Sujjain Talwar

Partner – Hospitality, Projects, Infrastructure & Energy, Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial
Economic Laws Practice

Sujjain Talwar is a co-founding Partner of ELP. With over 30 years of experience, he is a qualified Solicitor in India as well as England and Wales.

Sujjain has been instrumental in developing ELP’s hospitality practice and has acted (usually for owners) in several hotel transactions involving almost every international hotel operator in India. He also serves as an Independent Director on boards of some of India’s leading companies.
Over the last 15 years, Sujjain and his team at ELP have acted in more than 120 Hospitality related transactions covering Hotel Management Agreements, Branded Residences, Franchises and even “Manchises”. In addition to the M&A related transactions, Hotel Financing advises regularly on day-to-day issues in this sector including those that affect the industry as a whole.

Sujjain has been ranked as a Band 1 lawyer for his expertise in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy in India by Chambers Asia-Pacific. He is also recognized as a Leading Lawyer by IFLR1000 Energy & Infrastructure and IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate. Sujjain has been commended in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame for Projects and Energy. Sujjain has been recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader – Client Choice for Project Finance and acknowledged for his expertise in Construction and Hospitality by the Lexology Index. He is featured as Elite practitioner for Construction & Real Estate, Energy & Infrastructure in Asialaw Leading Lawyers and has featured in the India Business Law Journal’s A List as India’s Top 100 Lawyers. Additionally, Sujjain has also been ranked amongst the Top 100 lawyers in India by Forbes Legal Powerlist. He is also recognized as Leading Lawyer for Projects & Energy in Legal Era 2024 rankings. Sujjain also features in LawWiser’s Super 30 2023: Most Influential Law Firm Professionals.

Prior to ELP, Sujjain has worked with Crawford Bayley & Co., Mumbai, as well as with Pinsent Masons, U.K.