AZB & Partners Law Firm
Telecoms, e-commerce and financial services are sectors proving busy for AZB & Partners‘ practice, which encompasses M&A, joint ventures and general corporate work. The team is evenly spread across Delhi and Mumbai, housing such recognised experts as Zia Mody, Gautam Saha, Darshika Kothari and Ajay Bahl. Additionally, Srinath Dasari‘s Bangalore practice handles venture capital and private equity transactions across a range of innovative sectors. Marquee transactions in both the domestic and international markets are instructed by global conglomerates; indicatively, Bahl and Vinati Kastia acted for GlaxoSmithKline in its multibillion-dollar secondary stock trade of a stake in Hindustan Unilever in a market-leading divestment exercise. Nandish Vyas joined the Mumbai office from Veritas Legal in February 2022.Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Law Firm
With an expansive network of offices across India with talented corporate and M&A professionals, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas consistently acts on significant transactions for domestic and international clients operating across the breadth of highly regulated and traditional sectors. Recent deal highlights included corporate amalgamations in the financial services sector, demergers in the insurance sector and equity stake acquisitions and disposals in the heavy industries and telecoms sectors. Practice head and founding partner Cyril Shroff spearheads the renowned corporate governance practice. Among the team, Reeba Chacko, Nivedita Rao and Akila Agrawal stand out at the senior level, making it a female-led powerhouse. Distressed M&A is a growth area for the team.IndusLaw Law Firm
IndusLaw fields an extensive corporate bench of M&A experts across all major corporate arenas. Gaurav Dani maintains strong relationships with acquisitive US corporates and Kartik Ganapathy, Manish Gupta and Avimukt Darr among others execute similarly impressive acquisitions for both domestic and international clients. Of the numerous new partner additions throughout 2020/21, Rashi Saraf (rejoining after a stint at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas) enhanced the team’s venture capital and private equity bench strength across sectors including healthcare, education, real estate and IT. In addition to a spate of technology-sector deals, Bangalore-based Anindya Ghosh closed an impressive cross-border acquisition for a fitness company as part of a major global expansion project.J Sagar Associates Law Firm
Present across the major financial hubs in the country, J Sagar Associates‘ corporate and M&A team advises prestigious domestic and international corporates on the breadth of transactions, corporate governance and regulatory issues. Co-heads Sajai Singh and Shivpriya Nanda, Sidharrth Shankar, Rupinder Malik and Sandeep Mehta are equally adept at guiding clients through strategic acquisitions and divestments, distressed M&A, and post-acquisition integrations. With impressive knowledge of the technology sector, Bangalore-based Probir Roy Chowdhury is deployed on marquee deals, including Google’s multibillion-dollar strategic investment in Jio Platforms. Further recent deal highlights were executed in the automotive, telecoms, retail and media and entertainment sectors.Khaitan & Co LLP Law Firm
Khaitan & Co.‘s pan-Indian corporate/M&A practice head Haigreve Khaitan alongside Mehul Shah, Vivek Sriram and Abhishek Dadoo acted for Reliance Industries on its court-approved scheme acquisition of the Future group of companies and majority stake acquisition of Just Dial Limited. The team, which is credited with ‘formidable technical skills and strong commercial judgment‘ also advises on M&A transactions in the telecoms and consumer electronics sectors, among many others. Complementing the comprehensive domestic and inbound M&A work, the dual-qualified team members (such as US-qualified Rajat Mukherjee) also guide Indian entities through global expansion projects entailing investments and acquisitions across the US, EU, APAC and African regions.Kochhar & Co. Law Firm
In a headline deal indicative of the complex corporate and M&A work executed at Kochhar & Co., team head Rohit Kochhar and Chandrasekhar Tampi acted for state-owned natural gas company GAIL India in its distressed debt acquisition of Konkan LNG’s shares and respective share swap of Ratnagiri Gas to NTPC. The team excels in highly regulated sectors, from insurance to fintech; Rajarshi Chakrabarti is a go-to partner for such transactions. The team has a wide geographical footprint, with Ajith C.R. leading on M&A deals out of the Chennai office and Deepti Bhat maintaining a strong Bangalore-based practice. Sarika Raichur co-heads the dedicated start-up and emerging companies’ practice desk. The team also draws praise for its effective client services during the difficulties caused by the COVID pandemic.S&R Associates Law Firm
S&R Associates deployed an impressively large team (consisting at the partner level of Rajat Sethi, Tanya Aggarwal, Radhika Iyer and Shivaji Bhattacharya) on the closing of Indus Towers’ merger with Bharti Infratel. The multibillion-dollar transaction showcased the team’s substantial regulatory expertise in a pan-Indian exercise. Additional highlights on the deal sheet include high-value acquisitions, foreign investments, distressed M&A and joint ventures in sectors ranging from hospitality, healthcare and real estate to aerospace and e-commerce. The group conducts corporate reorganisations entailing demergers, shareholding consolidations and court-sanctioned schemes of arrangement.Trilegal Law Firm
Acting on behalf of prominent global and domestic conglomerates, Trilegal‘s highly reputed M&A practice is a leader in cross-border transactions across all major sectors. Co-head Yogesh Singh regularly snaps up some of the largest inbound M&A deals from the Nordics, evidenced by an impressive portfolio of household-name technology, energy, hospitality and pharmaceutics companies emanating from the region. Co-head Harsh Pais, Sridhar Gorthi, Nishant Parikh and Bangalore-based Kosturi Ghosh often lead on high-profile, cross-border deals. The team is witnessing a dramatic uptick in the stressed assets market; Ashwyn Misra and counsel Deep Choudhuri are currently engaged on numerous matters in this space. The firm was strengthened its corporate offering with the hire of Sai Krishna Bharathan, Vivek Bajaj, Shivani Kabra and asset management and funds specialist Pallabi Ghosal from AZB & Partners.Bharucha & Partners Law Firm
The senior partner-driven M&A practice at Bharucha & Partners attracts impressive, headline mandates from a global client base. Vandana Pai and co-head Alka Bharucha are key names, who handle high-value instructions from major industrial, telecoms, financial services and automotive conglomerates. Though traditionally acting for acquisitive entities from India and abroad, co-head Justin Bharucha is driving the team’s sponsor-side practice, advising a sector-agnostic client portfolio on M&A as well as general corporate matters including governance, regulatory risk and incorporations. Managing associate Swathi Girimaji is driving the expansion of the Bangalore desk.DSK Legal Law Firm
DSK Legal continues to handle noteworthy corporate and M&A mandates from domestic and international companies who are attracted to the firm’s end-to-end support throughout the whole deal lifecycle. It has robust sectoral knowledge spanning pharmaceuticals, automotives, TMT, infrastructure, and financial services. The continually expanding bench includes Anand Desai , Aparajit Bhattacharya, Hemang Parekh , Harvinder Singh and in Bangalore, Sharath Chandrasekhar , who excels in the e-commerce, fintech and software sectors. The firm’s highly rated dispute resolution and forensics practice routinely assists with in-depth due diligence exercises. Since publication, Srinivas B.R. joined the Bangalore office from Dua Associates in April 2022.L&L Partners Law Offices Law Firm
L&L Partners Law Offices’ M&A practice is headed up by Rajiv Luthra, a highly regarded senior practitioner whose ongoing work pertains to public and private sector mergers in the aerospace, telecoms, financial services and pharmaceuticals sectors. ay Parikh’s practice focuses on transactions and corporate governance for Indian promoters. The team saw the return of Sudipta Routh who joined from Agram Legal Consultants in September 2021, however, it also saw a number of partners departing to establish Saraf and Partners, including Mohit Saraf, Vikrant Kumar and Vaibhav Kakkar.Link Legal Law Firm
Market-leading knowledge of the infrastructure, aviation, power and associated sectors at Link Legal makes the firm a sought-after choice for cross-border corporate and M&A mandates as instructed by major international companies operating in those fields. Joint practice heads Nusrat Hassan and Anand Srivastava along with Anuj Trivedi, Milind Jha and Yosham Vardhan are key lawyers for marquee transactions. Mandarin-speaking partner Santosh Pai heads the China desk for investors and corporates performing both inbound and outbound ventures in the country.Majmudar & Partners Law Firm
A raft of client wins for Majmudar & Partners‘ corporate, M&A and joint ventures team reflects consistent growth in the life sciences, financial services (including fintech), technology, manufacturing and retail sectors. The trio of co-heads Akil Hirani, Rukshad Davar and Bangalore-based N. Raja Sujith, as well as associate partner Kritika Agarwal and Amrit Mehta advise on the breadth of mandates, including strategic M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and governance, often in tandem with the firm’s tax and competition experts.Phoenix Legal Law Firm
In recent corporate and commercial highlights at Phoenix Legal, co-heads Saket Shukla and Sriram Ramachandra executed target-side investment deals for major fintech unicorn Pine Labs, whereas co-head Pranav Srivastava with assistance from senior associate Nikhil Pareek conducted investments and related corporate restructurings in the solar power sector. Extensive knowledge of Indian regulatory laws is applied to M&A transactions and investments in the renewable energy, mining and telecoms industries. Co-head Abhishek Saxena regularly advises Fortune 500 companies on cross-border joint ventures.Samvad Partners Law Firm
Spanning multiple offices across India, Samvad Partners‘ corporate and M&A team advises start-ups through to international corporates on all manner of transactions, joint ventures and regulatory issues. The group witnessed an increasing flow of share swaps and consolidations in both the domestic and cross-border context, including Ashwini Vittalachar‘s impressive buy-side e-health deals. Operating out of Bangalore, Natasha Mahajan deploys her sophisticated knowledge of the technology sector on M&A transactions and commercial contracts in the software (including SaaS) space. Harish Narasappa and Vineetha MG are notable names, while the Hyderabad office housing Ekta Bahl provides a strategic base for deals in the pharmaceuticals and real estate sectors.For more Career Advice – CLICK HERE.
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