Anuj Bhasme
Anuj Bhasme is a Partner of the Firm’s General Corporate, Private Equity 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) and private equity transactions across various sectors. Anuj is noted for his particular expertise in real estate, 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 and Blackstone on some of their marquee investments. As part of his corporate structuring and strategic M&A practice, Anuj regularly advises several large multi-national corporations such as Air France, DEME nv, Newell Brands, CPM Holdings Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., NCR Corporation and Raymond Limited, in relation to various strategic joint ventures, corporate restructuring and corporate advisory work.
Anuj is mentioned as a ‘key lawyer’ in the Firm’s real estate and construction practice in 2021 by The Legal 500 – Asia Pacific – India edition. Anuj was also declared as the “exclusive winner in the M&A category for India” of the Lexology Client Choice Awards, 2019. 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
- Advised Blackstone in its 100% acquisition of certain portfolio companies of Indiabulls Real Estate Limited which housed marquee commercial real estate assets in Mumbai and Gurgaon, for an aggregate consideration of INR 2717 crores, in one of the largest private equity investment in the real estate space in India in 2019.
- Advised Blackstone in its 50% investment in two portfolio companies (holding commercial real estate assets in Mumbai) of Indiabulls Real Estate Limited, having an aggregate enterprise value of USD 1.46 billion, in the largest private equity investment in the real estate space in India in 2018.
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- Advised Blackstone in its 50% investment in portfolio companies of Indiabulls Real Estate Limited (which hold a developed tech park and an under-development IT/ITes project, in Gurugram).
- Advised Goldman Sachs in its majority acquisition of YOHO, the student housing arm of the Manipal Group, and the subsequent acquisition of the stake of the Manipal Group, in YOHO, by HDFC.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
- Advised NCR Corporation in its acquisition of Terafina, Inc., which is a leading solution provider for customer account opening and onboarding across digital, branch and call center channels.
- Advised 911 India Healthcare Private Limited, a portfolio company of US-based RoundGlass LLC, on its restructuring.
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- Advised the founders of the AGS Health Group in its sale of the AGS Health Group, to Baring PE, for an aggregate consideration of USD 350 million.
- Advised the promoters of VRV Group in its sale of the Indian subsidiary of the VRV Group, to the Chart Group, as part of a global transaction, for an aggregate consideration of approximately EUR 125 million.
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General Corporate Advisory
- 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.
- Advised Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. in its joint venture: Toyoda Gosei Minda India Private Limited.
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- Advised Air France in relation to its joint venture with Max Aerospace, India.
- Advised Dredging International NV in relation to its joint venture with Van Oord India and International Seaport Dredging, India.
- Advised JKIT (a group company of Raymond Limited) in its acquisition of the stake of Ansell in JK Ansell (involved in the FMCG business).
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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.
