Suharsh Sinha is a Senior Partner at AZB & Partners, based in Mumbai, where he specialises in Banking & Finance, Financial Services, and Restructuring & Insolvency. He is widely recognised for his advisory work on complex insolvency and restructuring matters and frequently represents resolution professionals, institutional creditors, distressed asset investors, borrowers, asset reconstruction companies and creditor committees in corporate insolvency resolution processes, liquidation proceedings, interim finance, takeovers and related litigation.

Suharsh has been actively involved in the evolution of India’s insolvency framework — including contributing as a consultant to the Bankruptcy Law Reform Committee and the Reserve Bank of India’s Strategic Research Unit during the drafting and implementation of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and its key regulations.

He holds a Masters in Science in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford, and an LL.M. (Law) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and The Wharton School. In addition to his Indian qualification, Suharsh is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Suharsh is consistently ranked by leading legal directories (including Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific) for his expertise in Restructuring & Insolvency and Banking & Finance.

Representative engagements include:

• Advising on the corporate insolvency resolution process of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) under the IBC.
• Acting on the acquisition of Uttam Galva Value Limited and Uttam Galva Metallics Limited through the IBC process.
• Working on the Acquisition of Alok Industries Limited under the IBC.
• Advising on the acquisition of Bhushan Steel Limited under the IBC.
• Acting for the resolution professional in the Jet Airways insolvency process.
• Advising on restructuring and insolvency aspects of Reliance Communications, Reliance Telecom and Reliance Infratel.
• Leading the financial restructuring aspects of Lendingkart Technologies’ proposed acquisition by Fullerton Financial Holdings/Temasek-linked investors.
• Part of the AZB team advising the RBI-appointed administrator of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd & SREI Equipment Finance Ltd in a major resolution involving NARCL.

Before his tenure at AZB, Suharsh worked internationally and domestically in restructuring and insolvency roles, including at Linklaters LLP in London and advisory consultancies on bankruptcy law reform.