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About
Provided by Vikram Raghani
Practice Areas
Vikram is the Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice at JSA. His areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions, private equity and securities laws (including capital markets). He has been involved in private equity and mergers & acquisitions transactions also focusing on public market investments and M&A.
Vikram has advised clients across practices and industries and have been part of some of the most innovative and headline private equity and merger and acquisitions in India. He has delivered the most innovative, focussed and efficient strategies to culminate some of the most complex, structured and massive M&A private equity deals across various industries. He has advised advise some of the largest private equity and sovereign wealth funds in the world on their minority investments and buyout transactions in India. We have represented buyers and sellers of both private and public companies across many industries and at every stage of the investment cycle.
Career
He has been in the legal profession for 17 years.
Professional Memberships
• Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
• Bombay Incorporated Law Society
Personal
Vikram has been ranked consistently from 2013 as an outstanding lawyer and has been identified as a key figure for JSAs PE practice. He is recommended for M&A and PE transactions by Asia Law Profiles, Leaders League and RSG Consulting. IBLJ categorised Hexaware’s delisting - handled by Vikram as a Landmark India Deal.
A leading fund manager is quoted “Vikram Raghani and his team, as practical, providing sound advice, having great attention to detail, extremely professional, hardworking …committed; very client centric, never faced any issues with them in the past decade. I would strongly recommend the firm to other PE funds, my portfolio and others who seek references on law firms.”
Clients have described him as a “safe pair of hands” when dealing with difficult complex transactions. He has also been described as “responsive”, “aware of client’s needs” and “commercially aware”. One client recommends him for his “commercial approach in negotiations” - RSG India Report, 2017.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Vikram Raghani is a partner in JSA's Mumbai office. He is entrusted by international private equity funds on investments in the technology, healthcare and financial services sectors, among others.
Vikram Raghani in Mumbai is recognised for his work in the M&A field including on significant investments and sales of equity. He is active in sectors such as technology and telecoms.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Vikram has been an exceptional problem-solver, and is very transaction and outcome-focussed."
"Vikram is a very client-aware lawyer, with a high degree of service orientation and strong legal and technical comprehension of issues."
"Vikram is a sophisticated, commercially-smart and highly-responsive legal professional."
"Vikram is a real pleasure to work with. His domain knowledge, understanding of issues, prioritisation of important issues and ability to find solutions to the issue at hand is excellent."
"He has the expertise to handle complex and challenging situations and provide timely support."
"Vikram has been an exceptional problem-solver, and is very transaction and outcome-focussed."
"Vikram is a very client-aware lawyer, with a high degree of service orientation and strong legal and technical comprehension of issues."
"Vikram is a sophisticated, commercially-smart and highly-responsive legal professional."
"Vikram is a real pleasure to work with. His domain knowledge, understanding of issues, prioritisation of important issues and ability to find solutions to the issue at hand is excellent."
"He has the expertise to handle complex and challenging situations and provide timely support."