Sudipta Routh
Partner
Qualifications
- B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)- NLSIU, Bangalore
- Master of Law (LLM) – Queen Mary, University of London
Bar Enrolment
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
- Solicitor (Non-practising), England & Wales
Overview
Sudipta has practised for 30 years, in-house, in Indian private practice, at Clifford Chance in London and at a firm he founded, and later merging its practice into Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India. He is qualified to practice law both in India and in England and Wales.
His practice covers fund formation, cross-border M&A and private equity, banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, and corporate advisory. He structures and registers alternative investment funds under the SEBI regime and in GIFT City, advising sponsors, managers and institutional investors across the life of the fund. On the transactional side he acts for Indian and international clients on acquisitions, joint ventures, market entry, franchising, external commercial borrowings and exchange control, and on the restructurings and insolvency with special emphasis on avoidance transactions and claw-backs. International law firms regularly instruct him as Indian counsel on cross-border matters, including arbitrations / disputes seated abroad.
He has led high value transactions across heavily regulated sectors, among them pharmaceuticals, telecom, financial services, energy and healthcare. In recent years he has acted increasingly as strategic counsel and close confidant to resident and international fund houses, banks, boards, promoters and entrepreneurs.
He is quoted often, publishes regularly, speaks at national and international forums and on television, and has served on the boards of multinational companies.
