Mehul Jain
Counsel
Professional Affiliations
Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
Education
B.L.S. LLB – University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Languages Known
English, Hindi
Office
Mumbai, India
Overview
Mehul started his career at the Firm as a part of the Capital Markets and Securities Law practice. He advises clients on fund raising, regulatory issues, listing and general compliance for listed companies, and appearing in litigious mandates before the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SA). His experience extends to advice and representations in matters pertaining to takeovers, prevention of fraudulent practices, insider trading, and obtaining registrations from SEBI.
Mehul is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ lawyer for Capital Markets by IFLR1000 and clients have lauded him as bringing “a very diligent, proactive, pre-emptive approach to matters.
Practice Areas
Indicative Experience
- Advising the issuer as well as the underwriters with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Jyoti CNC Automation Limited aggregating INR 10,000 million.
- Advising the issuer as well as the underwriters with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Crizac Limited aggregating INR 10,000 million.
- Advising the issuer with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Sanathan Textiles Limited aggregating around INR 8,000 million.
- Advising the issuer as well as the underwriters with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Arkade Developers Limited aggregating over INR 4,300 million.
- Advising the issuer as well as the underwriters with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Netweb Technologies Limited aggregating over INR 6,300 million.
- Advising the issuer with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares of Dreamfolks Services Limited aggregating over INR 7,500 million.
- Advising the underwriters with respect to the initial public offering of equity shares by Bharat Road Network Limited aggregating over INR 6,000 million.
- Representing B. Ramalinga Raju and B. Rama Raju before the SAT with respect to issues under the SEBI Act, 1992, the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations), 1992, and the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to the Securities Market) Regulations, 2003.
- Advising Greenlam Industries Limited and DAM Capital Limited with respect to an open offer to public shareholders of HG Industries under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.
- Advising Ebix, Inc. and Centrum Capital Limited with respect to the open offer to public shareholders of Mumbai-based Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s registered authorised dealer, Weizmann Forex Limited, under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.
- Advising Essel Group and ICICI Securities Limited with respect to the open offer to public shareholders of Mumbai-based non-banking financial company, LKP Finance Limited, under SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.
- Representing Roselabs Finance Limited before SEBI with respect to issues under the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 and the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.