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Diljeet Titus

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Titus & Co Advocates


S-217, Panchsheel Park
New Delhi–110017
India

Tel: 91-11-26014025-30, 33, 34
Fax: +91-11-26014032
dtitus@titus-india.com


Diljeet Titus is the founder of Titus & Co Advocates. Based in New Delhi, India, his areas of expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, securities regulations and commercial transactions. His client representations include over 48 Fortune 500 Global Corporations from USA, Japan, Europe and Australia. He represents clients in major private and government mergers and acquisitions.

Diljeet advises clients on multi party cross-border financing and investment transactions including through equity, debt and other instruments. He also has considerable experience in venture capital investments and private equity. His M&A experience includes tax structuring of investments and related financing, due diligence and negotiation of financing agreements as well as restructurings and acquisitions. Diljeet has considerable experience in coordination of work of other specialists, including investment bankers, insurance consultants, independent engineers, technical consultants and local governmental specialists. On the regulatory side, Diljeet has obtained merger and finance clearances from the Indian Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Software and Technology Parks of India for client transactions in the sectors of power, information technology, biotechnology and telecommunications.

Diljeet was presented the National Law Day Award 2007 “For Unique Achievement and Leadership in the Practice of Corporate and Commercial Laws” by Hon’ble President of India Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil. He has also been designated as Commendatore dell’ Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana (Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity) by a Decree of the President of Italy H. E. Mr Giorgio Napolitano during a ceremony on March 18, 2009.

Diljeet has been ranked by Chambers & Partners, UK among the leading lawyers of the world for 2003-2010 in the specialist area of projects work. He was voted “Leading Lawyer” in Project Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions by Asialaw Leading Lawyer Survey 2002-2010; as a “Recommended Individual” in Projects and M&A by Which Lawyer? (Global Counsel 3000) 2003-2010; as “Leading Individual” for nine consecutive years by Asia Pacific Legal 500 in infrastructure and Corporate/ Mergers and Acquisitions as well as in Project Finance. He is also ranked as having a Leading Private Equity Practice by Global Counsel 3000.

Diljeet is the Chairman of the Northern Region of Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi, Supreme Court Bar Association, Indian Council of Arbitration, Vice President of the Society of Indian Law Firms, FICCI, CII, PHDCCI, AMCHAM, ASSOCHAM, The Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India, India Israel Business Alliance, ICC India, Swiss Business Forum, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Policy and Planning Group, ITPO, FIEO, Indo German Chamber of Commerce, The Association of European Lawyers (AEA International), TiE, IBA, IPBA, USIBC, NCTI. He is the founder member of the India Legal Group.