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Shailendra Komatreddy is the Founder and Managing Partner of TLH with over three decades of experience in M&A, PE, JV, Corporate & Commercial law, Restructuring, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution Practices. His practice spans high profile, large-volume transactions, advice on complex commercial arrangements, advising clients on strategy for entering into and operation of their joint ventures, M&As, corporate restructuring, project finance, private equity and other financial and strategic investments. Additionally, he has significant experience and provides commercially feasible legal advice in the real estate and dispute resolution space.
He has advised Fortune 100 companies, leading Indian business conglomerates, PE funds-including sovereign wealth funds-and government agencies.
His industry expertise includes manufacturing, banking & finance, infrastructure, real estate, information technology, biotechnology, education, pharmaceuticals, insurance and healthcare. He has represented several market leaders across these sectors.
Education
- BA.LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law School of India University (NLSIU) (1995)
- Master of Laws from University of Sydney, Australia (1997)
Expertise
Awards
- Ranked for M&A (Highly Regarded) by IFLR 1000 Asia-Pacific 2023 and 2024.
- Ranked as Band 1 Lawyer for Corporate & Commercial in the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2023 and 2024.
- Ranked as the Leading Individual in the City Focus: Hyderabad by the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023 and 2024 Rankings.
Work Highlights
- Led the team that represented one of the world’s largest real companies in
- (a) one of India’s largest single commercial property deal, involving sale of a company operating a Special Economic Zone, and
- (b) one of the country’s largest Public Private Partnership (PPP) township projects, with an estimated project cost of USD 3 billion.
- Led the team that advised the promoters of one of Asia’s largest education groups in one of the first PE investments and subsequent exit in India’s education sector.
- Led the team that represented non-promoter shareholders in one of the largest acquisitions in India’s pharmaceutical sector.
- Led the team that advised one of the top financial groups in USA on
- (a) divesting its stake in insurance business to joint venture partners, and
- (b) acquiring and establishing a financial planning business in India.
- Advised a State Government in the selection of a developer and operator for a greenfield international airport on about 4000 acres of land.
- Led the team that provided end-to-end legal services to a State Government for the development of a greenfield capital city.
- Led the team that represented a sovereign wealth fund with over USD 400 billion assets under management, in multiple PE investments and exits across India.
- Provided comprehensive legal services to one of the world’s largest computer hardware manufacturer in establishing its operations in India.
- Led the team that advised Asia’s Largest Rated 4 Datacenter in setting up global data center and cloud operations.
- Led the legal team that represented a State Government in selecting a developer for developing a monorail project on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis with an estimated project cost of USD 1.5 billion.