Platinum Partners

Areas of Practice

Notable Deals

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company on the sale of a majority stake in the equity share capital of Mphasis Limited, an Indian listed company, to the Blackstone Group.
• British drinks giant Diageo on its acquisition of Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits Limited.
• Novartis AG in connection with the Indian legal and regulatory aspects of its acquisitions and sale of businesses, namely, the sale by Novartis of its vaccines business to GlaxoSmithKline plc, the sale by GlaxoSmithKline plc of its oncology business to Novartis and the creation of a joint venture between GSK and Novartis for the consumer health business.
• Danone in connection with its acquisition of the nutrition business of Wockhardt Group, an Indian pharmaceutical major, for a reported consideration of about €250 million.
• Private equity investor Blackstone in connection with acquisition of a part of the business processing outsourcing business of Serco Group plc, a UK listed company.
• Essar on the sale of its BPO subsidiary Aegis to Capital Square Partners.
• Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim on getting Competition Commission of India approval for its $25bn asset swap deal with Sanofi.

  Rankings & Awards

The Firm

• Band 2 in Corporate/M&A, Band 2 in Private Equity, and Band 4 in Competition / Antitrust by Chambers and Partners.
• Band 2 in Corporate & Commercial and Projects by Chamber Practice.
• Rank 16 in Q1 2017 M&A league tables by Mergermarket.
• Ranked by IFLR in the M&A, Private Equity and Infrastructure practice areas.
• Rank 16 in Top Indian Law Firms by RSG Consulting.

  Individual Lawyers

• Karam Daulet-Singh – Band 1 in Corporate/M&A and Band 4 in Projects by Chambers & Partners.
• Ankit Majmudar - Band 1 in Corporate/ M&A and Band 1 in Private Equity by Chambers & Partners; 'Rising Stars' by RSG Consulting.
• Anuj Bhatia – Band 4 in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.
• Gautam Bhat – 'Rising Stars' by RSG Consulting.
• Yashasvi Mohanram – 'Up and Coming' in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.
• Gaurav Desai – 'Up and Coming' in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.