Gautam has over 24 years of experience and advises Indian corporates, multinationals, financial institutions and PE funds across sectors, including telecom, infrastructure, financial services, information technology and healthcare. Gautam advises on a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisition, PE investments, cross–border debt and equity financing, JVs, restructuring of businesses and project finance. He elicits widespread praise from market observers and is known for handling large cross-border M&A in a range of sectors. He is also adept at advising lenders on a range of matters in the banking and finance practice including term loans and ECB work, as well as refinancing. He has also been assisting a number of clients in a trusted advisor role on sensitive issues relating to corporate governance, financial investigations and whistle-blower complaints.

Gautam has led many ground breaking deals and has been consistently ranked as a band 1 lawyer by Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, AsiaLaw Profile and IFLR1000 for corporate M&A, private equity, banking & finance, projects & energy and TMT. He is also rated as an “A” List lawyer by India Business Law Journal. He is also recognized as one of the top 50 TMT and Fintech lawyers by Asia Legal Business (Thomson Reuters). He is also recognized as Global Elite Thought Leader for M&A, as Thought Leader India for M&A and Governance and as Global Leader (Recommended) for Banking & Finance, 2023 by Who’s Who Legal.

Prior to moving to TT&A in August 2022, Gautam worked as Senior Partner at AZB & Partners, Delhi for over 19 years.