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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is home to a well-experienced team of private equity and venture capital practitioners who come highly recommended for their ‘commerciality and legal expertise’. The practice spans the full life-cycle of investments, from early-stage investments right through to exits, and its wide-ranging capabilities have amassed an extensive and impressive client roster comprised of notable public and private companies, private equity houses, and sponsors. Shardul Shroff heads up the group in New Delhi, while in Mumbai Akshay Chudasama and Raghubir Menon spearhead the department. Menon stands out in particular for his expertise advising corporates, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity funds on domestic and cross-border transactions including investments, acquisitions, and funding rounds. On the venture capital and investment funds fronts, Jay Gandhi is the main contact, while Gunjan Shah focuses on private equity-backed M&A, share and business sales, and investments. Other core practitioners in the group include Karun Prakash, Manav Nagaraj, and Puja Sondhi.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very happy with SAM's service across our venture capital investments in India.’

  • ‘Manav Nagaraj is very hands-on with our transactions and mobilises his team and other specialists from the firm as needed to execute our deals.’

  • ‘Bhargava KS is very effective on our transactions.’

  • ‘The team differentiates itself through the partners' commerciality and legal expertise, communication skills, client friendliness, and ease of doing business.’

  • ‘Abhishek Guha and Tanya Uppal stand out in particular.’

  • ‘SAM is extremely sensitive to market trends and is able to provide timely advice across a wide range of sectors and deal archetypes.’

Key clients

  • Mega Bidco
  • Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
  • Apollo Healthco Limited
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
  • Singapore Telecommunications Limited
  • ChrysCapital
  • Artal Asia Pte. Ltd.
  • Brookfield Private Capital (DIFC) Limited
  • Alpha Wave
  • MFAR Group
  • Carlyle Asia Partners Growth Fund
  • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Jay Gandhi

Practice head

Shardul Shroff; Akshay Chudasama; Raghubir Menon

Other key lawyers

Jay Gandhi; Gunjan Shah; Karun Prakash; Manav Nagaraj; Nivedita Tiwari; Bhargava KS

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