Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
1

Band 1

Real Estate: Mumbai-based

India

12 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Investment Funds

India

4 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Sai Krishna Bharathan

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Sai is a Partner in the Corporate practice, with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, investment funds and private equity.

His transactional experience includes several share and asset acquisitions, debt and equity investments, joint ventures and the formation of investment funds and platforms.

Sai has advised on market-leading transactions in the real estate and allied sectors. This includes equity and debt transactions across residential, commercial office, warehousing and logistics, hospitality, data centres and other allied sectors. He has been a part of some of the largest acquisitions and divestment transactions in this space in India. Sai has also advised foreign sovereign and pension funds on their investments in the Indian infrastructure space, including investments in the renewables space, airports, and other infrastructure sectors.

Due to his significant experience, Sai is widely acknowledged as one of the market leaders in foreign investment and joint ventures in the above sectors. In the course of his practice, Sai regularly advises on foreign investment, securities, and corporate regulatory matters and in the structuring of complex transactions in the above sectors.

Sai has represented clients including Actis, ADIA, Ascendas-Firstspace, CapitaLand, CPPIB, ESR, GIC Singapore, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Keppel Land, Mapletree, Morgan Stanley Real Estate, RMZ Corp, and Shapoorji Pallonji Group on their transactions in India.

Career

RECOGNITION

Notable Practitioner for Real Estate acquisitions (2019-2021) and for Investment funds (2021) by IFLR1000

Recommended for Investment Funds and Real Estate by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

Recognised as ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ for Investment Funds, Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate (2020) and as ‘Leading Lawyer’ for Construction & Real Estate and Project & Infrastructure (2016, 2018 & 2019) and for Private Equity (2016-2017) by Asia Law Profiles

Professional Memberships

Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Chambers Review

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Asia-Pacific

Real Estate: Mumbai-based - India
1
Band 1

Sai Krishna Bharathan is based in Mumbai and is recognised for his work representing large funds and developers, as they structure their transactions and commercial agreements in the real estate space.


Investment Funds - India
2
Band 2

Sai Krishna Bharathan is based in Trilegal's Mumbai office. He handles fund formation, particularly in the real estate sector. His clients include sovereign wealth funds and private equity houses.

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