Mr. Ninad Haibat is Senior Legal Counsel at OIJIF with over a decade of domain experience and expertise in investment funds and investment management space.
He has advised across the entire investment lifecycle, covering fund formation, transactional and corporate advisory, regulatory compliance, policy support, governance, GP advisory, liquidity solutions, stakeholder management, and dispute resolution strategies, spanning asset classes including private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, private credit, and listed strategies. He has worked on sector-agnostics as well as sector-specific funds with diverse structures such as open- and closed-ended funds, co-investments, strategic partnerships, and managed accounts, garnering commitments from sovereign wealth funds, DFIs, family offices, HNIs, and global institutional investors.
Prior to OIJIF, Ninad was with Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited. He holds an LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law from the University of Glasgow, dual degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Mumbai, and is a qualified Company Secretary.