Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas assisted Adani Energy Solutions Limited on contract with GE Vernova T&D India Limited for Khavda–South Olpad HVDC project

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas assisted Adani Energy Solutions Limited (“AESL”) in reviewing, negotiating and finalising a contract with GE Vernova T&D India Limited  for design and establishment of 2500 MW ± 500 KV high voltage direct current (“HVDC”) voltage source converter (“VSC”) terminal station (2x1250 MW) for evacuation of renewable power between KPS 3 (Khavda) and South Olpad project ( “Khavda-South Olpad HVDC Project”). With a capacity of 2500 MW, Khavda-South Olpad HVDC Project stands as the highest-rated VSC-based HVDC system envisaged in India to date and is a key initiative in enabling India’s green energy transition by building robust infrastructure for renewable power transmission.

The Transaction team was led by Aniket Singhania, Partner; with support from Jagrati Maru and Shreyansh Anchalia, Associates.

AESL’s in-house legal team consisted of Dr. Rajesh Sehgal, Chief Legal Officer, AESL; Mr. Arjit Singh, Lead Legal, AESL; and Ms. Urja Thakkar, Deputy Manager, AESL.

About Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas:

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients. The Firm advises a large and diverse set of clients, including domestic and foreign commercial enterprises, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, start-ups, government and regulatory bodies. The Firm’s generalists, specialists and senior ex-regulators expertly guide clients across a spectrum of transactions, sectors and regulations. With over 1400 lawyers including 220 Partners, the Firm is a full-service law firm with offices in key business centres at Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, GIFT City, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

The Firm has been named “Law Firm of the Year 2025” and consistently recognised as “Best Overall Law Firm” by the IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards. It received “National Law Firm of the Year: India” at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards for the second consecutive year in 2023 and 2022 and “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022 Awards. The Firm also won “India Deal Firm of the Year” at the ALB India Awards and “Firm of the Year” at the IFLR1000 India Awards in 2022.