Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Global Guide 2024 : India
Band 3
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Touchstone Partners
The firm’s experience in advising its strategic clients spans the entire breadth of corporate M&A transactions - greenfield/brownfield investments, complete buyouts/minority stake purchases, public/private M&A, mergers, joint ventures and exits - and across a variety of sectors, including the consumer goods, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceutical and technology industries.
Work Highlights:
- A leading GCC sovereign wealth fund in connection with its investment in residential real estate focused Kotak’s Real Estate Fund (IFSC) in GIFT city.
- A leading GCC sovereign wealth fund on its acquisition of a 10% stake in HDFC Capital Advisors Limited from HDFC Limited.
- Investcorp in connection with its proposed investment in the Global Dental Services Limited group as part of its Series D round of financing, led by Investcorp.
- Constantia Flexibles in connection with its proposed joint venture with Premji Invest. and SB Packagings.
- GEF Capital Partners in the first major overseas listing of an Indian company, ReNew Power, via the SPAC route.
- United Spirits Limited on the sale / franchise of certain brands in the ‘Popular’ segment to Inbrew Beverages Private Limited.
· Huntsman Corporation on the sale of its textile effects division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners.
- BP on several matters, including its fuel retail and mobility joint venture in India with Reliance Industries Limited.
Chambers Review
Touchstone Partners possesses an accomplished group of lawyers in India, specialised in handling strategic M&A and joint ventures on behalf of renowned multinational clients from the energy, logistics, technology and education industries. The firm draws on its extensive international experience to ably support prestigious international law firms on high-profile matters. Other clients include noted names from Europe, Asia and North America. Clients include NDTV, Diageo and Tencent. The firm is present in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.
Work Highlights
- Touchstone Partners advised Tencent Holdings on the restructuring of the PhonePe group, in which the client held a significant minority stake.
Strengths
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"Touchstone has been great at providing actionable advice. Touchstone provides a level of client service that is unique."
"Touchstone brings a healthy mix of sophistication and pragmatism to discussions, which is very helpful."
"Touchstone has been great at providing actionable advice. Touchstone provides a level of client service that is unique."
"Touchstone brings a healthy mix of sophistication and pragmatism to discussions, which is very helpful."
Notable Practitioners
Karam Daulet-Singh in Mumbai is qualified to practise in both India and the UK. He is heavily focused on advising international companies on their India-based operations and highly valued for his broad experience, which includes cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures.
Yashasvi Mohanram in Bengaluru has private sector experience and a large international client base. He handles investments and provides advice on corporate matters.
Uday Walia advises companies on M&A in a variety of sectors, including education and manufacturing. Based in New Delhi, he is qualified in England and India and has experience from working abroad.
Gaurav Desai in New Delhi is well regarded by market sources. He has experience acting on a variety of different corporate deals from acquisitions to divestment operations.
Ranked Lawyers at
Touchstone Partners
India
Members
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Anuj Bhatia
Gaurav Desai
Head of Department
Yashasvi Mohanram
Clients
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BP plc (United Kingdom)
Diageo plc (United Kingdom)
General Dynamics (USA)
London Stock Exchange (United Kingdom)
Novartis AG (Switzerland)
Solvay S.A. (Belgium)
The WPP Group (United Kingdom)
Wellington Management Hong Kong Ltd (Hong Kong)
Industries
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Aerospace & Defence
Consumer Goods
Education
Energy
Financial Services
Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Insurance
Media
Software & Computer Services
Technology, Hardware & Electronics
Telecommunications