Megha Kaladharan
Partner - Energy and Infrastructure | Policy and Regulatory Advisory | Energy Transition
Overview
Megha Kaladharan is a Partner in the Projects practice at Trilegal with extensive experience in the energy and infrastructure sector, advising on pioneering transactions spanning both project development and M&A. She has advised multilaterals and government agencies on public-private partnerships across renewables, energy efficiency, affordable housing, water and waste management, with projects spanning India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Africa and Fiji. She also advises on data centre and digital infrastructure development, and on emerging energy transition mechanisms like VPPAs.
Education
- B.A. LL.B., National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
Admissions
- Bar Council of Delhi, India
Select representative clients/matters
- Advised AirTrunk on its entry into the Indian market through the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra, which includes ~ 600 MW portfolio of planned capacity, representing up to US$5 billion of future development potential – a landmark transaction in the Indian data centre sector.
- Advised Google, on its first foray in the Indian clean energy sector for procurement of renewable power for its data centre along with I-RECs from Adani.
- Advised Google and Amazon on implementation of virtual PPAs in India.
- Advised Fourth Partner on reviewing and negotiating an I-REC sale agreement with Meta.
- Advised Shell on the sale of its 5 GW renewable energy platform, Sprng Energy, to Aditya Birla Renewables for USD 1.8 bn – one of the largest acquisitions in the Indian renewable energy sector.
- Advised International Finance Corporation and the Government of Madhya Pradesh on (i) the 170 MW Neemuch solar tender, which discovered a record-low tariff of INR 2.15/kWh; and (ii) the landmark 440 MW Morena solar-plus-storage tender – a first-of-its-kind project in India, that set a new national benchmark with a tariff of INR 2.70/kWh.
- Advised the Central Electricity Board, Mauritius, on modernising the country’s renewable energy procurement framework, delivering a standardised suite of bankable template bid documents – including the power purchase agreement and government support agreement, designed to accelerate the country’s clean energy transition.
- Advised Norfund (Norway’s climate investment fund) on its investment investment in EnerGrid, a USD 300 million platform formed with IndiGrid Infrastructure Trust and British International Investment PLC to bid for and develop greenfield transmission projects and battery energy storage systems in India, targeting projects worth approximately USD 1.2 billion over the next few years.
- Advised Alfanar Energy and Sembcorp Utilities on the development of wind projects in the Middle East.
Recognition
- ‘Recommended / Key Lawyer’ in Projects & Energy practice by The Legal 500, 2026
- Ranked ‘Gennext Rising Star Lawyers’ in Projects and Energy by Legal Era, 2025-26
