Satwinder Singh

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Satwinder Singh

Satwinder Singh

Founder & Managing Partner | New Delhi

Professional Summary

Primary Practice

Honours & Awards

Professional Memberships

Education

  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Law
  • Certified Associate, Indian Institute of Bankers
  • Fellow Member, ICSI
  • Registered Insolvency Professional, IBBI

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Satwinder Singh

Introduction

Mr. Satwinder Singh is the Founder & Managing Partner of Aekom Legal. A lawyer by profession, he is also a qualified Company Secretary, a Registered Insolvency Professional and a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

He has extensive experience in handling corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, revival, rehabilitation and insolvency matters, joint ventures, collaborations, private equity, banking and securitisation, takeovers, acting as legal advisor to initial public offerings, rights issues, FCCBs and GDRs, open offers, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, and rendering opinions on diverse issues under the Companies Act, exchange control regulations, securities laws, stamp laws and other commercial laws.

He has advised several multinational and Indian companies on various matters involving strategy, negotiations and implementation of transactions in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and bankruptcy, corporate restructuring and private equity. He actively represents clients before the National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, SEBI and other quasi-judicial authorities.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars organised by leading professional bodies and chambers of commerce on subjects including M&A, Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Takeover Code, Foreign Direct Investment and structuring of Joint Ventures.

Representative Matters

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Advised several multinational and Indian companies on strategy, negotiation and implementation of mergers and acquisitions transactions.
  • Advised on joint ventures, collaborations and private equity investments across sectors.
  • Acted as legal advisor to initial public offerings, rights issues, FCCBs, GDRs and open offers.
  • Conducted extensive legal due diligence and drafted and negotiated commercial agreements for cross-border and domestic transactions.

Insolvency & Bankruptcy

  • Registered Insolvency Professional with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
  • Actively involved in some of the most successful corporate turnarounds in the insolvency regime in the country.
  • Advised clients on strategy and implementation in insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring matters before the NCLT and NCLAT.

Corporate Restructuring

  • Advised extensively on corporate restructuring matters including mergers, demergers, compromises, arrangements, reduction of capital, slump sale, minority squeezing, family settlements and succession planning.
  • Dealt with complex restructuring assignments also involving application of foreign laws in matters before USA Courts.

Banking, Finance & Securitisation

  • Advised on banking and securitisation matters and rendered opinions on exchange control regulations and securities laws.

General Corporate & Regulatory Affairs

  • Rendered opinions on diverse issues under the Companies Act, exchange control regulations, securities laws, stamp laws and other commercial laws.
  • Appeared and argued matters before the Supreme Court, almost all High Courts of the country, NCLT, NCLAT, SEBI, SAT, FEMA Appellate Tribunal, DRT, DRAT, Civil Courts, Arbitral Tribunals, Sessions and Magistrate Courts across NCR.

Publications

  • “Companies Act 2013 – Impact Assessment” (co-authored with team) — released by Hon’ble Justice A.K. Sikri, Supreme Court of India and Mr. M Damodaran, Former Chairman, SEBI.
  • “Companies Act 2013: Knowing the Changes” (authored).
  • “International Business Acquisitions: Major Legal Issues and Due Diligence” – India Chapter (World Law Group).
  • “Securities Laws in India” – International Securities Laws Book (World Law Group).
  • India Chapter – PLC Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook.
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