Mr Ankit Guha > Argus Partners > Bengaluru, India > Lawyer Profile

Argus Partners
68 Nandidurga Road
Jayamahal Extension
Bengaluru
560046
India

Work Department

Corporate and M&A, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Technology and Data Privacy

Position

Partner

Career

Ankit’s practice focuses on private equity & venture capital and corporate & M&A deals. Ankit holds extensive experience of over 12 years in transactions in the venture capital, private equity and M&A space, and represents VC and PE funds as well as companies and founders on investments and equity fundraisings, acting as both investor counsel as well as company counsel. Ankit’s experience spans a wide range of sectors including deals in fintech, SAAS, edtech, gaming, consumer internet, crypto/ web3, FMCG, insurance, financial services, agritech and media. Ankit regularly represents multiple marquee financial investors such as renowned venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds and private equity funds, in their investments and exits.

Ankit also has extensive experience in domestic and cross border (both inbound and outbound) M&A and strategic acquisitions in the tech, digital and FMCG sectors. In addition to transaction advisory, Ankit regularly advises and provides strategic inputs and solutions to clients and founders of high growth companies on corporate restructurings (including flip structuring), regulatory advisory on business models, shareholder and founder disputes and exits, commercial contracts and general corporate advisory.

Ankit has pursued his B.A.,LL.B (Hons.) from the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata.

Memberships

West Bengal Bar Council.

Lawyer Rankings

India > City focus: Bengaluru > Leading firms

Argus Partners‘s Bengaluru office is home to Ankit Guha, an expert in PE, VC and M&A deals, who specialises in sectors such as TMT, fintech, gaming, insurance, financial services and agritech. The other key name locally is Bhavya Mohan who focuses on commercial dispute resolution, acting for clients from the manufacturing, real estate, banking and infrastructure industries, among others.

India > Corporate and M&A

With expertise spanning across multi-jurisdictional M&A, joint ventures, and group restructurings, the Argus Partners team routinely represents international and domestic corporations. Displaying considerable strength in the finance, sports, and manufacturing spheres, the group is well equipped to handle public and private takeovers, along with complex spin-offs. In the Mumbai office, Krishnava Dutt and Adity Chaudhury specialise in dealing with strategic debt restructurings and joint ventures, whilst Abhinav Bhalaik focuses on investment work. In Kolkata, Arka Majumdar regularly acts on behalf of clients in the mining and engineering industries, and Bengaluru-based Ankit Guha provides general corporate and funding advice. Jitendra Soni is noted for his work on IPOs and seed funding rounds.