SINGAPORE, 9 September 2025 — Duane Morris & Selvam is proud to announce its recognition at the prestigious Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2025, held on 5th September 2025 at Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi, during the 14th Annual Legal Era India Conclave & Awards.
Jamie Benson and Priyank Srivastava were honored with the Cross Border Lawyers Awards of the Year in their respective categories, Capital Markets for Jamie and Infrastructure and Energy for Priyank, in recognition of their exceptional expertise in handling complex cross-border transactions.
In addition to these individual accolades, Duane Morris & Selvam was also recognized with the “International Law Firm of the Year – India Desk” award in the Oil & Gas category, highlighting our firm’s deep sectoral expertise and commitment to excellence across jurisdictions.
The Legal Era India Conclave & Awards 2025 brought together over 500 legal and business leaders from 30+ countries for two days of insightful sessions focused on the evolving relationship between business and law.
Chairman of the Firm, Leon Yee, said, “Our ongoing expansion of the India practice reflects our strong commitment to India as a key part of our global strategy. Jamie and Priyank’s recognition highlights the strong relationships we continue to build within India’s vibrant legal sector and reinforces our focus on delivering effective cross-border legal solutions tailored to our clients’ evolving needs.”
Jamie A. Benson is the head of firm’s U.S. Capital Markets, U.S. Venture Capital and India Practices. He has more than 25 years’ experience in advising on capital markets and M&A transactions. Jamie has advised on more than 100 equity and debt offerings throughout the world with total proceeds of approximately US$25 billion. He is one of the leading international legal counsel advising on securities offerings by Indian issuers, having worked on more than 100 offerings by Indian issuers in the last 20 years, including Life Insurance Corporation of India’s IPO, which is the largest ever Indian IPO.
Priyank Srivastava is a Director in the Corporate and Energy practices, with over 17 years’ experience advising in the energy, Project Development/Infrastructure/P3 sector, and Disputes practice. Mr. Srivastava co-heads the India Practice Group focuses his practice on upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas/LNG matters and the power sector. Having worked for over eight years at India’s largest exploration and production company, he is familiar with all the transactional aspects of global energy projects.