Biography: Project Finance

Sameen Vyas is a partner at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, a premier, top-tier firm in India. His specialisations include infrastructure, banking finance, structured finance and project finance. For the past two years, the firm has been ranked first in the world by the Dealogic Global Project Finance Review's international legal adviser rankings in the category of Global PFI/PPP Project Finance Deals.

Chambers and Partners, Practical Law Company and Asialaw Leading Lawyers have nominated Mr Vyas as one of the world's leading lawyers for his expertise in project finance, infrastructure, energy, securitisation and structured finance.

With over 15 years of experience, Sameen Vyas has advised various stakeholders including lenders, developers and sponsors, investors, concessioning authorities and contractors on over 40 infrastructure projects. In the area of project finance, he has advised both borrowers and various banks and financial institutions on loan and security documentation and general corporate issues.

Mr Vyas acted as counsel to a syndicate of domestic and foreign lenders for the financing of the approximately 4000 MW Sasan ultra mega power project. With an estimated project cost of US$4 billion, this transaction was ranked one of the largest project finance transactions of 2009.

Some eminent clients he has advised include Arcelor Mittal, Asian Development Bank, Cairn Energy, the government of India, the government of Bangladesh, GMR group, Indian Oil Corporation, Bhatinda Refinery, Exxon Mobil, Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited, Maersk Sealand, Delhi Airport, Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited, Sesa Goa, Infrastructure Leasing & Finance and Wartsila.