the construction of green field access controlled four lane highway section of NH-163G from Thallasenkesa to V. Venkatayapalem (part of the Nagpur Vijayawada Economic Corridor project) being developed by NHAI under the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I.
• Advised HDFC Bank Limited, in connection with financing the construction of section of NH-58 from Khokhra to Mathasur in Gujarat and Rajasthan under HAM mode.
• Advised the Export Import Bank of India, in relation to US Dollar denominated facilities sanctioned to Serovia USA Inc. for construction of a greenfield specialized pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in New Jersey, USA.
• Advised Union Bank of India in relation to INR 670 Crore facility granted to Greenko Sironj Wind Power Private Limited for the development of a 200 MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu.
• Advised India Infradebt Limited, in connection with sanctioning refinancing facilities to a JSW Group entity for the largest solar park in North East India, the 70MW_AC solar power park located in Amguri, Assam.
• Advised IREDA Global Green Energy Finance IFSC Limited, in relation to raising USD 20 Million in long term credit facilities from IDBI Bank Limited, IFSC Banking Unit (IBU), GIFT City for on-lending green/ sustainable loans.
• Advised Axis Bank Limited, HDFC Bank Limited, and ICICI Bank Limited, as the LLC, in connection with granting credit facilities aggregating to INR 1100 Crore to Synthimed Labs for its acquisition the API and CRAMS business of Ind Swift Laboratories Limited on a slump sale basis.
• Advised India Resurgence Fund (an investment platform sponsored by Piramal Enterprises Limited and Bain Capital Credit), and various of its investee companies including Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality and Anthea Group in connection with raising debt.
• Advised Ascertis Credit (formerly BPEA Credit), in connection with providing private credit facilities to a leading Pune based data center developer.
• Advised Edelweiss Group on multiple transactions, including investments in (i) listed NCDs issued by a Shapoorji Pallonji Group entity; (ii) listed NCDs issued by a leading IMFL manufacturer; (iii) listed NCDs issued by a leading cement manufacturer; (iv) unlisted NCDs issued by Viceroy Hotels Group.