Clifford Chance
Shellka Arora-Cox is a partner in the Global Financial Markets team, with a focus in the energy and infrastructure sector.
Her practice covers project, corporate, Islamic, and sustainable finance, as well as acquisitions, tax equity, construction, and restructuring. Shellka advises a broad range of clients—including private equity investors, developers, lenders, and government institutions—on US and international energy and infrastructure projects. Her experience structuring deals, assessing project risks and navigating complex financing arrangements like syndicated loans, Islamic finance and government-backed funding.
Shellka has represented commercial and public entities across the US, Latin America, and South Asia.
- Nofar USA on its development arrangements for two Texas-based utility-scale energy storage projects, Bracero Pecan (230MW/460MWh) in Reeves County, and Fairway (120MW/240MWh) in Freestone County*
- A large private equity group on the potential acquisition of a development-stage wind project with safe harbor equipment and a portfolio of wind projects in the United States.*
- The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on financings for four wind farms in province of Sindh, Pakistan.*
- Tenaska Energy Inc. on a debt financing for an approximately 242MW wind project in the United States.*
- A private equity group on the potential acquisition of a portfolio of wind projects in the United States.*
*Matters prior to joining Clifford Chance.
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, New York
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- Speaks English, Hindi and Urdu
- Practice area Global Financial Markets
Career and qualifications
- Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi (B.Comm. with honors) 1994
- The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (CS) 1998
- Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LLB) 2000
- Columbia Law School (LLM Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) 2008
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2009
- Joined Clifford Chance as partner 2025
Professional bodies
- Associate Member, Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
- Recognized by Lawyers Alliance of New York as volunteer of the month for outstanding contribution in developing collaborative organization and governance framework for six community-based organizations in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.