Niharika Puri
Partner - Projects
Power | Oil and Gas | Infrastructure
Overview
Niharika is a Partner in the Projects practice of Trilegal. She has significant experience in advising Indian and overseas clients on various aspects of developing, operating, and investing in energy and other large-scale infrastructure projects across jurisdictions, both greenfield and brownfield. She also advises on mineral rights and related midstream and downstream operations, including pipeline development and usage, refineries, terminals and other bulk storage facilities, and city gas distribution.
While Niharika has advised clients on various high-profile and high-value M&A transactions in these sectors, she also has considerable experience in project development, including public-private-partnership projects – in this process, she has also worked with government entities across jurisdictions on bid structuring, formulation, and management.
Education
B.A. LL.B., Army Institute of Law, Mohali
Admissions
Bar Council of Delhi
Select representative clients/matters
- A National Oil Corporation*, on the proposed acquisition of two offshore oil and gas blocks in Russia, including one located north of the Arctic offshore
- TOTAL SE, on a joint venture with Adani Group to undertake LNG, LPG, and city gas distribution business on a pan-India basis
- IFC and the Government of Vietnam, on the development of a human capital training centre, a polyclinic and a daycare centre in Ho Chi Minh City (PPP)
- OMERS Infrastructure, on indirect investment in BIAL, the entity owning and operating the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru
- OTPP, on investment in the NHAI InvIT, having a portfolio of five operating toll roads
- IFC and the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, on the development of two ultra-mega solar power projects in Madhya Pradesh (750 MW) and Odisha (250 MW) (PPP)
- Hero Future Energies, on construction, development and operation of three solar power plants (cumulative capacity of 52 MW) in Ukraine
*name withheld due to confidentiality reasons
