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The firm’s experience with strategic clients spans the breadth of corporate M&A transactions - greenfield/brownfield investments, complete buyouts/minority stake purchases, public/private M&A, mergers, joint ventures and exits - across a variety of sectors, including the consumer goods, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceutical and technology industries.

Work Highlights:

    • A leading GCC sovereign wealth fund on its USD 2bn+ investment in funds set up by the Kotak group in GIFT city (India’s first international financial services centre). The funds make investments in special situations assets and real estate projects in India.
    • A leading GCC sovereign wealth fund and GEF Capital Partners in the first major overseas listing of an Indian company, ReNew Power, via the SPAC route.
    • Air India on its 50:50 joint venture with Airbus for a pilot training centre.
    • Huntsman Corporation on the sale of its textile effects division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners.
    • BP on several matters, including its fuel retail and mobility joint venture in India with Reliance Industries Limited.
    • JSW Sarbloh on the strategic partnership and joint venture with TOMCAR USA
    • Premier Energies on strategic joint ventures with: (i) Sino-American Silicon Products Inc., for a solar wafer plant in India; (ii) Nuevosol Energy Private Limited, for an aluminium frame extrusion plant.
    • Diageo India on its acquisition of a controlling stake in NAO Spirits.

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - India

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Touchstone Partners possesses an accomplished group of lawyers in India, specialised in handling strategic M&A and joint ventures on behalf of renowned multinational clients from the energy, logistics, technology and education industries. The firm draws on its extensive international experience to ably support prestigious international law firms on high profile matters. Other clients include noted names from Europe, Asia and North America. The firm is present in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.

Work Highlights

  • Touchstone Partners advised Meituan on the sale of part of its shareholding and Wellington on sale of its entire shareholding in Swiggy to certain third parties, ahead of Swiggy's IPO.

Strengths

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Their legal advice is provided with a strong dose of common sense and commercial advice. Touchstone’s commercial views are a key reason for us engaging them.

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Very reliable, commercially-minded lawyers who are problem-solvers with very high responsiveness.

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They have excellent client service and first rate knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape. They provide clear and concise advice with a commercial lens.

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Notable Practitioners

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Karam Daulet-Singh
2
Karam Daulet-Singh
2
Band 2

Karam Daulet-Singh in Mumbai is qualified to practise in both India and the UK. He is heavily focused on advising international companies on their India-based operations and is highly valued for his broad experience, which includes cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures.

Karam's knowledge of commercial law and his knowledge of market consideration is invaluable in managing complex transactions.

Karam demonstrates exceptional mastery in structuring cross-border investments.

Karem's advice is business-centric. He anticipates business implications at all times while providing strategic advice.

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Yashasvi Mohanram
2
Yashasvi Mohanram
2
Band 2
Yashasvi Mohanram in Bengaluru has private sector experience and a large international client base. He handles investments and provides advice on corporate matters.

On top of his brief and always sees the bigger picture. He can see round corners and intercepts issues before they ever become a problem.

Yashasvi is a terrific corporate counsel and has been outstanding in his deliverables.

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Uday Walia
3
Uday Walia
3
Band 3
Uday Walia advises companies on M&A in a variety of sectors, including education and manufacturing. Based in New Delhi, he is qualified in England and India and has experience working abroad.

Uday is able to provide strong technical advice and commercial insight when navigating through legal challenges.

The firm has been a clear choice because of Uday Walia’s knowledge base, responsiveness and solution-oriented approach.

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Gaurav Desai
4
Gaurav Desai
4
Band 4
Gaurav Desai in New Delhi is well regarded by market sources. He has experience acting on a variety of different corporate deals from acquisitions to divestment operations.

He is proactive, commercially strong and provides good advice.

Gaurav is an excellent partner for any multinational corporation looking to strengthen its corporate competency when expanding into India.

His deep understanding of sectoral caps, approval routes and compliance requirements helped us mitigate regulatory risks.

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Corporate/M&A: Bengaluru-based
Yashasvi Mohanram
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Yashasvi Mohanram
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Corporate/M&A: Mumbai-based
Karam Daulet-Singh
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Karam Daulet-Singh
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Corporate/M&A: New Delhi-based
Uday Walia
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Uday Walia
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Gaurav Desai
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Gaurav Desai
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