Tejesh has been regularly featured as India’s top-most Investment Funds & Regulatory lawyer. Has been ranked as the “Global Elite Thought Leader” as well as the first and only Indian lawyer to make it to Asia-Pacific 2023-24 Top 10 Funds regulatory lawyers’ list notified by Who’s Who Legal (WWL), world’s leading independent global ranking agency. He has also been adjudged as India’s highest ranked lawyer for the year 2024 in investment funds space by Chambers & Partners, Asia Law as well as Lexology, world’s leading independent law firm ranking agencies.
He is also recognized as the most quoted securities and financial services lawyers in India’s business media and is a guest writer for leading newspapers and journals.
To his credit, are some of the biggest offshore and Indian Investment Fund structures, been assisted and advised by him. Under his leadership, the firm has maintained, over the past several years, a share of more than 30 per cent in the Indian private equity, venture capital, credit and hedge fund structuring/set-up space regulated under SEBI’s alternative investment fund (AIF) regime. Tejesh has advised several global investors in structuring their large billion- dollar deals.
Tejesh also advises majority of the Top Fifteen Indian asset management companies/mutual funds and biggest wealth managers. Under his leadership, firm is also credited for facilitating highest registrations with SEBI, for the clients across intermediary space. Besides negotiating several global PE/VC & M&A deals, with a primary focus on the financial services sector, Tejesh & team regularly assist Policy Makers (including Indian Government) & Regulators (SEBI, IFSCA etc), on various policy initiatives, drafting of new regulations and on international best practices. Tejesh is also a part of several regulatory working groups and Committees, including the prestigious Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) and has also been a Member of the first Expert Committee on Investment Funds constituted by IFSCA to draft the initial fund laws and FME Regulations for IFSCs.
He holds a B.B.A. LL.B. (Honours) from the prestigious National Law University, Jodhpur, with specialization and rank in corporate and securities laws.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
- Member of the Alumni of National Law University, Jodhpur
P.S.: Tejesh always aspired to be a stock market bull thanks to the daily habit of following stock prices and business dailies since his early childhood. If not for his interest in Securities Law he could have been a professional cricketer having captained the street, school and later the college teams. Loves to hang out with office colleagues which are an extended family to him and parties hard. As a fitness freak, spreads unlimited gyaan on health and nutrition, at the cost of being tagged as a dangerous half doctor! Confident of setting up a multi-billion Hedge Fund and a Sports Fund some day, to marry his love for law, sports and stock markets.