Mukund Puranik is a corporate, commercial and projects lawyer with 26 years of experience in advising on varied corporate, commercial and project transactional and dispute resolution matters.
Initially, he was trained in the chambers of leading senior advocate Mr S.K Jain in Pune District Court for a year and designated senior advocate Mr. Shekhar Naphade in Bombay High Court for about three years. During the foregoing periods, he had assisted on various commercial and civil litigation matters. Later, he worked in leading law firms of India which among others include Singhania & Co, Khaitan & Co and Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Co.
He has advised on transactions including foreign direct investment into India, cross-border and domestic acquisitions, post-acquisition mergers, joint ventures and joint venture exits, corporate, project and structured finance, technology licensing, software licensing and maintenance, design and engineering, plant and plant and equipment purchase, catalyst supply, Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC), Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management (EPCM), Project Management and commercial contracts such as outsourcing, agency, licensing, distribution and franchising.
He had advised Reliance Industries Limited in connection with its Hydrocarbon and Real Estate projects.
He had represented project proponents and strategic businesses, investors, lenders and other project participants in a broad range of sectors including Refinery and Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Steel and Mining, Energy (Thermal, Nuclear, and Renewable) and Infrastructure and PPP Projects such as Roads and Highway and Mixed-Use Real Estate Development. He has also represented clients in dispute resolutions, including international commercial arbitrations.