Mr. Satwinder Singh heads Vaish Associates Advocates’ (“Firm”) corporate practice at New Delhi. A lawyer by profession, he is also a qualified company secretary, a registered insolvency professional and certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He has over 28 years of experience and has been associated with the Firm since February 1998.
He has extensive experience in handling corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, revival, rehabilitation and insolvency matters, joint ventures, collaborations, private equity, banking and securitisation, takeovers, acting as legal advisor to initial public offerings, rights issue, FCCBs and GDRs, open offers, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, rendering opinion on diverse issues under (Indian) Companies Act, exchange control regulations, securities laws, stamp laws, other commercial laws corporate litigation, mediation and conciliation, he actively represents clients before Company Courts in various High Courts, Company Law Board, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, SEBI and other quasi judicial authorities.
Recently, Mr. Singh has been nominated to co-chair the Restructuring and Insolvency Resolution Practice Group set up by the World Law Group. He is currently the member of the Central Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for the term 2015-2018 and is a member of various committees of various chambers of commerce. Mr. Singh has authored books on Companies Act 2013 and has contributed articles on different subject including international business acquisition, securities laws and cross border restructuring etc. He has been a speaker at various forums on diverse subjects.