India focuses her practice on Structured Finance, primarily advising clients on highly structured financing transactions, including cross-border transactions, distressed situations and real estate finance. She has experience with matters across a broad range of asset classes, focusing in esoteric assets and real estate assets relating to repurchase/warehouse facilities, asset sale and forward flow transactions, and public and private securitization transactions, with a concentration in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and private placement transactions issued under Reg S, 144A and/or Rule 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. India has knowledge of, and regularly advises on Investment Company Act issues, UCC Article 8 and Article 9 issues, and Risk Retention matters. India and her team represent clients in numerous industries, such as real estate finance, the secondary debt market, equipment finance, banking, FinTech, crypto, and manufacturing.
India is a member of the Reed Smith On Chain Group, a cross-practice and cross-border group that services matters involving blockchain-based platforms and other digital assets. She often advises and works on transactions involving blockchain technology, including using digital assets as collateral, and advising clients on the tokenization of real world assets.
India is also a member of the CRE Finance Council and stays up to date on the commercial and residential real estate markets. India often advises and works on both public and private commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions, representing issuers, placement agents, sponsors and other structural parties. She is knowledgeable about organizing REMICs and private REITs, and securities law requirements specific to such transactions.
India is passionate about public service and pro bono work and maintains an active pro bono practice with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.
