Shashwat Tewary has joined Cooley as a Capital Markets Partner based in the firm’s Singapore office..Tewary is a 2007 graduate of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences..He advises clients across a broad mix of industries – including technology, healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, aviation, real estate and infrastructure. His practice includes advising companies and investment banks on initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on equity offerings by corporations and real estate investment trusts (REITs), investment-grade and high-yield bonds, medium-term note programs, and liability management and restructuring exercises. He has a broad background advising on capital markets deals across India and Southeast Asia, having specifically focused on these geographies since 2009. Notably, he advised on the first Indian REIT IPO and the first infrastructure investment trust IPO in India. He also has worked on numerous sponsor-and private equity-led IPOs, as well as IPOs in the technology and healthcare sectors..Tewary joins Cooley from Sidley Austin..On Tewary's onboarding, Sonya Erickson, Partner and Global Chair of the firm’s business department, said,“We are delighted to welcome Shashwat to Cooley. Shashwat’s experience strengthens our capabilities in the expanding Indian capital markets arena and continues our growth in Singapore and across Southeast Asia, as we support our global client base and innovation taking place in those geographies.”.Charlie Kim, Partner and Co-chair of Cooley’s Global Capital Markets practice group, added, “Shashwat brings deep experience and extensive connections within the Indian and Southeast Asia capital markets ecosystem, and will be instrumental in strengthening our ability to provide high-quality, impactful advice and solutions to clients in these regions. I am confident that his contributions will be invaluable as we continue to expand our global presence.”.Sharing his excitement, Tewary said, “I am thrilled to be a part of Cooley’s incredibly talented and forward-thinking capital markets team and to contribute to the firm’s growth in Asia. With the region’s dynamic and evolving capital markets landscape, it’s a particularly exciting time to help Cooley’s innovative clients navigate and leverage growth opportunities.”.If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.
