Anoop Rawat
National Practice Head
Insolvency & Restructuring
Anoop Rawat is the National Practice Head of the Firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. He has more than 22 years of experience and specialises in Restructuring & Insolvency, Projects, Banking and Finance.
Specifically in Restructuring & Insolvency, Anoop boasts of having represented clients across various capacities, including resolution professionals, the committee of creditors, and the resolution applicants and across different sectors such as finance, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, power, real estate, regulatory, retail, and telecommunications. He has been instrumental in development of the insolvency jurisprudence in India through effective legal representation of different stakeholders in complex and unprecedented insolvency matters in the country. These matters include the first consolidated corporate insolvency resolution process of an entire group, the first consolidated insolvency process of the financial service providers, the insolvencies in telecommunications space. He and his team has played an active role in the insolvency resolution of several of the 12 large corporate accounts (colloquially known as the dirty dozen) who were referred to insolvency by the Reserve Bank of India.
Anoop has been consistently rated as a leading insolvency lawyer by several international fora and publications, including Asialaw, Chambers and Partners, Indian Business Law Journal (IBLJ), Forbes India, International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Legal Era, RSG India, and more. Anoop is a Member at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Member of Stressed Assets Committee at FICCI. He is also a Member of Insolvency & Valuation Standards Board of ICAI and Member, Board of Advisory, TMA India.
Anoop is also working towards increasing economic globalization and development in insolvency regime to create more opportunities for the various stakeholders.
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Insolvency & Restructuring
- Advised and represented the resolution professional and advising and representing the monitoring committee(s) in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Aircel group companies.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the consolidated corporate insolvency resolution process of 13 Videocon group companies.
- Advising and representing the committee of creditors in the consolidated corporate insolvency resolution process of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited and SREI Equipment Finance Limited.
- Advising and representing the successful resolution applicant in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Jyoti Structures Limited.
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- Advising and representing the resolution professional and chairman of the monitoring committee in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Jaiprakash Associates Limited.
- Advising and representing the Administrator in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Aviom India Housing Finance Private Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Reliance group of companies.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of JEKPL Private Limited.
- Advising and representing ICICI Bank UK Plc in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Aditya Estates Private Limited.
- Advising Payard Investments Private Limited and Prudent ARC Limited in relation to drafting and negotiating the resolution plan submitted for a major EPC company in India.
- Advising and representing the committee of creditors in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhushan Steel Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional and the Liquidator in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process and liquidation process of Lanco Infratech Limited.
- Advising and representing the committee of creditors in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Amtek Auto Limited.
- Advising and representing the lenders forming a part of the implementation and monitoring committee in relation to the implementation of the resolution plan approved in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Amtek Auto Limited.
- Advising and representing the asset monitoring committee in relation to the monetization of assets under the approved resolution plan of Amtek Auto Limited.
- Advising Albula Investment Fund in relation to drafting and negotiating the resolution plan submitted for a major wind energy company in India.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Metalyst Forgings Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of ARGL Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhushan Energy Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Lanco Kondapalli Power Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Lavasa Corporation Limited and its subsidiaries.
- Advised and represented the resolution professional and the monitoring committee in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process for SPS Steel Rolling Mills Limited.
- Advised and represented the resolution professional and the monitoring committee in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Cosmic Ferro Alloys Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of SEL Manufacturing Company Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional and Liquidator in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process and Liquidation of Sukam Power Systems Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional and liquidator in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process and liquidation process of Maadurga Thermal Power Company Limited.
- Advised and represented the lenders forming the committee of creditors in relation to corporate insolvency resolution process of Korba West Power Company Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional and steering committee in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited.
- Advising and representing the committee of creditors in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Jhabua Power Limited.
- Advising and representing the monitoring committee in relation to the implementation of the resolution plan approved in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Jhabua Power Limited.
- Advising a consortium of UV Asset Reconstruction Company Limited and WL Structures Private Limited in relation to the implementation of the resolution plan submitted by them in respect of GVR Infra Projects Limited.
- Advising and representing the committee of creditors in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhatia Coke & Energy Limited.
- Advising the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Future Retail Limited.
- Advising Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited in the submission of a resolution plan in the corporate insolvency resolution process of South East UP Power Transmission Company Limited.
- Advising Jindal Stainless Limited in the submission of a resolution plan in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Rabirun Vinimay Private Limited.
- Advising Perfect Day Inc in the submission of acquisition plan in the liquidation process of Sterling Biotech Limited.
- Advising Invenire Petrodyne Limited in the submission of a resolution plan in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Mercator Petroleum Limited.
- Advising and representing Yes Bank Limited in the initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process of Jaypee Healthcare Limited.
- Advising Marubeni Itochu Steel Inc. in the submission of a claim in the corporate insolvency resolution process of National Steel and Agro Industries Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional and interim manager of the monitoring committee in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Hotel Horizon Private Limited.
- Advising the external commercial lenders of Satya Microcapital Limited in protection of their rights in debt restructuring of Satya Microcapital Limited.
- Advising the joint voluntary liquidators, and thereafter, joint official liquidators appointed under Cayman laws for Ancile Investment Company, in pursuing recovery of their funded goods outside of insolvency estate of Arch Pharmalabs Limited (under corporate insolvency resolution process).
- Advising the Shipra group in withdrawal of corporate insolvency resolution process of Shipra Estate Limited, withdrawal of personal insolvency and consequent proceedings against promoter/personal guarantor, and transaction with third party for funding the settlement with lenders and claimants of Shipra group.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Gstaad Hotels Private Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Neo Capricorn Hotels Private Limited
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Advantage Raheja Hotels Private Limited
- Advising and representing the liquidator in voluntary liquidation proceedings of Poshmark Online Marketplace Private Limited.
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of Majestic Hotels Limited
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of N. Kumar Housing & Infrastructure Private Limited.
- Advising and representing the consortium of lenders led by Canara Bank in respect of the assignment of debt of Karanja Terminal and Logistics Private Limited to Prudent ARC Limited
- Advising and representing the resolution professional in relation to the corporate insolvency resolution process of SU Toll Road Private Limited.
- Advising Prime Focus Limited and its director in closure of the insolvency proceedings initiated against Prime Focus Limited and resolution of all disputes with the creditor through a Disclosure Agreement.
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Professional Memberships
- Bar Council of India
Education
- LL.B, Campus Law Center, Delhi University