Sonali Mahapatra

PRACTICE AREAS

Banking and Finance

BAR ADMISSIONS

Solicitor, England and Wales (2008)
Attorney and counselor at law, New York (2007)
Advocate, Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India (2002)

EXPERIENCE

Sonali Mahapatra heads the banking and finance practice at TT&A with wide experience in Indian and international financings across the financing spectrum.

Her market leading experience includes advising banks, alternative finance providers and borrowers on acquisition finance, structured finance, project and asset finance and trade finance in the domestic and international markets. She is regarded as a trusted adviser to a number of institutions and is the first port of call for complex, high-value structured finance deals.

Sonali has been awarded the Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year, 2024 and 2023 for APAC by AsiaLaw. Sonali is consistently recognised as “A” list lawyer in India by India Business Law Journal. She has been recognised amongst the Asian Legal Business India’s Top 30 Female Lawyers, 2022. She is also recommended as the tier 1/ band 1 lawyer and as a highly regarded lawyer by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific and Global, The Legal 500, Asialaw Profile and IFLR1000 every year for banking and finance practice area. She is also ranked as Global Elite Thought Leader for Banking & Finance and Global Leader (Recommended) for Banking Regulatory, 2023 by Who’s Who Legal.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill, Singapore
Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Company, Mumbai

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (LLM) (Groitius Fellowship) (2005)
National Law School of India University, Bangalore, (B.A.LLB (Hons) (Gold Medallist) (2001)