Sumit Saha

CEO

Delhi, India14 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of legal and investment management experience.
  • Successfully managed cross-cultural legal teams.
  • Achieved respectable exits in challenging market conditions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned legal and investment management professional in the Finance sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Corporate LawInvestment Management

Other Skills

Private EquityPortfolio ManagementLegal AdvisoryCross-border TransactionsBanking LawMergers and AcquisitionsSecuritizationStructured FinanceClient ManagementAsset FinanceCredit TransactionsAlternative InvestmentsHedge FundsCorporate FinanceCapital Markets

About

Accomplished legal and investment management professional with over a decade of legal advisory and corporate leadership experience at premier global organizations across four countries in three continents. Consistently successful in managing cross-cultural relationships, coordinating and delivering high quality and cost effective legal and compliance services against aggressive schedules and budgets, working closely with fast moving business teams, and developing high performing legal teams. Possesses remarkable academic credentials; studied at some of the premier educational institutions in India before being awarded a Harvard Law School Grant in 2001. At Harvard Law School, he finished close to the top his class which comprised of 150 law students from over 60 countries across the globe. KEY STRENGTHS: - Strong finance experience in leading firms and financial institutions across three continents - Team player with strong leadership qualities - Able to work well in multicultural environments; enjoys working with and learning from people with diverse backgrounds - Critical thinker with strong analytical skills and high levels of common sense - Divergent thinking style; thinks outside the box and delivers creative solutions to complex business problems - Comfortably zooms in and out between big picture issues and intricate details - Exceptional communication skills; able to convey complicated concepts with simplicity, precision, economy, and elegance - High levels of personal and professional integrity - Self-motivated and driven; accustomed to working independently with minimal or no supervision

Experience

14 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

D. e. shaw & co.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

May 2008Jan 2019 · 10 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi, India

  • Joined as Chief Legal Officer for the India business comprising of a $2 billion portfolio of private equity investments, a financial services joint venture with Reliance, and a $650 million portfolio of investments in convertible bonds. Assumed portfolio management responsibilities in the aftermath of the global credit meltdown and restructured India positions to make respectable exits overcoming challenges like significant currency depreciation, a legal system that is not terribly responsive to claims of foreign investors, and portfolio companies that were facing severe liquidity constraints.
Private EquityPortfolio ManagementLegal AdvisoryCross-border TransactionsCorporate LawInvestment Management

Linklaters llp

Associate

Jan 2007Jan 2008 · 1 yr · Singapore

  • Led a small team specializing in banking, finance, and investment laws in India with emphasis on cross-border debt and equity transactions, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Structured, negotiated, and assumed a lead role in completion of various transactions. Independently handled clients, including leading banks, financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and listed companies from across the globe.
Banking LawMergers and AcquisitionsCross-border TransactionsCorporate LawInvestment Management

Dechert llp

Associate

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Manhattan, NYC

  • Assumed the role of lead lawyer for a wide gamut of complex securitization and innovative structured finance transactions, including many which involved bespoke asset classes like tobacco settlement receivables and pharmaceutical royalties. Generated business for the firm and independently advised and managed multiple clients, which included senior and mezzanine lenders, investment banks, underwriters, liquidity providers, monoline insurers, collateral managers, borrowers, and issuers.
SecuritizationStructured FinanceClient ManagementCorporate LawInvestment Management

Mallesons stephen jaques

Solicitor

Jan 2003Jan 2005 · 2 yrs · Sydney, Australia

  • Counsel to lenders, investment banks, and other financial institutions for various asset finance and other credit transactions, with a focus on aircraft, ship, and structured property finance transactions.
Asset FinanceCredit TransactionsCorporate Law

Education

Harvard Law School

Master of Laws - LLM — International Finance

Jan 2002Present

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