Samir Bedi is one of the co-founding partners of the firm and has over 23 years of transactional experience. Before setting up the firm, he worked as the General Counsel of GE Commercial Finance – India, one of India’s leading non-banking finance companies. Prior to that, he has also worked with Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited and ICICI Bank Limited.
Samir specializes in matters relating to finance, banking and capital markets and has been associated in various domestic and cross-border debt transactions covering various security structures. His transactional experience encompasses rendering advisory and structuring services on a variety of transactions in both debt and equity, including acquisition financing, portfolio buyouts, securitization of receivables, syndication of debt, restructuring and distressed asset management, and several big ticket equity investments in the knowledge sector such as IT enabled services and software companies. He has also worked with several domestic, international companies and multinational corporations, private equity investors and funds in the context of both inbound and outbound investment transactions.
Samir also has expertise in securities laws and capital market practice and has vast experience on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues, which include matters pertaining to private placement of debt such as issuance of debentures and commercial papers, listing of debt securities, external commercial borrowings, hedging risks and foreign exchange management.
Samir is an honors graduate and holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.