Corporate/M&A: The Elite - India
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
TT&A's legal team in India advises major banks and national and international clients from the insurance, finance, technology and pharmaceutical sectors on strategic M&A, joint ventures, foreign investments, asset transfers and corporate advisory matters. The team is well placed to assist and collaborate in large-scale global transactions through its international relationships. The firm operates especially from Mumbai and New Delhi.
Strengths
They are extremely customer-centric, going above and beyond to support us. They were always available and took a leadership position in solving legal road blocks.
The team has a good understanding of the client's demands, is no-nonsense and the advice is always helpful.
What made TT&A stand out was their business sophistication and savviness. There was never an issue. They were so easy to work with and we achieved all our goals with no friction.
Work Highlights
TT&A advised American Tower Corporation on the sale of 100% of its interests in ATC Telecom Infrastructure to Data Infrastructure Trust, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management.
Notable practitioners
Gautam Saha is based in the New Delhi office. He elicits widespread praise from market observers and is known for handling large cross-border M&A in a range of sectors. He regularly represents Indian conglomerates.
His deep experience and clarity of thought helped us immensely.
One of the best attorneys I have ever worked with.
Kunal Thakore is a highly active lawyer in this area, overseeing sales, acquisitions, share reductions, joint ventures and other relevant matters. Based in Mumbai, he maintains a solid profile within the market for cross-border and domestic work.
Kunal is highly experienced and has the ability to break down complex matters into simpler items to solve.
He is very good at managing relationships and is well aware of the market.
Deepa Christopher is well-versed in insurance M&A transactions and often advises life and non-life insurers on joint ventures, acquisitions and investments.
Deepa is a very technical lawyer with a great commercial acumen. She is always responsive and easy to work with.
Deepa is very comparable with international lawyers and can handle tricky questions. She engages with the regulator well, on a one-to-one level.
Deepa is an expert negotiator of complex transactions. She takes a pragmatic approach and can successfully represent the company's position on difficult topics.
Feroz Dubash is a partner in the Mumbai office of TT&A. His advice spans transactional and regulatory issues, acquisitions and corporate restructurings.
I think he is client-oriented and understands how corporate works. He has a very pragmatic approach and solutions.
