Counting a diverse multitude of private equity funds, banks and hedge funds among its key roster of clients, the ‘super-collaborative’ Khaitan & Co LLP retains a broad offering that encompasses fund formation, regulatory compliance and a significant amount of private equity investment. Bharat Anand, who principally focuses on private equity investments and joint ventures, Aakash Choubey, who excels in an array of corporate and commercial transactions, and Kartick Maheshwari, who has handled significant joint ventures and investment work, jointly helm the practice. Other key names to note include the ’very knowledgeable’ Siddharth Shah, who oversees multimillion-dollar deals, as well as Haigreve Khaitan and Shreya Dua.
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- 'The team has strong domain knowledge and also keeps itself abreast of latest developments on the regulatory side.’
‘Siddharth Shah is very knowledgeable and practical.’
‘Good advice, friendly and approachable.’
‘Great team, super collaborative and fun to meet.'
- 'The team has a diversity of experience, gender, transaction type/sizes, sectors which adds a lot of different perspectives in all our discussions.'
- 'They are able to draw from their experience and this makes their approach very practical on commercial aspects of the deal.'
‘The team at Khaitan knows our business really well – they understand what we care about and what we don't, and tailor their advice accordingly.’
‘Most mandates entail a cross-section of more than one practice area of law and there is great coordination within this firm for providing access to clients on various experts, as needed for a particular matter.’
Key clients
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Global Infrastructure Management LLC
- India Resurgence Asset Management Business Private Limited
- Svatantra Microfin Private Limited
- Embassy Group
- Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited
- Quadria Capital Advisors Private Limited and Maxivision Eye Hospitals Private Limited
- True North
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited
- Niva Bupa Health Insurance and True North
Work highlights
Acted as the legal adviser to Brookfield Asset Management on the sale of two large commercial assets (in Downtown Powai, Mumbai and Candor TechSpace, Gurgaon), totaling 6.5 million sq ft for a combined enterprise value of $1.4bn, to a partnership of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC and Brookfield's Indian-listed real estate investment trust (Brookfield India Real Estate Trust).
Advised Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading independent infrastructure fund manager, on the India aspects of its acquisition by BlackRock, Inc for a total consideration of $12.5bn to create a world-leading infrastructure private markets investment platform with over $150bn.
Advised India Resurgence Fund in relation to the acquisition of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Contract Research and Manufacturing Services (CRAMS) businesses of Ind Swift Laboratories Ltd through its portfolio company, Synthimed Labs Private Ltd, for a consideration of $200m.
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Practice head
Bharat Anand; Aakash Choubey; Kartick Maheshwari
Other key lawyers
Haigreve Khaitan; Siddharth Shah; Shreya Dua