V.R. Neelakantan is an Equity Partner in the Infrastructure, Energy and Project Finance Practice of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, India.

Neel has worked on numerous transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector in India, including several PPP projects. He has also supported both the Government of India and several state Governments in India with the privatization of infrastructure assets. He was actively involved in the privatization of the Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore airports as well as the privatization of rail freight operations in India. He continues to work closely with the operators of nearly all PPP airports in India.

He regularly assists developers, operators, and lenders of highways, ports, and other infrastructure developed on a PPP basis. Neel worked with the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India, to establish a framework for renegotiation of PPP contracts in India.

Neel has been acknowledged by Chambers and Partners as a leading practitioner in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy in India from 2019 to 2025.

is an Equity Partner in the Infrastructure, Energy and Project Finance Practice of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, India.

Neel has worked on numerous transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector in India, including several PPP projects. He has also supported both the Government of India and several state Governments in India with the privatization of infrastructure assets. He was actively involved in the privatization of the Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore airports as well as the privatization of rail freight operations in India. He continues to work closely with the operators of nearly all PPP airports in India.

He regularly assists developers, operators, and lenders of highways, ports, and other infrastructure developed on a PPP basis. Neel worked with the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India, to establish a framework for renegotiation of PPP contracts in India.

Neel has been acknowledged by Chambers and Partners as a leading practitioner in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy in India from 2019 to 2025.