06 Apr 2026


Trilegal acted as transaction counsel in connection with issuance of unsecured, rated, listed, redeemable, fully paid up, non-cumulative, subordinated, non-convertible debentures, aggregating to INR 2,500 million (“Debentures“) by Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited (“Canara HSBC“) on a private placement basis.
Canara HSBC is a private life insurer in India and promoted by Canara Bank, which ranks as the fourth largest public sector bank by total assets in India, and HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings Limited, a member of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited group. Canara HSBC had the third highest assets under management amongst public sector promoted led life insurers and ranks amongst the top five bank-led life insurers in India.
The transaction marks the first ever debt issuance by Canara HSBC.
The Trilegal Capital Markets Team advising on the matter was led by Partners: Richa Choudhary and Maitreya Rajurkar; and supported by Senior Associate: Shivayana Balodia; Associates: Tanushka Trivedi.
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