Rajiv K. Luthra, Founder and Managing Partner Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

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Rajiv K. Luthra,
Founder and Managing Partner
Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

has over three decades of experience as a trusted advisor to the Indian
government and top domestic and international corporations.

He has taken his Firm to being one of Indias pre-eminent full-service
corporate law firms, which was recognized as the 2009 No.1 law firm in the
world in the realm of Project Finance by Dealogic.

In addition to numerous accolades, the most recent one bestowed upon the
Firm was that of National Law Firm of the Year India 2012 by Chambers
& Partners.

Rajiv Luthra has been inducted in the M&A Hall of Fame, New York and has
been honoured as:

* a Legend in Indian Corporate Law and as an Ace Legal Eagle for
I ndian corporate law, specialising in tax, regulatory and compliance
laws at the Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Excellence
Awards held in Dubai in December 2013

He is the receipient of

* the International Jurists Awards 2013 for his unique contribution
in the field of I nternational Cross-border transactions and Banking &
Finance Law in India.

* the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Attorney-General of
the United States of America for his accomplishments and
achievements in the International M&A sector at the 4
th
Annual
International M&A Advisor Awards 2012 in New York, and
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* the 2008 National Law Day Award by the Honble Prime Minister of
India and the (then) Honble Chief Justice of India, for his singular
contribution to the practice of corporate and commercial law in I ndia
and for being one of the countrys earliest pioneers in international
transaction lawyering.

Rajiv Luthra has been appointed and nominated by

* the Securities Exchange Board of I ndia (SEBI ) on its high level
committee for Reviewing Insider Trading Regulations and its
committee on Rationalization of Investment Routes and Monitoring
of Foreign Portfolio Investments.

* the Ministry of Commerce as Convener of the J oint Economic and
Trade Committee (J ETCO) between India and the UK, formed to advise
the Government of India on the liberalisation of legal services under the
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

* the Government of I ndia to the Advisory Board of the Competition
Commission of I ndia and the Competition Advocacy Steering
Committee.

* the Planning Commission of I ndia to an expert panel to formulate a
National Competition Policy for the 11
th
Five Year Plan.

Rajiv Luthra is a Member of

* the Round Table on Legal Education (a Department of Higher
Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of
India initiative).

He speaks at numerous law college campuses across the country and
serves on the Board of Governors of the National Law School of I ndia
University, Bangalore. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of
the National Law University, J odhpur.

* the City of London Advisory Council for I ndia

* the National Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FI CCI ) and

* the National Executive Committee of the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CI I ).

Rajiv Luthra has been closely involved with the development of Project
Finance and Public-Private-Partnership models in India. He has advised on
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infrastructure projects worth over US$80 billion and his Firm - Luthra &
Luthra Law Offices, being the global leader in this sphere has been
recognized as the No. 1 law firm in the world for Global PFI/PPP Deals
whilst he has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in the areas of Corporate
Law, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Project Finance.
Rajiv Luthra and his Firm conceived, adviced on and presented to the Union
Human Resources Development, Government of India, the amendment to the
Copyright Act, 1957 on the issue of equal share of royalties to authors and
composers, arising from the exploitation of music in India. Appeared and gave
evidence before the Standing Committee of the Parliament tasked with
reviewing the proposed amendments.
The proposed Amendments were passed unanimously by both the Houses of
the Parliament.
Rajiv Luthra supports a number of charitable and non-profit initiatives in
various spheres of activity. He founded LIFE Foundation (Leading India to
a Fresh Environment), which was set up to follow-up on the implementation of
progressive court orders on a wide range of issues and attempts to ensure
bureaucratic accountability. He was instrumental in the setting up of the
SRI MS Emergency Service Foundation which provides free ambulance
service in Gurgaon and is also involved in the Save the Tiger Campaign
along with NDTV.
Rajiv Luthra serves on the Boards of

* Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

* Symphony International Holdings Limited, a London Stock
Exchange listed company and

* the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee of the Hongkong &
Shanghai Banking Corporation (India)

* the DLF Group

Rajiv Luthra advises the Planning Commission of India, the Government of
India and government-owned corporations including the merger of Air India
and Indian Airlines. Additonally, he also advises multinationals such as,
ArcelorMittal, AT&T, Bank of America, Emaar, ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs,
Monsanto, MYLAN Pharmaceuticals, Reliance, Rolls Royce, Temasek, The
World Bank, the Blackstone Group, among others.

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In addition to numerous publications in professional journals and magazines,
Rajiv Luthra is also a regular commentator in the general news media on legal
and economic issues, and his articles and opinions frequently appear in
publications including the Economic Times, the Business Standard, the New
York Times and the Financial Times.
Rajiv Luthras professional memberships include;

Supreme Court Bar Association; the International Bar Association; the
American Bar Association; the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and International
Union des Avocats.

Rajiv Luthra is an alumni of the Harvard Law School and a Fellow of the
British Commerce Society and the Royal Geographical Society.

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