Biography: Capital Markets

Ms Madhurima Mukherjee is a partner in the capital markets and securities laws practice of Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, one of India's largest law firms. Recognised as one of India's leading capital markets lawyers by several international publications such as Chambers Global, International Financial Law Review, Asian Legal Business and Asialaw, Ms Mukherjee has wide experience in the whole gamut of securities offerings in the domestic and international markets, including initial public offerings, further public offerings, rights issues, qualified institutions placements, ADR and GDR offerings, 'bulk deals'/'block deals' and debt offerings.

Ms Mukherjee has led some of the largest and most prestigious capital markets transactions in India. She has advised the government of India in the US$3.4 billion initial public offering of Coal India Limited, the largest initial public offering in India till date and the underwriters in the US$2 billion initial public offering of DLF, the third largest initial public offering in India till date. She advised the underwriters in the US$1.50 billion American depository share issue of Sterlite Industries, a part of the London-listed Vedanta Resources group, and Ascendas India Trust, in the public offering and listing of its units on the Singapore Stock Exchange. She recently advised Petronas International in the divestment of its stake in Cairn India on a 'bulk deal' basis, which at a deal value of US$ 2.1 billion is the largest bulk deal transaction in India till date.

In the course of her long career, besides having advised the government of India on numerous disinvestments, Ms. Mukherjee has advised prestigious corporates in diverse sectors, including DLF, Petronas, Vedanta group, ONGC, Coal India, Cairn India, GMR, GVK, Zee, IL&FS, Religare, Jaypee group, Ansal group, DB Corp, Unitech group, NTPC and Godrej Properties. Her deep understanding of regulatory issues and acumen in evolving unique commercial structures makes her the preferred counsel for market intermediaries such as Axis Bank, Avendus Capital, Barclays, DSP Merrill Lynch, Citi, Centrum, Daiwa, Deutsche, Edelweiss, Enam, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities, IDBI Capital, IDFC Capital, JM Financial, JP Morgan, Kotak, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBS, Religare Capital, SBI Capital Markets, Standard Chartered Bank, and UBS.

She is a member of the advisory board of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She has also been a visiting lecturer of securities law at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.

Ms Mukherjee was admitted to the Bar in 1998. She graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.