Ashish Pahariya

Ashish Pahariya

Partner

1701, One World Centre, Floor 17, Tower 2B, 841, Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai – 400013, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and Securities
  • Dispute Resolution

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Government
  • Infrastructure
  • Manufacturing

Education

  • B.Com., LL.B. (Hons.)

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Experience

Ashish holds more than 14 years of experience on matters pertaining to Insolvency & Restructuring and Banking & Finance including investment in stressed assets, mergers and acquisitions of stressed and insolvency assets.
He has been advising a variety of clients on insolvency and restructuring matters including corporates, the investors, the banks, NBFCs, asset reconstruction companies, AIFs, other financial institutions, resolution professionals, liquidators, etc. Ashish has successfully advised many acquirers on acquisitions of the assets which are financially stressed and of assets in insolvency resolution and liquidation.
He has also advised many stressed asset and special situation AIFs for investment in financially stressed companies through structured investments, non-convertible and convertible debentures both listed and unlisted.
Ashish regularly advises banks, non-banking financial companies, financial institutions, debt funds, etc. for structured financing of corporates, project financing, etc. He has also handled many matters of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, strategic investments, joint ventures and investment restructuring in the infrastructure sector.
Ashish regularly writes on the legal issues relating to Restructuring and Insolvency and Banking & Finance.

Ashish graduated in 2010 from Gujarat National Law University which is one of most premier law universities in India and since then he has been with DSK Legal.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Advised the Resolution Professional (KPMG) of Dighi Port Limited in relation to its corporate insolvency resolution process and sale of the company to Adani Group.
  • Advised the Resolution Professional (BDO) of JBF Petrochemicals Limited in relation to its corporate insolvency resolution process and sale of the company to GAIL (India) Limited.
  • Advised Steel Strips Wheels Limited in acquisition of AMW Auto Component Limited through a resolution plan under insolvency resolution process
  • Advised Imagicaaworld Entertainment Limited (a listed company) in restructuring of its debt and takeover of the company by Malpani Group.
  • Advised HDFC Bank sale of stressed loan portfolios to asset reconstruction companies from time to time.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • Ashish has been consistently recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ and ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by ‘Legal 500 Asia Pacific’.
  • Ashish has been ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ by IFLR1000 for many years now.
  • Ashish has been enlisted in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2022 as one of the Top 100 Lawyers (above 10 years’ experience).
  • Ashish was awarded as ‘Rising Star’ by Legal Era in 2022.
  • Ashish led the transaction team, which was awarded ‘Innovation in Managing Complexity and Scale – Asia Pacific headquartered firms’ by ‘Financial Times Asia Pacific Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018’.