Harsh Pais
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Expertise Based Abroad : Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
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Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Harsh Pais
Practice Areas
Harsh has a broad corporate M&A practice, focussing on large cross-border acquisitions (involving public and private targets), joint ventures and private capital investments, as well as providing strategic advice on corporate governance, securities laws and crisis management.
Harsh advises a wide range of international clients, both large multi-national corporations and private capital (private equity, sovereign wealth and pension funds) across a range of sectors, including regulated industries such as financial services/insurance, infrastructure, and TMT. He also acts for leading Indian corporates on their major outbound M&A matters.
His past experience includes serving as Corporate practice Co-Head at a leading Indian law firm and working at a major international law firm in New York. Harsh is qualified to practise in England & Wales, New York and India.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Harsh Pais of A&O Shearman undertakes large-scale acquisitions and has notable experience in technology sector deals, among other areas. He is based in London.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Harsh is a solid professional with a high degree of expertise, commercial awareness and sophistication. He would be at the top of my list for handling sophisticated and complex M&A mandates."
"Harsh Pais is very knowledgeable and commercially pragmatic."
"Harsh is a solid professional with a high degree of expertise, commercial awareness and sophistication. He would be at the top of my list for handling sophisticated and complex M&A mandates."
"Harsh Pais is very knowledgeable and commercially pragmatic."