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Nallini Puri

UK 2026

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above

London (Firms)

4 years ranked

About

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UK

Practice Areas

Nallini Puri’s practice focuses on cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and franchising transactions. She has advised multinational corporates, private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds on their investments in UK, Europe and India.

Nallini’s recent work includes advising Veolia on its €2.4 billion divestment of the Suez UK waste business, Alstom in its €5.8 to €6.2 billion acquisition of Bombardier Transportation, Schibsted, the majority shareholder of Adevinta, in Adevinta’s $9.2 billion acquisition of eBay Classifieds and McDonald’s Corporation in the $2.08 billion formation of a joint venture with CITIC Limited and Carlyle to act as the franchisee for McDonald’s in China and Hong Kong.

Career

Nallini joined Cleary Gottlieb in 2008 and became a partner in 2018.

Professional Memberships

Senior Courts of England and Wales, New York, and India.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above - London (Firms)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Nallini Puri is recognised for her work with high-profile clients in large-scale, cross-border transactions and investments. She is qualified to practise law in the US and India, as well as the UK.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Nallini is a pleasure to deal with. She is highly responsive and committed to her clients.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
She is an excellent M&A attorney and a leader of the team.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Nallini Puri is great.
Corporate/M&A: £800 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession