Shuchi Sinha has over a decade of experience in the practice of corporate law with the leading law firms in India. She is a Partner at AZB & Partners, with an active practice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment and debt finance. She also worked on a summer assignment in London, U.K. with the international law firm Steptoe & Johnson, in their Trade Law and Intellectual Property practices.
She has been advisor to a large number of clients including multilateral international organisations, funds, foreign banks and Indian corporate houses on various transactions and is also experienced in advisory work relating to regulatory matters under the Indian legal and policy framework. She was one of the lead Partners advising the investor in a foreign direct investment M&A deal in the Indian telecom infrastructure sector that won the M&A Deal of the Year – South Asia award at the Asia Legal Awards 2016, held recently in Hong Kong.
Shuchi has also published extensively on legal issues in international legal journals as well as in well-known Indian newspapers and news magazines.
Prior to undertaking corporate law practice, Shuchi spent many years in journalism and was a Senior Correspondent at India Today magazine, covering various beats including business and legal issues. Degrees held: LL.M., University of London LL.B., Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Certificate course in International Trade Laws, World Trade Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in English, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.