Akash Kaushik is a Corporate & Commercial Lawyer with over 20 years of experience advising Indian and international clients on a wide range of legal, regulatory, and transactional matters. His core areas of practice include real estate, banking, project finance, energy, legal due diligence, and business structuring.
He is empanelled with multiple banks and financial institutions and provides legal services on a pan-India basis, including property due diligence and non-encumbrance certification, litigation support, legal vetting, legal audits, project finance documentation, and advisory services across a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial laws. His work also involves regulatory approvals, compliance advisory, and detailed legal and para-legal research.
Akash Kaushik has advised clients on the development of solar power and renewable energy projects, providing end-to-end legal support, including advisory on land acquisition, project structuring, power distribution, and regulatory and statutory compliance relating to renewable energy projects.
Worked on Due Diligence (title verification) assignments related to properties in Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, for banks and private individuals & companies. Liaisoning with officials at various governmental departments for purpose of accomplishing a variety of tasks including registration of properties, inspection of records etc. Liaisoning with various government agencies w.r.t change of land use (CLU) matters in Haryana.
Empanelled with Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, IndusInd Bank and working with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and providing legal services including but not limited to Non Encumbrances (Due Diligence of properties) of properties, all kind of litigation services, legal vetting, legal audit, Project Finance and also provides services pertaining to a broad spectrum of corporate & commercial laws, primarily involving legal advice, diverse documentation, research on legal & para-legal issues, regulatory approvals, compliances etc.
Advised its clients in building solar power projects, starting from acquisition of land to distribution business. I have expertise in drafting the project documents, including Indenture of Mortgage (IOM), Concession Agreements, EPC Contracts, O&M Contracts and financing and security documentation, Power Purchase Agreements, Land Agreements, Construction Agreements etc. SGL provides advisory services to its clients on issues relating to renewable energy including solar energy and wind energy; and also advises on regulatory and environmental compliance related to power and energy projects.
Advised various clients on queries relating to Foreign Direct Investment & prepared detailed opinion memos pertaining to various issues relating to Foreign Direct Investment such as setting up liaison and Branch offices of foreign companies, Sectoral FDI caps in various sectors (real estate, trading, warehouse etc); also all compliances related to FDI including filing of Form FC-GPR Part A&B etc.
Drafting and vetting various legal documents such as development agreement, international agreement, suppliers agreement, agreement to sale & sale deed, lease agreement, dealer agreement, MOU, share purchase agreement, share holders agreement, service agreements, letter of intent (LOI), joint venture (JV) agreement, tri-party agreement, loan agreement, etc
Involved in incorporation of company under Companies Act; establishment of branch & liaisoning office in India of Foreign entities and getting approvals from Reserve Bank of India for same; prepared Corporate Due Diligence Reports of Pvt. companies, drafting company related papers, agreements etc.
Worked on conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural as per the project requirement and getting necessary sector specific approvals/exemptions from concerned government departments in many States such as Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra.
Miscellaneous: Advising clients and preparing opinion memos on various topics relating to Trust Act, Biodiversity Act, Indian Contract Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act, Hindu Succession Act, Competition Law etc.
