Soumitro is a highly experienced international banking and finance lawyer based in London. In his professional career, spanning more than a decade, he has worked in London, Singapore and Mumbai. His practice focuses on all aspects of banking and finance transactions including leveraged and acquisition financings, corporate and event-driven financings, margin loans and equity-based financings, insurance and regulated lending as well as emerging market transactions. He has advised leading banks, debt funds, sponsors and corporates.

Soumitro is particularly focussed on leverage finance including senior, second liens, mezzanine, PIK and unitranche/super senior structures. He is also a key member of the firm's India practice, having spent several years working in Asia. He is dual-qualified in England & Wales and India. Soumitro has also been on secondment to the loan markets team of a leading UK bank.

His recent experience includes advising a group of debt funds on a dividend recapitalisation structured through a French law bond issuance, the lenders on Phoenix's £ 935million acquisition of Abbey Life and the lenders on Phoenix's £375million acquisition of AXA Wealth and Sun Life.