Saswat Subasit
Partner | Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Financial Services
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education
- B.B.A., LL.B., Symbiosis Law School (2012)
Saswat Subasit is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice group in the Mumbai office.
Saswat has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategic joint ventures, private equity (PE), restructuring, and general corporate advisory. He regularly advises Indian and foreign corporations, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on a wide range of transactions in the financial services, insurance, chemicals, information technology (IT), Internet/online businesses, automobiles, media and advertising, logistics, cement, and mining sectors in India.
Saswat specialises in M&A and PE deals in India’s financial services and insurance sectors. He has also worked on several significant and high-value deals involving structured buyouts of/investments in public listed companies (including takeovers, joint control, de-promoterization, preferential allotments, mergers, demergers, slump sales, corporate restructuring through NCLT approved schemes, etc.).
Professional Affiliations
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
Representative Matters
Saswat Subasit has represented and advised the following clients
Svatantra Microfin
Advised Svatantra Microfin on its equity fundraise from Advent and Multiples and its buyout of Chaitanya.
Bandhan, GIC and ChrysCapital
Advised Bandhan, GIC and ChrysCapital on their buyout of IDFC Mutual Fund.
Poonawalla Fincorp
Advised Poonawalla Fincorp on its exit from Poonawalla Housing Finance pursuant to a 100% stake sale to TPG.
True North
Advised True North on its buyout of Niva Bupa and subsequent partial exit from Niva Bupa.
Birlasoft
Advised Birlasoft in its acquisition of KPIT Technologies.
Sajjan India
Advised the promoters of Sajjan India on their exit from Sajjan India pursuant to a 100% stake sale to CVC Capital.
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