Eeshan Mohapatra
Eeshan specializes in banking and general corporate and commercial law practice. With focus on insolvency, restructuring and financing and general corporate, he has extensive experience advising on mergers, acquisitions, commercial contracts, issuance of term loans, debentures and joint ventures. He has advised clients in a range of sectors including IT / ITes, Manufacturing, Retail and Education.
Eeshan is a graduate from NALSAR University of Law. Prior to joining the Firm, Eeshan was a member of the banking and financing practice group at Khaitan & Co.
Certain key transactions / matters handled by Eeshan are set out below:
- advised a Raipur-based steel manufacturing company on its acquisition of an integrated steel plant vertical vide a business transfer agreement;
- advised Newron on acquisition of Sabari Indian School, a top-rated CBSE affiliated school in UAE, from Al Najah Education;
- advised Orion Capital Asia in a debt investment of INR 450 crores by Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, and other investors in JC Flowers ARC. This transaction was part of the acquisition of non-performing loans (NPLs) from YES Bank, marking the largest NPL acquisition by an asset reconstruction company in India;*
- advised and assisted Reliance Industries Limited in its capacity as resolution applicant for multitude of corporate debtors undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process;*
- advised and represented State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Neo Asset Management and Investec India and other banking & / AND non-banking financial institutions in issuance of term loans and subscription to listed and unlisted non-convertible debentures in India. Assisted with the drafting and diligence leg of the transactions
- advised a leading Venture Capital Fund for their investment in a specialty coffee brand;
- advised an upstart biotech company on its day-to-day operations including vendor and employment contracts and in navigating the compliances vis-à-vis undertaking clinical trials of its patented formulations;
- advised a not-for-profit trust and school management company in the K-12 Sector in structuring, management and acquisitions of educational K-12 institutions across India; and
- advised a former director and shareholder of a logistics company in relation to investigations and show cause notices issued under Companies Act, 2013, post his relinquishment of office as director and shareholder, before the Karnataka High Court.
*these transactions / matters were handled by Eeshan as part of the transaction team at Khaitan & Co., who represented these clients.
Publications
- “Panoramic Next: Artificial Intelligence (India Chapter)”, Lexology (October 2025) – available here
- “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Policy for Indian Workplaces – Essential Considerations” – available here.
- “Interpreting Bias in the IBC: Lessons from SBI v. Metenere Ltd.”, IndiaCorpLaw blog (June 2020) – available here
- “Is the Outer Space Treaty succumbing to the doctrine of ‘Rebus Sic Stantibus’ in the era of Space Forces?”, Society of International Law and Policy, NUJS (June 2020) – available here
- “MEP v. SDMC – The Changing Threshold of Providing Notice While Invoking Force Majeure Clauses”, The Indian Review of Corporate and Commercial Laws blog (August 2020) – available here
- “Relief under Section 242 Companies Act: Taking forward the discussion in the Tata-Mistry case”, Bar and Bench (September 2021) – available here
- “Hub-and-spoke Cartels”, a commentary on the amendment to the Competition Act 2002, Economic and Political Weekly (January 2022) – available here