Well regarded for its complex M&A capabilities, 'phenomenal' Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is well-versed in high-stakes corporate transactions and consistently undertakes a varied multitude of legal and regulatory mandates across the industries of healthcare and pharma, e-commerce and energy to name a few. The team continues to onboard an increasing amount of distressed asset M&A, corporate governance and AI issues. Mumbai-based managing partner and banking and financial regulatory proceedings expert Cyril Shroff, Bangalore-based real estate, retail and e-commerce expert Reeba Chacko and Nivedita Rao, who principally focuses on M&A and court-based restructuring, and Noida's Akila Agrawal, who is highly experienced in private equity, M&A and general corporate law, jointly spearhead the group. Other names to note include public M&A expert Shishir Jose Vayttaden and Ramgovind Kuruppath, who bolsters the practice with his experience in handling domestic and cross-border M&A.

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  • ‘The team's expertise is phenomenal.’

Key clients

  • IDFC Limited and IDFC Financial Holding Company Limited
  • L&T Finance Holdings Limited
  • UBS Group AG
  • Madison Dearborn Partners
  • IndInfravit Trust
  • Aster DM Healthcare
  • Viacom 18 Media
  • Blackstone Advisors
  • Wipro
  • Zurich Insurance Company
  • Ambuja Cements
  • Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
  • Garagepreneurs Internet/ Slice
  • AUO Corporation
  • Adani Green Energy
  • Renew Power
  • Highways Infrastructure Trust
  • Greenko Group

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Practice head

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Cyril Shroff, Reeba Chacko, Nivedita Rao, Akila Agrawal

Other key lawyers

Shishir Jose Vayttaden, Ramgovind Kuruppath, Anchal Dhir, Anu Tiwari