Acting on behalf of global Fortune 500 & 100 companies alongside major domestic companies, Kochhar & Co. handles contentious and non-contentious corporate restructurings as part of its M&A offering. With a team of experts specialising in managing corporate transactions across the energy, technology, and pharma sectors, the group is highly regarded for its advice on regulatory compliance and competition clearance. The New Delhi-based head Rohit Kochhar has vast experience of structuring complex deals, whilst Chandrasekhar Tampi focuses on capital market issues. In Bengaluru, Suhas Srinivasiah regularly assists with join ventures, and from Mumbai, Rajarshi Chakrabarti concentrates on complicated regulatory matters.

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Key clients

  • ASSA ABLOY ESD
  • Axway Software SA
  • Berwind Corporation
  • Carelon Global Solutions India LLP
  • Essar Capital
  • Gas Authority of India (GAIL)
  • Lucent Bio-Green Fuels Limited
  • NashTech Limited
  • Nference, Inc
  • Radiance Renewables Private Limited
  • Renew Power Private Limited (“Renew Power”) and Renew Solar Power Private Limited
  • Ripple Labs Inc
  • Shell India Markets Private Limited
  • Sikich LLP
  • SOL Spa
  • Tonbo Imaging India Private Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised ReNew Power and subsidiaries under its solar power vertical (Renew Solar Power Private Limited and Renew Surya Ojas Private Limited) on an INR 597,00,00,000 joint venture with Petronas Berhad of Malaysia, to jointly invest in a string of ‘next generation’ renewable energy projects in India (hybrid, round the clock, battery storage and green hydrogen solutions.
  • Advising Gas Authority of India (GAIL) on its INR 25,000,000,000 (Rupees Twenty-Five Billion) successful bid for JBF Petrochemicals Limited, a stressed petrochemicals plant in Mangalore, India, acquired from the JBF/Bhagirath Arya Group.
  • Advised SOL Spa on its acquisition of core businesses of Bhuruka Gases Limited, a leading Indian public company engaged in the business of manufacturing gases and renewal energy.

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Practice head

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Rohit Kochhar

Other key lawyers

Suhas Srinivasiah, Pradeep Ratnam, Chandrasekhar Tampi, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Anuj Kaila, Anshuman Sahijpal, Sameena Jahangir