The Firm has an established Regulatory Practice with the Firm’s Partners appearing before the various State Electricity Regulatory Commissions, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission as well as the Appellate Tribunal and Supreme Court, having appeared in numerous landmark and reported decisions.
The Firm has extensive experience in advising and representing clients across the renewable energy sector, including solar, wind, hydro, biomass, waste-to-energy, hybrid, and emerging clean energy technologies.
The Firm has wide experience in Company and Insolvency laws. The Firm has handled complex litigations before High Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal and the erstwhile Company Law Board.
The Firm has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitrations in various sectors. Some of the areas include BIT disputes, FIDIC contracts, road construction contracts, ports, metro networks, and hydroelectric power projects.
The Firm has substantial expertise and experience in the regulatory, commercial and legal aspects in the Petroleum and Natural gas sector. The Firm has represented and advised the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
We provide comprehensive advise and solutions on telecommunication and broadcasting issues. Our telecom practice includes advising on the compliance with the National Telecom Policy and information security.
The Firm regularly advises clients with respect to issues arising out of Production Sharing Contracts, FIDIC contracts, vetting of bids and advising clients with respect to their rights under the RFQ and RFP.
The Firm regularly advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including incorporation, business structuring, shareholders' arrangements, joint ventures, commercial contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and ongoing corporate advisory matters.
The Firm regularly advises clients with respect to issues arising under the Goods and Services Tax regime and other indirect tax laws, representing clients in assessment, adjudication, appellate proceedings, and tax litigation before judicial and quasi-judicial forums.
The Firm regularly advises clients with respect to domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including transaction structuring, legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, obtaining regulatory approvals, and advising on all aspects of deal execution and completion.
The Firm regularly advises clients with respect to private equity and venture capital transactions, including investment structuring, legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of investment documents, shareholders' agreements, regulatory approvals, and advising on all aspects of investment execution and exit.
The Firm regularly advises start-ups, founders, and emerging businesses with respect to entity formation, business structuring, seed and growth-stage funding, drafting and negotiation of founders', investment and shareholders' agreements, regulatory compliance, and advising on all aspects of business growth and expansion.
Our core practice areas.
The Firm maintains a leading regulatory practice, representing clients before Central and State commissions with a focus on landmark litigation and power purchase agreements.
Read full briefMeet the core team driving our vision forward with decades of combined expertise in infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and legal excellence.
Manu Seshadri is a Founder Partner at MSA Partners. He is an experienced commercial disputes,arbitration and regulatory lawyer with over two decades of experience. He has extensive expertise in advising and representing clients across the electricity, renewable energy, infrastructure, petroleum & natural gas, and telecommunications sectors before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, sectoral regulators and specialised tribunals.
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Swapna Seshadri is a Founder Partner at MSA Partners. She is an experienced corporate, regulatory and infrastructure lawyer with over two decades of experience. She advises clients on regulatory, commercial and contractual matters, with particular expertise in the electricity, renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, and regularly represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, Electricity Regulatory Commissions, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and other judicial forums.
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Anand K. Ganesan is a Founder Partner at MSA Partners. He is an experienced regulatory, corporate advisory and dispute resolution lawyer with over two decades of experience. He advises clients on commercial, energy and infrastructure matters, with particular expertise in electricity, renewable energy and government regulatory issues, and regularly represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, Electricity Regulatory Commissions, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and other judicial and quasi-judicial forums.
Payal Dayal is a Partner at MSA Partners. She is an experienced corporate and transactional lawyer with over two decades of experience. She advises domestic and international clients on general corporate and commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, foreign direct investment (FDI), and FEMA, with extensive expertise in transaction structuring, legal due diligence, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
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