Shruti Kinra
Shruti Kinra is a Partner with the General Corporate practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. (the “Firm”), which is Ranked “Band 1” in India by Chambers and Partners.
Shruti has extensive experience in matters pertaining to mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign investment into India, greenfield investments, India market-entry strategy, corporate restructuring and general corporate advisory. Shruti has been instrumental in setting up the Korea desk of the Firm. As part of the Firm’s Korea desk, Shruti has played a leading role in advising large and mid-sized Korean companies, including, LG Electronics, POSCO group, Samsung Display, Hyundai group, Kia Motors and NH Bank.
She has received the India’s Future Legal Leaders 2026 for Corporate & commercial, joint ventures & M&A by IBLJ and Legal Era ‘40 under 40 Rising Star’ award, which recognises her leadership, innovation, and accomplishment in the legal fraternity.
Shruti has previously worked with Herbert Smith Freehills, London (then Herbert Smith LLP) as a corporate lawyer, advising on several complex M&A transactions.
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Korea Desk
- Advised LG Electronics India Limited in relation to its proposed initial public offering in India.
- Advising POSCO Group in relation to its 50:50 joint venture with JSW Steel Limited for setting up an integrated steel manufacturing plant in Odisha.
- Advised Kia Motors in setting up its green field manufacturing facility in India.
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- Advised Samsung Display Company Limited Korea on setting-up of its business in India and continued operations.
- Advised Nonghyup Bank, South Korea, in opening of its first branch office in India.
- Advised POSCO India Processing Center Private Limited in acquiring the entire equity stake of LX International Corp. in POSCO-India Pune Processing Center Private Limited.
- Advised LS Automotives Indian Private Limited on its insurance claims against an Indian insurance company.
- Advised Yanolja Co. Ltd. and Yanolja Singapore Pte, Ltd. in connection with their investment in eZee Technosys Private Limited.
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- Advised Sony Group on its proposed merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited with Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited. This transaction was finally not concluded due to commercial reasons.
- Advised JSW Steel Limited on the merger of JSW Ispat Special Products Limited and Creixent Special Steels Limited with JSW Steel Limited.
- Advised SZS Tech Private Limited and its promoters on the sale of the entire shareholding of the company to Google LLC.
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- Advised the promoters of Altimetrik Corp. on the sale of their majority stake in Altimetrik Corp. to TPG Capital.
- Advised Visteon Corporation on its joint venture with High Value Ventures Limited to carry the business of manufacturing of display modules. This transaction has not yet been consummated due to regulatory hurdles.
- Advised Cash Flow Management LLC on its acquisition of 100% shareholding of ESQ Management Solutions India Private Limited.
- Advised Dronebase, Inc. on its acquisition of FWCloud Technologies Private Limited.
- Advised SBI Cards on the merger of two of its operating entities i.e. SBI Business Process Management Services Private Limited and SBI Cards and Payment Services Private Limited.
- Advised Plurilock Security Inc. on its acquisition of software assets of CloudCodes Software Private Limited.
- Advised Level 3 Audio Visual, LLC on sale of its 100% legal and beneficial membership interest to Online Instruments (India) Private Limited.
- Advised Vattikuti Ventures LLC on its pre-IPO subscription of shares of Hero Fincorp Limited.
- Advised ASEC Inc. on its acquisition by Verdantas LLC (backed by Sterling Investment Partners).
- Advised SRF Limited on acquisition of certain assets from Kanpur Plastipack Limited.
- Advised Seagate Technology HDD (India) Private Limited on sale of hard-disc business assets to LSI India Research & Development Private Limited.
- Advised Apollo Global in connection with its acquisition of Indian business of Mitsubishi Aluminum Co., Ltd.
- Advised Apollo Global in connection with its acquisition of Indian business of Tech Data Corporation.
- Advised Apollo Global Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. in connection with its investment in JSW Cement Limited.
- Advised AION Direct II Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Rhinestone Holdings Inc. in connection with their acquisition of 100% shareholding and controlling interest in InterGlobe Technologies Private Limited and IGT-InterGlobe Technologies Philippines Inc.
- Advised an affiliate of ChrysCapital VIII LLC in connection with the sale of majority shareholding held by it in GeBBS Healthcare Solutions Private Limited to EQT Group.
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Professional Memberships
- Bar Council of Delhi
Education
- B.A. LL.B, (Hons), University of Warwick