White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Nandan S. Nelivigi

Practice Experience

Nandan Nelivigi specializes in development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects and in cross-border matters involving India.

Nandan has advised lenders and developers in various complex energy, infrastructure, real estate and project financing transactions around the world. Nandan has also advised clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and financing transactions involving India.

Nandan has represented a number of banks, export credit agencies and underwriters in the financing of a number of conventional and renewable energy projects (including some of the largest wind energy farms and ethanol plants), petrochemical facilities and other infrastructure projects in the United States, Middle East, other countries in Asia and Latin America.

Nandan's work relating to India involves advising foreign investors, including private equity funds, hedge funds, fund sponsors, private and public companies, investment banks and commercial lenders in connection with their investments in India and loans to companies in India. Nandan also advises Indian companies in connection with their investments and capital raising activities outside India.

Most recently, Nandan has represented a number of foreign investors in India’s real estate sector, banking and financial sector (including NBFCs), and technology and telecom sectors in India. He has also represented Indian steel companies and oil and gas companies in their overseas acquisitions and financing transactions.

Bars and Courts
State of Karnataka, Republic of India, 1993
New York State Bar, 1996

Education
BA/LLB, (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India, 1993
LLM, Harvard Law School, 1994

Select Publications and Presentation
"Co-author, "Island Hopping to India: Mauritius, Cyprus and Singapore," India Business Law Journal
"Foreign Investment in India’s Real Estate"- Presentation at the Real Estate Investors’ Forum in New York
Co-author, "Cross-Border M&A Transactions in India", BNA International
"Infrastructure Project Finance in India: Opportunities and Challenges" – Presentation at the Practicing Law Institute’s course on "Doing Business in India: Critical Legal Issues for US Companies"
Co-author, "Infrastructure Project Finance in India: Recent Developments", BNA International
"Key Issues in Cross-Border M&A Transactions in India" – Presentation at the Computer Law Association annual conference, Bangalore, India
"India: The Petrochemical and Petroleum Industry," Bank of America's Guide to Petrochemicals in Asia

Languages
English
Kannada

Citizenship
India