Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

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.