Who We Are

Mukund Puranik is a corporate, commercial and projects lawyer with 26 years of experience. He completed his Masters in Law at Pune University and has worked at leading Indian law firms including Singhania & Co, Khaitan & Co and Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Co. and Reliance Industries. He is proprietor of Metwand Chambers.

He has advised on 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, EPC, EPCM, PMC contracts. He has also represented clients in dispute resolutions, including international commercial arbitrations.

He has 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 drafted, advised and negotiated a wide array of procurement contracts with who’s who of the world in hydrocarbon industry from Asia, Europe and the Americas for major and minor capex projects, revamp projects and operations and maintenance in the last decade.