About
Prachi is the Managing Partner at Dhaval Vussonji & Associates. She regularly advises banks, funds, real estate conglomerates on vanilla loans, mezzanine funding, structured finance and debt securities. Her deep understanding of how the banking and financial services sector operates in India, and how money lending laws tie in with prevalent regional market practices, is sought after by leading financial institutions and borrowers alike. Prachi has also been involved in advising various capital market transactions such as initial public offerings, buy back issues, FCCB issues and open offer for takeovers. She has led the way in paving the practice area of insolvency resolution including being involved in the insolvency resolution for Binani Cements, Bharati Shipyards and others.
Qualifications
- B.L.S LL.B, Bombay University
- Advocate, Bar Council of Maharashtra
- Solicitor, High Court, Bombay
Expertise
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Mergers and acquisition
- Private equity and restructuring
Representative Matters
- Advised Bharati Shipyards Ltd., a public listed company from time to time for all their matters including drafting and negotiating of shipbuilding contracts, restructuring of the contracts in case of default, advising on the extant foreign exchange laws, takeover of other listed companies like Great Offshore Limited and Tebma Shipyards limited.
Finally representing the promoter directors of Bharati Shipyards Ltd. in the insolvency proceedings. - Assisting and advising Shapoorji Pallonji in their title diligence of 900 Acres of land near Pune and issuing title report extending into several hundred pages with detailed tracing of title of each gat number forming part of the said 900 Acres. Advised the lender’s in the best manner to secure the property for the repayment of the dues bearing in mind the unique issues pertaining to agricultural land, floating FSI, land holding and aggregation issues, etc.
- Advised Shapoorji Pallonji on their power projects in Africa, this included EPC Contracts, Power Purchase Agreements and similar documentation work.
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Advised several key market players such as J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Private Limited, Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd. (ACRE) and Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited before the Amnesty Committee for resolution of the stalled projects in Mumbai, Maharashtra and obtaining fresh LOIs in respect of the said schemes.
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Representing Assets Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd. (ACRE) before Hon’ble Bombay High Court in several writ petitions challenging the Amnesty Scheme
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Advised Authum Real Estate Private Limited in the acquisition of prime property(ies) in Marine Lines
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Advised Hines Developers on title diligence of a large parcel of land in Powai and advising Tata Capital on acquisition funding for the said land
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Advised RBL Bank for FX denominated loan to a borrower in Dubai for acquisition of a bulk cargo vessel for registration in Liberia from a seller in Marshall Islands
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Advised Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited for loan transactions to borrowers ranging from Rs. 50 Crores to Rs. 1000 Crores from time to time
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Advised Shree Tirupati Balajee Agro Trading Company Limited as their legal counsel for their IPO