Desai & Diwanji

Private equity, venture capital and start-ups Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets

• Partner
• Co-chair, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Start-ups Practice Group

Apurva Diwanji has been with the firm for over 21 years. He specialises in M&A, international capital markets, co-investments, PE, and joint ventures. He has advised on a variety of transnational and cross border transactions, sale/acquisition of existing Indian companies, GDR/FCCB and QIB issues.

Apurva has also advised on all types of M&A transactions, including mergers and amalgamations, asset and business purchases and sales, securities sales and purchases, tender offers, buy-outs, joint ventures and strategic buyouts. He advises on the full spectrum of such matters including corporate governance issues, transaction structuring, anti-trust and competition laws, FDI and FEMA issues, SEBI and DIP guidelines, and has advised on transactions across various industry sectors.

English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi

England & Wales, 1997 Maharastra & Goa, 1994

University of Cambridge, MA (Law), 1993 University of Mumbai, BA (Economics), 1987