Justin M Bharucha
Managing Partner
Professional Affiliations
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Bombay Bar Association
Bombay Incorporated Law Society
Admissions
Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India
Solicitor, High Court, Mumbai
Education
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
LL.M (Corporate & Financial Laws), London School of Economics, London
Languages Known
English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi
Office
Mumbai, India
Overview
Justin’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, finance, infrastructure, and litigious investor exits. His mergers and acquisitions practice includes advising on domestic and offshore acquisitions (ranging from organic joint ventures to venture capital and private equity investments).
His area of expertise includes foreign direct investment in restricted industry sectors such as defence, banking, and retail. Justin also has an extensive structured finance practice.
He is also developing the Firm’s Infrastructure Practice, extending from the development of ports and roads to logistics. Justin also advises clients on mandates relating to anti-corruption and ethics.
He chairs the Employment Law Practice at the Firm and oversees the development of the Firm’s Impact Policy Group, which includes policy engagement, government relations, impact mandates, and pro bono engagements.
Practice Areas
Indicative Experience
- Advising JM Baxi Group on various M&A and financing mandates.
- Advising VisVires Indian Consumers Pte. Limited on its investment in various wineries and helping them acquire a controlling stake in India’s second-largest winery by capacity and sales.
- Advising IL&FS Investment Managers Limited on exit strategies and representing them in their disputes with promoters of real estate companies in which IL&FS Investment Managers Limited had previously invested.
- Advising Macquarie Group Limited on various matters, including INR 100 billion facility from Yes Bank Limited for India’s first Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) concession as well as investments made previously.
- Advising General Motors Company on various matters relating to its India business.
- Advising Safeway Concessions (part of the Macquarie Group Limited and comprising 9 Indian concessionaires) with respect to raising approx. INR 50 billion financing from Yes Bank Limited for funding the concession fee for the first Toll Operate Transfer concession package in India and subsequent and multiple reconstitutions of the lenders’ consortium including refinancing of around INR 20 billion by HDFC Bank Limited.
- Advising HSBC France S.A. with respect to the debt restructuring and resolution plans being framed by a consortium of lenders for each of Reliance Communications Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited, and Reliance Telecom Limited in the context of the facilities extended by HSBC France S.A. to Reliance Telecom Limited.
- Advising India Factoring and Finance Solutions Private Limited on a proposed loan of INR 670 million to Synergies Castings Limited.
- Advising in the capacity of India counsel for the offshore fund being raised by VisVires Indian Wineries 2 Master Fund Pte. Limited.
- Advising MentorCap Management Private Limited on several investments, including erecting the sale and purchase of artworks and setting up a joint venture for purchasing and marketing artworks.
- Advising Capital Small Finance Bank Limited on several rounds of investment from private equity investors.