Anuj Bhasme is a Partner based out of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co’s and is part of the firm’s General Corporate, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Anuj has over 15 years of experience in advising clients on corporate structuring and restructuring, M&A (domestic and cross border), private equity and venture capital transactions across various sectors. Anuj is noted for his particular expertise in the real estate, health care, logistics, services, FMCG, manufacturing and retail sectors. Anuj also has substantial experience and expertise in corporate advisory and regulatory aspects and has made several representations to various Indian regulatory bodies, including the Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

As part of his private equity practice, Anuj has represented large and reputable global private equity houses such as Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, LeapFrog and Motion Ventures on some of their marquee investments. Anuj also regularly advises several large multi-national corporations such as Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Church & Dwight Co. Inc., Lululemon, Texas Instruments Inc., Sanitarium, Air France, DEME nv, Newell Brands, CPM Holdings Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., NCR Corporation and Raymond Limited, in relation to various strategic ventures, corporate restructuring and corporate advisory work.

Anuj was declared as the “exclusive winner in the M&A category for India” of the Lexology Client Choice Awards, 2021 and the Lexology Client Choice Awards, 2019. Anuj has also been mentioned as a ‘key lawyer’ in the Firm’s real estate and construction practice in 2021 by The Legal 500 – Asia Pacific – India edition.

Clients have described Anuj as “a true expert who can break down key issues in a way that is understandable”; Clients have also had the following to say about Anuj: “he has a pragmatic approach in resolving issues and he thinks outside of the box”; and “he delivers high quality advice; he has the ability to provide crisp and clear advice”.

Prior to joining the Firm, Anuj worked at the Mumbai office of J. Sagar Associates, Advocates and Solicitors.

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Private Equity and Venture Capital

• Advised LeapFrog Investments in their Series B round of investment in Redcliffe Lifetech, Inc. (USA) for USD 61 million.
• Advised LeapFrog Investments in their Series C round of investment in HealthifyMe (Singapore) for USD 75 million.
• Advised LeapFrog Investment in their Series C round of investment in MedGenome Inc. (USA) for USD 31.5 million.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advising a European headquartered client in connection with a joint venture with an Indian company in the steel manufacturing sector.
• Advising Adam Vital Hospitals, UAE on structuring and proposed acquisition of hospitals and clinical diagnostic centers in India.
• Advised HPI Holdings LLC in its acquisition of AdvantEdge Healthcare Holdings, Inc., which is a leading medical billing company.

General Corporate Advisory

• Advising the promoters of Raymond Limited for sale of one of its subsidiaries, for an aggregate value of INR 3,000 crores.
• Advising a South Korean multi-national company for setting up an electric vehicle / battery manufacturing unit in India in collaboration with a Japanese car manufacturer.
• Advised Raymond Limited on restructuring of the entire Raymond group, in order to unlock the value potential of the lifestyle business, for an aggregate value of INR 350 crores.

A detailed experience statement can be shared on a confidential basis.

Professional Memberships

• Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa

Education

• LL.B, Government Law College, Mumbai, India
• LL.M, New York University School of Law, New York, N.Y.