Gautam Narasimhan
Joint Managing Partner
Singapore
Gautam Narasimhan
Joint Managing Partner
Singapore
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Gautam Narasimhan is a banking partner and is joint managing partner of Allen & Overy's Singapore office. His practice focuses on leveraged finance, structured finance and private equity in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.
He has advised many international banks, private equity funds and credit funds on numerous high-profile financings and structured transactions in the region, including some of the most significant acquisition financings on recent high value intra-Asia deals. Gautam has been practising in Singapore for the last 14 years and worked in London and New York previously. He is qualified in England, Singapore, New York and India.
Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 states that Gautam is “’very commercial and solution-seeking and has the necessary gravitas…when you have a tricky situation he’s good at coming up with solutions.’”
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Professional
Admitted as advocate, India, 2000
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2004
Admitted to the bar, State of New York, USA 2005
Admitted as advocate and solicitor, Supreme Court, Republic of Singapore, 2019
Related articles
Publications: 01 March 2023
SGCA: Obligation to pay entire interest charged on a loan upon default was an unenforceable penalty
In Ethoz Capital Ltd v Im8ex Pe Ltd (2023), the Singapore Court of Appeal held that a "make whole" payment of interest clause was an unenforceable penalty as, among other things, the requirement to…
Publications: 07 February 2023
The Variable Capital Company (VCC): a new corporate structure for funds in Singapore
Publications: 15 December 2022
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advocate, India, 2000
Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2004
Admitted to the bar, State of New York, USA 2005
Admitted as advocate and solicitor, Supreme Court, Republic of Singapore, 2019
Published work
- The Legality of Options and Futures Derivatives in India, 19 SEBI & CORP. L (India). 52 (1999).
- Taxation of Specualatives under the Income Tax Act- An analysis of Options and Futures, 102 TAX (India), 267 (1999).
- With Professor Andreas Lowenfeld, Documents on International Finance: International Business Transactions, New York University, (2000).
