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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - India
What the Team is Known For
Khaitan & Co offers a well-regarded legal team in India that regularly assists domestic companies with their acquisitions abroad. The firm is additionally involved in large inbound M&A transactions, regularly acting as counsel to both foreign investors and Indian target companies. The team is also experienced in distressed asset transactions. The department's impressive client roster includes prominent companies from the energy, finance, retail and technology arenas, among others. Khaitan & Co has offices across major cities in India, including Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi.
Strengths
The team has flexibility to work under different laws and the proactiveness to look for non-standard solutions in stressful and complex scenarios.
Their combined experience and specialized knowledge ensures that they can handle everything from routine matters to highly sophisticated challenges effectively.
Our partner handles everything end to end for us and goes above and beyond. The team is extremely knowledgeable and it feels like an in-house department for us.
Work Highlights
Khaitan & Co acted for Reliance Industries and Viacom 18 Media on its joint venture with Walt Disney, valued at USD8.5 billion.
Notable practitioners
Haigreve Khaitan is a well-recognised lawyer in the market, based in Khaitan & Co's Mumbai office. He has extensive and varied corporate and private equity expertise, representing both buyers and sellers in high value M&A transactions.
A must for most critical matters, with complete solutions to achieve outcomes.
Haigreve is too good. He is very knowledgeable, understands the clients requirements and seems to have a solution for anything.
A very practical and experienced person. He acts as a guide and adviser practically to all issues. He always suggests a simple workable solutions.
Bharat Anand in New Delhi is well recognised for his experience working in India and abroad. He is well-versed in acting on a range of different corporate agreements.
He is creative in how we can work together, strong on business trends and what is of interest to clients.
A true partner and confidant to our business.
Rabindra is a fantastic leader, and has a great touch with clients.
He's a great lawyer to work with.
Shishir Jose Vayttaden possesses an accomplished workload that spans sizeable acquisitions and amalgamations. Based in Mumbai, he is especially well-suited to public M&A work. His work includes deals in the finance and pharmaceutical spaces.
Shishir is a commercially savvy lawyer who is skilled at navigating difficult situations with great ease.
He has excellent capacity to explain the problem and the potential consequences, as well as the different alternatives to sort them out. A brilliant lawyer!