Our People

Experience (Public M&A and Private Equity)

• Represented Coforge Limited, in its acquisition of
  • Cigniti Technologies for approximately USD 256 million and the subsequent merger of Cigniti into Coforge.
  • SLK Global for approximately USD150 million.
  • Xceltrait, Inc.
• Represented EQT in its acquisition of
  • HDFC Credila for USD 1.5 billion. The deal was the largest ever private equity buyout in the Indian financial services sector. The deal was also declared as the ‘deal of the year’ in the large cap category by Asian Venture Capital.
  • Indostar Home Finance for approximately USD 210 million.
  • Sagility India for approximately USD 1.2 Billion.
  • GeBBS Healthcare Solutions.
  • Indium Software (India) Private Limited.
  • Indira IVF.
• Represented Google in its investment in Bharti Airtel for USD 1 billion. Listed among India’s top 50 winning deals for the year 2022 at IBLJ Deals of the Year award.
• Represented Singapore Telecommunications in its sale of its equity stake in Bharti Airtel Limited to Bharti Telecom Limited for approximately SGD 2.25 billion.
• Represented Indium Software (India) Private Limited in its acquisition of Experion Technologies (India) Private Limited.
• Represented Infogain Corporation in its acquisition of Impaqtive Technologies India Private Limited.
• Represented Karnataka Bank Limited, in its fund raise of approximately INR 900 crores from institutional investors.
• Represented Baring Private Equity Asia in its
  • sale of Hexaware Technologies. This was the largest deal value private equity exit in the technology sector in India.
  • acquisition of IGT Solutions for approximately USD 800 million.
• Represented Advent International Corporation in its acquisition of DFM Foods for approximately USD 165 million.
• Represented Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH in the sale of its entire shareholding in ZF Steering Gear (India) Limited.

Experience (Securities and Capital Markets)

Open Offer/Takeover Offers

• Represented Coforge in the open offer made to the shareholders of Cigniti Technologies.
• Represented Citigroup in the open offer made by
  • Gardner Denver Holdings to the shareholders of Ingersoll-Rand (India) Limited.
  • Larsen & Toubro Limited to the shareholders of Mindtree Limited.
  • Total Energies to the shareholders of Adani Total Gas.
  • Moody’s Corporation to the shareholders of ICRA Limited.
  • National Oilwell Varco, to the shareholders of GMM Pfaudler Limited.
  • Warburg Pincus to the shareholders of Accelya Kale Solutions Limited.
• Represented Baring Private Equity Asia in the open offer made to the shareholders of NIIT Technologies Limited.
• Represented Advent International in the open offer made to the public shareholders of DFM Foods Limited.

Take Private/Delisting Offers

• Represented Transworld group in the proposed delisting of Shreyas Shipping.
• Represented Advent International in the delisting of DFM Foods Limited. This was the first successful counter-offer delisting undertaken in India.
• Represented the controlling shareholders of Prabhat Dairy Limited on the delisting of the company.
• Represented Baring Private Equity Asia in the delisting of Hexaware Technologies Limited. This was the first successful delisting undertaken by a private equity fund in India.
• Represented Merck Inc. in the delisting of Fulford (India) Limited.
• Represented DXC Technologies in the delisting of Xchanging Solutions Limited.

Buyback Offers

• Represented Cera Sanitaryware Limited in its buyback of equity shares through a tender offer route.
• Represented Somany Ceramics Limited in its buyback of equity shares through a tender offer route.
• Represented Symphony Limited in its buyback of equity shares through a tender offer route in 2024 and 2023.
• Represented UPL Limited in its buyback of equity shares through the open market route.
• Represented Bosch Limited in its buyback of equity shares through a tender offer route.