Tarun Warriar
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Special Situations
- Financial Restructuring
- Project Debt & Equity Finance
- Private Equity Transactions
- Asia Financial Restructuring & Special Situations
- Private Capital
- Advises on special situations investments, restructuring and contentious matters across public and private markets in the Asia Pacific region.
- Previously served as Asia Pacific General Counsel for a leading global alternative investment firm.
Tarun is a partner in the global special situations & private credit practice. He is based in the Hong Kong office.
Tarun has extensive experience advising on special situations investments, restructuring and contentious matters across public and private markets in Asia. He also provides strategic litigation advice to management and creditors of financially distressed companies, as well as private equity funds facing issues with portfolio companies in emerging markets.
Prior to joining Akin, Tarun was Managing Director and APAC General Counsel at a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets. He was previously a partner in the Restructuring and Special Situations practice at a U.S. firm. He was recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” in Restructuring and Insolvency by The Legal 500.
- Advising a credit fund on a US$200m financing to a borrower to acquire securities listed in India.
- Advising an ad hoc committee of holders of the US$350m and US$414m bonds issued by Azure Power Solar Energy Ltd and Azure Power Energy Ltd on a restructuring of the bonds.
- Advising a credit investor on a US$100m External Commercial Borrowing facility to an Indian borrower.
- Advising a credit investor on a US$200m financing to acquire listed securities issued by an Asian conglomerate.
- Advising a creditor of Vedanta Resources on the restructuring of its US$100m facility to Vedanta.
EducationL.P.C., Nottingham Law School, England, 2010
LL.B., University of Exeter School of Law, England, 2006
M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008
L.P.C., Nottingham Law School, England, 2010
LL.B., University of Exeter School of Law, England, 2006
M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Hong Kong
Solicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Hong Kong