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Advocates, Legal Advisors & Consultants,
CHENNAI – BENGALURU – HYDERABAD
Has to his credit over 31 years’ experience with large public sector banks & the largest private Bank in India including practice before various courts and judicial fora.
Areas of Practice: He has expertise in documentation, documentation policy and manual making, advisory, litigation, project finance, derivatives and International Banking, Banking Legal Policy making, syndicated loans, special asset management, restructuring, debt asset swaps, securitization, special purpose vehicle, share purchase/subscription agreements, merchant banking, corporate and structured finance, retail and wholesale banking, Mortgage, Joint Venture financing, Merger & Acquisition, Multi Currency deals etc. Devised/approved documents for Film Financing, equipment & lease financing, channel / supply chain finance, Outsourcing arrangements – service agreements, Electronic / Internet Banking, Web Bank, Cash Management / trade services, Wealth Management/ Asset side – Auto, Personal, Mortgage, Finance against shares, Business Finance Services units.
Having been a Documentation Committee Member in various banks, has framed legal policy regarding documentation, drafted and reviewed documents, furnished Legal & Title opinions, opinions on mortgage, charge, security creation formalities, transfer, sale, conveyance of immoveable properties. Has conducted due diligence / legal audits, attended arbitration matters before Reserve Bank of India.
He also has expertise in private banking, executor and trusteeship work, legal due diligence towards sale of assets, real estate laws, ISDA Master Agreements, private international law, computer laws related to banking, structured transactions, letters of credits, SARFAESI matters etc.
Specialized in Writ Law before the High Court of Madras, Labour / Service Law Before the High Court of Madras, Central/State Administrative Tribunals, Labour Court etc. he handles Final Disposal cases pertaining to Writs, Labour, Civil matters etc. Practices Civil Law before High Court & and Consumer Law before the Fora concerned in Madras, handled Banking ombudsman complaints, Debt Recovery Tribunals & DRAT cases, Corporate Debt Restructure (CDR) Cell matters. Many of the cases conducted by him before Hon’ble High Court, Madras have been reported in leading Law Journals.
Has regularly contributed various articles on banking law in reputed journals like IBA, AIR etc.
Education: B.A., B.L., (Mysore University), L.L.M., (Madras University)
Professional Membership: Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, August, 1989
Professional Experience: 36 years
Mrs.Shanthi Meenakshi is enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and has been practicing since 1994.
Areas of Practice: Her core competence lies in litigation with experience in conducting cases on the Original and Appellate Side of the High Court, Madras in matters of Writ Petitions and Writ Appeals, Civil Suits, Arbitration Matters, Company Cases, 1st Appeals, 2nd Appeals and CRPs, Crl.OPs. Besides High Court matters, she handles and heads the team that looks after cases coming up before Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs & DRAT), Consumer Fora, City Civil Courts and other statutory bodies. She advises, initiates/ defends and conducts the litigations for the Firm’s clients with expertise in opining, drafting, presenting & enlisting and making effective representation before the Courts.
She has been associated with Zenith Lex & Co., right since its inception and the firm has consistently widened her horizons into the realms of documentation, title searches, legal due diligence etc., She has drafted and reviewed documents, furnished Legal & Title opinions for individual and project assignments, tendered opinions and drafted deeds on mortgage, charge, security creation formalities, transfer, sale, conveyance of immoveable properties and has also conducted due diligence / legal audits of many asset portfolios of several Banks and FIs.
Having earned her Master’s degree in the Law of Contracts including Mercantile Laws from Dr.Ambedkar Law College, Chennai, she has pursued her academic interests by being part time Lecturer in Gopaldas Advani Law College (Bandra) and Jitendra Chauhan College of Law (Vile Parle) Mumbai between the years 2004-07 where she has taught Banking Law and Constitutional Law.
She is well recognized by the Senior Members of the Bar and the Bench as a committed Professional with par excellent knowledge, values and demeanour.
Education: M.L., (Dr.Ambedkar Government Law College, Madras University)
Professional Membership: Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, September, 1994
Professional Experience: 31 years
Mrs.K.Sumathi has enrolled as an Advocate in the rolls of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in the year 2002.
Areas of Practice: Ms.Sumathi heads the Title Due Diligence team of Zenith Lex & Co., She is well experienced and hands on in drafting and reviewing of deeds and documents, certifying title to properties, drafting, vetting of contracts and loan documents, conducting legal due diligence of loan assets of banks and FIs. She regularly does and monitors documentation, title searches, legal due diligence, registration etc., She never hesitates to undertake extensive or long travels to support organizational exigencies.
She is an expert in Title Due Diligence. She is praised by many bankers for giving timely and non discrepant reports on title matters. In handling her assignments, she exhibits macro perspective and micro precision. With the result, while her enabling approach sees many crucial transactions happening without any hitch, the interests of the lender from a legal perspective are properly secured at all times without compromise.
While her core competence lies in documentation, title searches, legal due diligence etc., she has also proved her mettle in litigation with some fine victories to her credit including her successful handling of an emergent high stake litigation before a Sub-Court in State of Kerala. Her experience in litigation spins around Labour Disputes, Arbitration and Conciliation Matters, Civil Suits etc.,
Zenith Lex & Co., looks upon Sumathi as a resilient professional and an inspiring team lead with an appetite for challenges. And, on every occasion, she has only surpassed the expectations of the Organization.
She has drafted and reviewed documents, furnished Legal & Title opinions for individual and project assignments, tendered opinions and drafted deeds on mortgage, charge, security creation formalities, transfer, sale, conveyance of immoveable properties and has also conducted due diligence / legal audits of asset portfolios of several Banks and FIs.
The clients of Zenith Lex openly come and compliment that Sumathi provides them with pragmatic, empathetic and enabling support while also guiding them to take proper legal calls in their assignments
Education: M.A., B.L.,
Professional Membership: Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, April, 2002
Professional Experience: 23 years
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The lawyers of the Firm specialize in documentation on Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), Application Service Providers, Network Integration Services and other related agreements.
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Documentation on securitization deals, conducting legal due diligence of non-performing and performing assets, corporate and retail assets including Escrow Agreements in connection with the said activities are some of our securitization services.
We handle appeals for Banks & FIs before Debt Recovery Tribunals, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal & the High Court in SARFAESI matters. We also facilitate enforcement of properties through SARFAESI Action, assisting in taking possession of the property under SARFAESI, through moving applications before the Magistrates, engaging agencies to take physical possession of the assets and so on.
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The Firm specializes in drafting and reviewing foreign currency syndicated loan documentation, financial guarantees, standby letters of credit, obtaining regulatory approvals from the Reserve Bank of India and providing legal opinions on escrow mechanisms and perfection of security interest of lenders.
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