Debt Capital Markets

Khaitan’s award winning DCM practice comprises domestic and international DCM transactions across a wide range of Indian and international issuers and underwriters. This includes all types of debt issuances including international foreign currency bonds both Reg S and 144A/Reg S issuances by Indian issuers; high yield bond issuances, tender offers and consent solicitation advice; establishment, update and drawdown under MTN programmes; guaranteed and investment grade bond issues (both domestic and international); Basel III compliant bonds, Tier 1 and Tier 2 Capital bonds; and foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs).

We routinely also advise on public issues of debentures to retail investors; infrastructure bonds and green bonds; private placement of non-convertible debentures (whether secured//unsecured/listed/unlisted); market linked debentures and other forms of commercial papers.

Our clients are both strategic and financial transaction sponsors. We continually represent domestic and international clients across multiple sectors including airports, renewables, infrastructure, steel, real estate and non-banking, listed and unlisted Indian companies, multinational corporations, banks, multilaterals, REITs and INVITs, infrastructure debt funds and international portfolio investors. We have assisted clients in getting growth funding, refinancing, distress funding, mezzanine funding, acquisition finance and capital.

We have a specialised and focussed DCM practice with lawyers with skill sets which spans across capital markets and debt covenant packages. This is a practice which is highly specialised and that is spread across four geographies. We have the expertise to deal with the demands of any DCM transaction of any kind, in any sector, and of any size. We are consciously sensitive to the expectations and requirements in DCM transactions of our diverse clientele. Being a full-service firm allows us to deliver on every legal aspect of a complex DCM deal with experts to provide end-to-end solutions. Decades of experience in dealing with regulators and dedicated partner involvement including close integration with sector specialists allows us to deliver on deals in complex sectors.