Nikhil Narayanan
Partner | Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency
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education
- MBA, London Business School (Bank of America Merrill Lynch Scholar)
- BCL, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford (Radhakrishnan Scholar)
- B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), National Law School of India University (1998)
Nikhil Narayanan is a partner in the M&A practice with a broad corporate practice and extensive cross-border experience in both in London and in India. He regularly advises corporate clients, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds and investment banks in relation to often high value and market-leading public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and equity capital markets transactions. He also regularly advises international clients on shareholder activism, corporate governance related matters as well as special situations and distressed investments in India.
Prior to joining the Firm, Nikhil spent fifteen years in the UK, where he worked in a magic circle firm and certain leading US law firms in London. Nikhil also has an MBA and experience as an investment banker in a bulge bracket investment bank in London.
Nikhil has been ranked as the “Emerging Leader” in the Indian market by RSG in 2019. He is also ranked as a leading lawyer by Asialaw, a “Leading Individual” for insurance M&A by Legal 500 and a “Distinguished Practitioner” in insurance by Asian Legal Business.
RSG says he provides ‘top tier international levels of service’, that he ‘acts with the utmost integrity’ and that he ‘highlights risks in a ‘practical manner’.
Legal 500 says that he is “very commercial” and “offers immediate solutions”.
Professional Affiliations
- Karnataka State Bar Association
- Law Society of England and Wales, U.K.
Recognition and Accomplishment
Nikhil has been acknowledged for his experience and expertise by:
- RSG as the emerging leader in the Indian legal market
- Legal 500 as a leading individual
- Asialaw as a leading lawyer
Representative Matters
Nikhil Narayanan has represented and advised the following clients
City Football Group
Advised City Football Group in relation to its announced acquisition of Mumbai franchise of the Indian Super League.
Home Credit
Advised on relation to the sale of its Indian subsidiary, Home Credit India Private Limited.
International Schools Partnership
Advised on multiple acquisitions of education service companies in India.
Advised on in its strategic investment in ProgCap.
PlaySimple
Advised on relation to their $360 million exit to the MTG Group (Swedish gaming entity).
QED Investors
Advised in relation to various fintech investments.
Publications
Ergo Update
23 Aug '21Ergo Update
03 Aug '21Article
01 Jun '21Ergo Newsflash
24 May '21Article
28 Apr '21News and Events
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