Sameena Chatrapathy

Sameena Chatrapathy has been with the Firm since its inception and co-heads the Firm’s Chennai office. She has been a lead member of the Corporate and Transactional Team assisting and advising domestic and foreign clients through the life span of transactions and has led on some of the highest valued transactions in healthcare, energy and information technology sectors. Over the last decade, she has worked on several Private Equity and M&A transactions, both in India and overseas and has also facilitated raising of debt funding from banking and financial institutions for corporates in the healthcare and life sciences space.

She has spearheaded setting up of the Real Estate Practise at the Firm’s Chennai office. She has been involved in servicing a wide array of matters ranging from title opinions to joint development projects, to aggregation and township projects, to statutory compliances including RERA and advises private clients in securing title and ownership to family owned and inherited properties. She has drawn from her knowledge and experience in the corporate and transactional space in the last decade and weaved it into the real estate work that she undertakes, thereby providing Clients with a wholesome approach to any transaction, irrespective of the complexity.

Personally, on account of her interest in women’s rights and experience in investigation of allegations of sexual harassment, Sameena has pioneered the Firm’s initiative to bring establishments in India in compliance with the sexual harassment laws, being a key member on the internal committees of several domestic entities.

• Sameena led the team in representing Greytip Software Private limited in receiving its funding from Apax Fund, its first funding in India.
  
  
• Sameena has assisted Omnivore in various transactions through the year namely, Opticap Holding India Private Limited, Wolkus Technology Solutions Private Limited, Varaha ClimateAG Private Limited, Stellapps Technologies Private Limited, Cornext Agriproducts Private Limited, Agrim Wholesale Private Limited, Sids Farm Private Limited, Bioprime Agrisolutions Private Limited, Bizcovery Private Limited, Terraegis Clean Tech Private Limited, New Olog Logistics Private Limited.
  
  
• She has successfully assisted Celesta Capital in its investment in the share capital of Pluckwalk Technologies Private Limited, 5C Network Private Limited and Oncell Diagnostics Inc.
  
  
• Sameena assisted in a complex M&A transaction which also involved a real estate deal in respect of Symbio Generrics India Private Limited acquisition of Beloorbayir Biotech Limited.
  
  
• Sameena has been a standing counsel for Ecozen Solutions Private Limited and has assisted them with a complex debt transaction with UTI International Wealth Creator 4 and also assisted it with its strategic overseas investment in Volektra Inc.

• Corporate and M&A
• General business law
• Labour and employment
• Private equity
• Regulatory

• Agriculture
• Consumer goods and services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Healthcare
• Media
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Technology and telecommunications

• L.L.M. (Intl. Business Law) University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2009 (graduated with Commendation) 2009
• B.A.B.L. (Hons.) School of Excellence in Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai 2007

• Ficci Flo Womens Chapter Chennai 2024
• Indo Japan Chamber of Commerce 2019
• Confideration of Indian Industry - CII 2022
• Indo American Chamber Of Commerce - IACC 2023
• Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry - MCCI 2020

• Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, 2007