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Ramesh Kalpathy Vaidyanathan is the Co-Managing Partner of BTG Advaya. He is a general corporate lawyer with varied experience in M&A, joint ventures, projects and infrastructure and aviation.
Before co- founding BTG Advaya, Ramesh was the Founder and Managing Partner of Advaya Legal, a full-service law firm in Mumbai that he set up in 2010.
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Starting his legal career in Delhi in 1997 as a junior associate with a large Indian law firm, Ramesh moved to Mumbai in 2001 to set up the law firm’s Mumbai office. He was the Resident Partner of the Mumbai office of the firm until 2006. During this period, Ramesh helped set up several international companies in India that involved advice on company formation, joint venture documentation, M&A transactions, regulatory approvals, lease of premises and employment agreements.
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When India's busiest airports in Delhi and Mumbai were privatised in 2006 in an unprecedented PPP initiative of the Government of India, Ramesh moved in-house as the General Counsel of the Mumbai International Airport development and modernisation project. Given the complexities involved in developing India’s busiest yet completely land constrained airport in the heart of Mumbai, the project was rated by many experts as one of the most challenging infrastructure projects in the world. In addition to this airport role, Ramesh was also the GVK Group counsel, advising on power, retail, oil & gas, hotel, mining, port, road and other infrastructure projects. He continued in that in-house role until 2010.
Ramesh is active in legal fora at the national and international level and speaks regularly at various conferences. Ramesh has taught Indian law course modules at the Michigan State University (MSU) in the US and has also rendered a visiting lecture at the Seikei Law School in Tokyo. He is also the founder director of Advaya Charitable Foundation that works with organisations creating awareness for legal education among underprivileged sections of society and in supporting them to access quality legal education.
Practice Areas
Commercial: Contracts and Procurement
Corporate: Transactions and Restructuring
Projects and Real Estate
Regulatory, Policy and Advocacy
Sectors
Aviation, Aerospace and Defense
Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources
Infrastructure
Manufacturing / Industrials
Retail & Logistics
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One of the world’s leading producers of aquatic feeds
Represented in its acquisition of an animal technology company. The assignment included conducting legal due diligence on the Indian target, assisting the client with the acquisition structuring, preparing, negotiating, and finalizing the transaction documentation, closing assistance, advising on the acquisition of employee stakes, employee stock option scheme of the Indian target, and related compliances under the forex law.
Sweden-based international industrial group
Advising in its acquisition of an Indian company through its Indian subsidiary and assisting with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of the transaction documentation, closing assistance, and conducting legal due diligence of the Indian target and title due diligence of real estate to be acquired by it as part of the overall transaction.
One of India’s largest airport developers
Advising on several international airport infrastructure projects.
CAC 40 French nutrition product company
Regulatory advice and assistance in conducting internal investigations in connection with claims of management discrimination and bias by a former employee.
International airlines operating in India
Representing almost all of the international airlines operating in India before the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) Appellate Tribunal, in relation to disputes pertaining to fixation of airport tariff.
Fortune 500 company
Assisting on matters such as deregistration and export of aircraft from India; legal aspects of leasing a helicopter to India and assisting with the registration of the helicopter on Indian registry; settlement of insurance claims in relation to an aircraft that suffered total loss due to an accident/incident.
Full-service airline in India
Assisting in connection with its operating and financing arrangements including lease of aircraft.
FTSE 100 financial services company
Represented in proceedings resulting from a fraudulent money management app created using its trademarks and likeness.
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INSIGHTS | AVIATION, AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
Aircraft Leasing In India – Gloom And Doom
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INSIGHTS | LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Supreme Court Of India Highlights Enforcement Lapses In Sexual Harassment Cases
INSIGHTS | AVIATION, AEROSPACE & DEFENCE
Aircraft Leasing In India – A Case Of Running Into The Same Walls
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