Anuj Bhasme, is a Partner based out of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.’s Mumbai office 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 domestic and cross-border M&A, 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, information technology 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 and venture capital practice, Anuj has represented large and reputable global private equity houses such as Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, LeapFrog, Hillhouse Capital Group 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 Group NV, Newell Brands, CPM Holdings Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., NCR Corporation, EllansaLabs, Inc., Raymond Group, New Delhi Television Limited, LG Group,  Bombay Fluid System Components Private Limited and Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd., in relation to various strategic ventures, corporate restructuring and corporate advisory work.

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”.

Anuj is a part of “Elite Club of BW Legal World 40 under 40 Club of Lawyers, Legal Leaders and Legal Influencers” in 2022. 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.

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 the Hillhouse Capital Group, in their investment in Tablespace Technologies Private Limited for USD 201.50 million.
• Advising the Hillhouse Capital Group, in their investments in the Indian warehousing and commercial leasing sectors.
• Advised FPL Technologies Private Limited, in raising Series D round of fund raise amounting to USD 101.2 million from certain private equity investors, through issuance of equity shares and Series D compulsorily convertible preference shares.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advising a European headquartered multi-national company in connection with a joint venture with an Indian company in the steel manufacturing sector.
• Advised EllansaLabs, Inc., in relation to their acquisition of Greysauce Technologies Private Limited, which is an entity engaged in the business of inter alia, software designing, testing and dealing in computer software and solutions, in the gems and jewelry industry.
• Advised a group of investors in relation to acquisition of Guideline Capital Private Limited, a non-banking financial company (non-deposit), registered with the Reserve Bank of India, through acquisition of equity shares of Guideline Capital Private Limited.

General Corporate Advisory

• Advising distributors of Swagelok products in India in connection with proposed supply arrangement with prominent automobile manufacturers.
• 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.
• Advising LeapFrog Investments in relation to its fund structures and modes of investments in India, from the perspective of applicable laws in India.

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.