Abhishek Guha
Abhishek Guha is a Partner with the Firm in the corporate practice group and specialises in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions.
At the Firm, he works closely on matters pertaining to inbound and outbound mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments and joint ventures. He has acted for several private and public companies, banks and financial institutions and private equity investors.
Abhishek has significant experience in mergers & acquisitions involving public listed as well as private companies and has worked extensively in structuring and executing inbound foreign investments into India. He regularly advises several multi-national corporations on compliances with Indian foreign exchange, regulatory and securities regulations. Abhishek has consistently been endorsed as a notable practitioner for financial and corporate laws by The International Financial Law Review 1000 from 2018-2021.
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Abhishek has represented the General Electric Corporation, Blackstone Group, KKR, General Atlantic, Novartis AG, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Tata Group and Walmart among others. Some of his recent notable deals include advising Walmart in the acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart Limited, advising Axis Bank in its USD 1.8 billion fundraising from Bain Capital and other investors, advising the General Electric Corporation in divesting its stake in the joint venture credit card business with SBI to the Carlyle Group and the State Bank of India, advising Blackstone Group LP in acquiring a controlling stake in Mphasis Limited from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, advising Novartis AG in transferring its domestic women healthcare portfolio to Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited and advising TIMF Holdings in relation to the acquisition of a minority stake in The National Stock Exchange of India Limited from IDBI Bank and General Atlantic.
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity Investments
- Advised Walmart in its acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart Limited for US$ 16 billion, resulting in the biggest PE exit ever in India.
- Advised Carlyle in the acquisition of substantial minority stake in Indegene Private Limited.
- Advised Tata Consumer Products limited in the acquisition of 100% of the equity shareholding of Kottaram Agro Foods Private Limited operating food products and beverages under the SOULFULL
- Advised Axis Bank Limited in the private equity investment of USD 1.8 billion by Bain Capital, Capital Group and the Life Insurance Corporation of India
- Advised a consortium of investors – CDC Group Plc, Development Partners International and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Celon Laboratories Limited.
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- Advised Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System in the acquisition of a minority stake in the National Stock Exchange of India Limited for US$ 100 million.
- Advised IDBI Bank Limited in the sale of stake in IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company to existing joint venture partners, Ageas Insurance International NV and Federal Bank Limited.
- Advised Navayuga group on sale of two annuity-based road asset SPVs in the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus fund.
- Advised General Electric Corporation in the divestment of its stake in the joint venture credit card business with State Bank of India to the Carlyle Group and the State Bank of India.
- Advised Blackstone Group LP in acquiring a controlling stake in Mphasis Limited from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
- Advised Fractal Analytics and its promoters in relation to the USD 200 million fund raise from Apax Partners through a combination of primary investment and share purchase from existing shareholders.
- Advised Privi Organics Limited and its promoters in connection with the private equity investment of USD 55 million by Fairfax India Holdings.
- Advised Future Consumer Enterprises Limited and its promoters in connection with the private equity investment of USD 45 million by Black River Food 2 Pte Ltd.
- Advised Novartis AG in the transfer of its women healthcare portfolio to Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.
- Advised Tata Global Beverages Limited in the acquisition of the branded tea business of DTIL (which includes the brands “Lalghoda” and “Kalaghoda”) along with its entire distribution and marketing business.
- Advised Visionary RCM Infotech (India) Limited, NEA Indo US Ventures and its promoters in relation to the acquisition of a controlling stake by Carlyle
- Acted as the Indian legal counsel to Nidec Corporation in relation to the acquisition of the motors, drives and electric power generation businesses of Emerson Electric Co.
- Acted as the Indian legal counsel in relation to the acquisition of a 50% stake in Anibrain Digital Technologies Private Limited by the Framestore Group K.
- Advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch in connection with its investment of INR 8.50 billion in Hindustan Cleanenergy Limited pursuant to issuance of rated, listed, redeemable, non-convertible debentures on a private placement
- Advised Golden Agri group, Singapore, its Indian subsidiaries and shareholders in relation to USD 100 million investment by funds managed by Proterra Partners.
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Professional Memberships
- Bar Council of West Bengal
Education
- B.A. LL.B, (Hons), National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
