Yaman Verma
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Yaman Verma
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Yaman Verma is a Partner in the Competition Law Practice, with over 11 years’ experience. He has been involved in numerous significant enforcement and merger control cases, with a special focus on e-commerce and digital markets.
Career
He has extensively advised on Indian competition clearance for complex multi-jurisdictional mergers, including Microsoft/Nokia, GSK/Novartis, Pfizer/Allergan, Dow/Dupont, Agrium/Potashcorp, Siemens/Alstom, Fiat/Peugeot, and Linde/Praxair, as well as secured clearance for some of India’s largest M&A transactions, including Vodafone/Idea, Walmart/Flipkart, and Facebook/Jio. He also advises several private equity firms on their minority stake acquisitions. On the enforcement front, he successfully defended Microsoft, WhatsApp, and Flipkart against abuse of dominance complaints, represented Matrimony.com in its successful complaint against Google, and secured a 100% waiver of penalty for Globecast Asia in its cartel leniency application.
Professional Memberships
Bar Council of India, Bar Council of Delhi
Publications
He regularly contributes to competition law publications and has co-authored India chapters for GCR, “Getting the Deal Through”, as well as for PLC.
Personal
Yaman holds a B.A. LL.B, (Hons.) from National Law School of India University, where he also conducts an elective course on competition law.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Yaman Verma in Delhi has experience advising on merger control as well as investigations into abuse of dominance.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yaman coordinates large teams efficiently to deliver top-notch results. He has a deep and thorough knowledge of the regulatory landscape and laws."
"He has a deep technical understanding of competition law, and is able to layer his commercial understanding on top of that to explain the legal nuances to business teams."
"Yaman coordinates large teams efficiently to deliver top-notch results. He has a deep and thorough knowledge of the regulatory landscape and laws."
"He has a deep technical understanding of competition law, and is able to layer his commercial understanding on top of that to explain the legal nuances to business teams."
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