GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - India
PM Deviah of Everstone Capital Advisors.
Bangalore-based PM Devaiah is Vice Chairman and Group General Counsel at Everstone Group, joining in 2007. Devaiah holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Mysore. Prior to joining the company, he was General Counsel at ICICI Ven-ture and previously Head of Legal at both The Carlyle Group and BPL Cellular. He has also held roles at Tata Projects and Hindustan Unilever. He has over 25 years of experience across a variety of industries and he brings this to bear, managing the company’s legal team, structuring complex deals and advising buyout companies on compliance as well as chairing Everstone Group’s risk committee.
The company has undertaken several major transactions in the past few years conducting buy-outs deals, minority investments, as well as assisting several portfolio companies with their public listings, including IndoStar Capital Finance in 2017 and S. Chand and Co. in 2018. More recently, the company has been involved in the upcoming IPO of Burger King India, with interviewees attesting to the “very important work” that Devaiah has been involved in.