BackThe Practice
Khaitan’s standout private equity practice is consistently ranked on top of private equity league tables by all major ranking agencies and publications. Our market-leading and dynamic team offers end-to-end services to our clients ranging from fund formation, investment advisory, step-down portfolio acquisitions and exits. Our core team is complimented by Tier 1 practices such as Tax, Antitrust and Competition, Regulatory, Capital Markets, White Collar Investigations and Dispute Resolution – a seldom understood need in transactions involving financial sponsors.
Our team routinely advises leading private equity firms such as Apax Partners, Advent International, Brookfield Asset Management, Global Infrastructure Partners, Temasek Holdings, and The Blackstone Group.
The Execution
We represent a wide range of global, regional and domestic financial sponsors including private equity funds, banks, real estate private equity funds, general partners, hedge funds, specialist secondary funds, private debt funds, infrastructure funds, pension funds and other sources of capital across asset classes. We also advise Indian companies / corporate groups receiving private equity investments in domestic or cross-border deals.
The Khaitan Advantage
Our vast experience with high-profile, market leading mandates as well as middle market deals gives us exceptional insights into the private equity landscape and enables us to help clients anticipate issues and provide commercial solutions. Khaitan offers about 200 technically strong lawyers in the M&A and Private Equity practice group with about 60 partners who bring extensive experience to the table. Clients note our calibre as seasoned practitioners and praise our ‘legal understanding coupled with commercial understanding’ (as quoted in Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2018).
Key Contacts
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Siddharth Shah
Partner
Investment Funds, Private Equity, Corporate and Commercial
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Ganesh Prasad
Partner
Ecommerce, Private Equity
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Aakash Choubey
Partner
Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Public M&A, Corporate and Commercial
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Kartick Maheshwari
Partner
Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions
Key Deals
Flipkart Internet Private Limited
Advised on sale to Walmart, Inc. and investment by Softbank’s Vision Fund for a total consideration amount of USD 18.5 billion combined for Flipkart and Softbank.
read more +Advent International Corporation
Advised on investments in Manjushree Technopack, Quest Global Services and CARE Hospitals for a total consideration amount of over USD 500 million
read more +Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
Advised on acquisition of electrical and automation business unit of L&T, along with Schneider Electric for a total consideration amount of over USD 2 billion
read more +The Blackstone Group
Advised on investments in CMS Computers, Jagran Prakashan, Gateway Rail Freight Limited, MTAR and FINO; and exits from CMS Info, Gokaldas Exports Limited, MTAR, Gateway Rail Freight Limited, Jagran Prakashan and CMS IT Services
read more +Apax Partners
Advised on investments in Healthium, Shriram City Union Finance, Cholamandalam, Patni, GlobalLogic and exit from Apollo Hospitals for a total consideration of over USD 3 billion
read more +TA Associates
Advised on investments in Atria Convergence Technologies, BillDesk and Tega Industries for a total consideration of over USD 500 million
read more +IDFC Alternatives Limited
Advised on investments in First Solar, Essar Power, ASG Hospitals, Ascend Telecom, Zolostays & several others, exit from Essar Power and transfer to InvestCorp
read more +Fosun Pharma
Acquisition of 74% stake in Gland Pharma Limited from KKR and others for a total consideration of USD 1.09 billion
read more +Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
Advised on investments in Pine Labs, AU, Policy Bazaar, Crompton Consumer, Oberoi Realty, ICICI Prudential, Intas, Glenmark, Manthan, Staragri, SBI Life Insurance & several others for a total consideration of over USD 1.5 billion
read more +Insights
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Amendments to FEMA Rules - facilitating ease of business in the Indian landscape
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Reverse-Flipping: Indian Startups Return ‘Home’ Amid Regulatory Reforms
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What's Market PE Report 2024
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Budget Opinion Article - Mint Online
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2022 Private Equity Fund Formation - India
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Private Equity Transactions - India
read more + 21 Mar '22
News and Events
Awards
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Chambers Asia Pacific Tier I Indian Law Firm 2023
Firm Award
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In-House Community Firm of the Year 2021
Firm Award
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IFLR1000 Rankings 2021
Firm Award
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India Business Law Journal Awards 2019
Firm Award
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India Business Law Journal Awards 2017
Firm Award
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India Business Law Journal Deals of the Year 2017
Firm Award
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Global Awards CorporateLiveWire 2017
Firm Award
Get in Touch
Vivek Bangalore Niranjan
Partner,
Corporate and Commercial, Joint Venture & Collaborations, Mergers and Acquisitions
Anshuman Mozumdar
Partner, Mumbai
Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial
Shourya Sengupta
Partner, Kolkata
Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Shantanu Gupta
Partner, Delhi - NCR
Corporate and Commercial, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions
Haigreve Khaitan
Partner, Mumbai
Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Estate Planning, Trusts and Private Client
Nikhil Narayanan
Partner, New Delhi
Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency
Kartick Maheshwari
Partner, Mumbai
Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions
Rabindra Jhunjhunwala
Partner, Mumbai
Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
Sanjay Khan Nagra
Partner, Bengaluru
Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology, Media and Telecom
