Ishan Handa

Partner

My approach is fundamentally goal-oriented. The thrill of balancing the demands and concerns of interested stakeholders (clients, counter-parties, other advisors) whilst simultaneously creating a workable structure, keeps me motivated and enables me to think ‘outside the box’. This in turn, helps me solve issues which up until then may have been branded ‘unsolvable’, which I feel is a quality that is particularly valued in an industry sometimes tied down to conventional approaches.

Ishan Handa often advises banks, private equity funds and other kinds of investors on debt refinancing, acquisition and structured finance.

Chambers & Partners Asia–Pacific (2024)

Ishan Handa, Partner is part of the Mumbai office. Ishan has over 13 years of experience in banking and finance. He advises and represents Indian and international banks, foreign portfolio investors, and NBFCs in a wide variety of lending transactions, both onshore as well as offshore, including structured finance, sponsor finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, private credit and real estate finance. He also regularly represents global private equity sponsors in acquisition/leveraged financing transactions as well as transactions involving debt raised by their portfolio companies in India.

DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa – 2011

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

RECENT RECOGNITION

2024

2023

Asialaw Profiles

‘Rising Star’ for Banking & Finance

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS ASIA-PACIFIC

‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance

Chambers & Partners Global

‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance Lawyer

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Recommended for Banking & Finance

IFLR1000

‘Rising Star Partner’ for Banking

RECENT RECOGNITION

Asialaw Profiles

‘Rising Star’ for Banking & Finance

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS ASIA-PACIFIC

‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance

Chambers & Partners Global

‘Up and Coming’ Banking & Finance Lawyer

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Recommended for Banking & Finance

IFLR1000

‘Rising Star Partner’ for Banking