Mohit Saraf
704-706, 7th floor, Embassy Centre
Nariman Point
Biography: Public Procurement
Mr Mohit Saraf is a senior partner with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices - a premier full-service law firm in India.Mr Saraf has represented the government of India and various government companies/public sector undertakings (PSUs) in relation to public procurement advice, including in relation to divestment of equity stake by the government of India in certain PSUs. He has also handled various restructuring and privatisation assignments, including on behalf of the government of Bangladesh.
He has also advised the government of India on the various drafts of the Indian Electricity Bill, later enacted as the Electricity Act 2003.
He is listed as a leading business lawyer in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Chambers Global, ILFR, Legal 500 and Practical Law Company. Chambers & Partners describes him as 'a dream lawyer for corporate transactions because he balances the legal and commercial aspects of a transaction'. ALB Hot 100 has honoured him as one of the top-performing lawyers for 2009.
Certain clients that Mr Saraf has advised with respect to infrastructure include: the government of India through NCAER; the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission; the Maharashtra State Electricity Board; the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC); the government of Rajasthan; the Bangladesh Power Development Board; the Indian Oil Corporation; Bhatinda Refinery; Delhi Airport Limited; Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Limited; India Bharat Petroleum; Engineers India Limited; National Fertilizers Limited; CMC Limited; Shipping Corporation of India; and Delhi Transport Corporation.
Mr Saraf has over 50 publications on infrastructure law and policy to his credit. He is also a visiting faculty at various law and management schools in India and is a regular speaker at various conferences.
He has been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, a national peacetime gallantry award by the president of India.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Public Procurement Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance
Mohit Saraf is a senior partner with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, one of the leading and largest law firms in India and recipient of various national and international awards. His specialisations include corporate, insurance, mutual funds and venture capital.Mr Saraf has extensive experience in the Indian insurance sector, and has been actively involved with some of the largest deals in this space in India. He advised AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd on its joint venture with Bharti Enterprises Limited for life and non-life insurance and thereafter advised the joint venture companies on obtaining regulatory approvals. He has also advised Prudential International Insurance Holdings on its joint venture with DLF Limited, for the setting-up of a life insurance joint venture company. He has also been advising Max New York Life Insurance Company in relation to drafting and obtaining approval for its insurance policy and formulating policies relating to insurance agents. He has also been involved in obtaining insurance cover in relation to large infrastructure projects, and advising India's largest private airline in connection with obtaining insurance cover for its fleet.
He is also listed as a leading business lawyer in Chambers Asia Leading Lawyers, ILFR 1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Practical Law Company. Chambers and Partners describes him as 'a dream lawyer for corporate transactions because he balances the legal and commercial aspects of a transaction'.
Mr Saraf has been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, a national peacetime gallantry award, by the president of India.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Mohit Saraf is a senior partner with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, one of the leading law firms in India, and a recipient of various national & international awards. His specialisations include corporate, M&A, real estate and private equity.Mr Saraf has been involved in the closing of several major M&A and private equity transactions. He is currently advising Abbott Laboratories on its $6.2 billion acquisition of Belgium-based Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Recently, he advised ArcelorMittal on its $125 million stake acquisition in Mumbai-based Uttam Galva Steels. Some of his other recent transactions include the $1.19 billion acquisition (including acquisition finance) of Whyte & Mackay (a scotch company) by United Spirits), the acquisition of a stake in Dempo Group's mining assets by Sesa Goa Limited ($368 million and the acquisition of Shyam Telecom by Sistema ($700 million). He has also been involved in the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, two national airway carrier companies in India.
Some of Mr Saraf's clients include Arcelor Mittal, United Spirits, Kingfisher Airlines, CapitaLand, Moser Baer, AXA SA (France), Sesa Goa, Roca Corporation Empresarial, Sistema, Mylan, DLF, Blackstone, DE Shaw, Great Offshore, One Equity, Lehman Brothers, Oman Investment, Merill Lynch, Kleiner Perkins, Avenue Capital, Qatar Investments, Abu Dhabi Investments and Istithmar, among others.
He is listed as a leading business lawyer in Chambers Asia: Asia's Leading Lawyers for Business, ILFR 1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Practical Law Company. Mohit Saraf was noted as one of Asia's top 25 M&A lawyers in 2009 by ALB and was also honored by ALB HOT 100 as one of the top-performing lawyers for 2009.
Mr Saraf has been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, a national peacetime gallantry award, by President Venkatraman.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Real Estate
Mr Mohit Saraf is a senior partner with Luthra & Luthra, Law Offices - a premier full service law firm in India. He heads the firm's real estate practice.Mr Saraf has represented large number of real estate companies in relation to development, due diligence and financing of various projects in India. He has also represented large number of private equity funds in relation to their investment in real estate project.
Some clients he has advised with respect to real estate transaction include DLF Group, CapitaLand, Tishman Speyer, DLF Hotel Holdings Limited, Mapletree Investments Private Limited, Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity, Unitech, DE Shaw & Co, Oman Investment Fund, Avenue Capital Group, Blackstone Group, Real IS AG, Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust), Omaxe Limited, Alpha G Corp, Aman Resorts, Marriott International, Inc.
Mr Saraf is listed as a leading business lawyer in Chambers Asia Leading Lawyers, ILFR 1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Practical Law Company. Chambers & Partners describes him as 'a dream lawyer for corporate transactions because he balances the legal and commercial aspects of a transaction'.
Mr Saraf also has over 50 publications on infrastructure law and policy to his credit. He is also visiting faculty at various law and management schools in India and is a regular speaker at various conferences.
Mr Saraf has also been awarded the 'Shaurya Chakra', a national peacetime gallantry award, by the President of India.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Biography: Project Finance
Mohit Saraf is a senior partner with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, a premier top-tier law firm in India. His specialisations include project finance, cross-border finance and structured finance.Mr Saraf has represented companies and financial institutions in a large number of infrastructure projects in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in energy (upstream, downstream and power projects), telecommunications, airports, aviation, inland ports, toll roads and bridges, special economic zones and oil refineries.
Mr Saraf has recently 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 $4 billion, this transaction was ranked one of the largest project finance transactions of 2009.
He has advised the government of India on the various drafts of the Indian Electricity Bill, later enacted as the Electricity Act 2003. Some clients he has advised with respect to project finance and infrastructure transactions include ArcelorMittal, Changi (Singapore) Airport, Exxon Mobil, Qatar Gas, Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas, El Paso Energy, the government of India, Bangladesh Power Development Board, GMR Infrastructure, Globeleq, China Light & Power, Indian Oil Corporation, Bhatinda Refinery, Petronas, Maersk Sealand, PSA International Pte, Delhi Airport, Infrastructure Leasing & Finance and Kingfisher Airlines.
Mr Saraf has been nominated as one of the world's leading practitioners by Chambers Global, Asian Legal Business, ILFR 1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Practical Law Company. Chambers & Partners describes him as 'a dream lawyer for corporate transactions because he balances the legal and commercial aspects of a transaction'.
He is a member of the task force on nuclear energy constituted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the United States India Business Council (USIBC). Mr Saraf also has over 50 publications on infrastructure law and policy to his credit.
He has also been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, a national peacetime gallantry award, by the president of India.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
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