Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
Akshay is a Managing Partner at the Firm based out of Mumbai. He specialises in M&A, PE and General Corporate and Commercial laws. He has advised on various marquee transactions including one of the largest PE acquisitions of a strategic stake in PRL Developers by Warburg Pincus; Brookfield’s acquisition of Hotel Leelaventures, and Blackstone’s acquisition of stake in commercial/ office space real estate portfolio of the K Raheja Corp Group, amongst others.
Career
Akshay has been practicing law since 1994. He completed LL.B from London School of Economics, University of London, and B.A. (Economics) from University of Bombay.
Professional Memberships
Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, Bombay Bar Association, International Bar Association, Inter - Pacific Bar Association, Entrepreneurs Organisation, Law Society (England & Wales), American Bar Association (Associate Member)
Personal
Akshay has been ranked: in RSG Consulting for over 5 years; in the “A-list of India’s top 100 lawyers” by India Business Law Journal for 3 consecutive years; as a “Distinguished Practitioner” for Corporate/M&A and Real Estate by Asialaw Profiles, 2020; and “Highly Regarded Lawyer” by IFLR, 2018-20 for Investment funds, Private Equity, M&A and Real Estate acquisitions.