Sidley Austin LLP
Manoj Bhargava leads Sidley Austin LLP’s India group, which draws on the firm’s broader resources and international reach to provide a full-service offering with a notable emphasis on capital markets, banking and finance, and private equity. Bhargava, in Singapore, leads the capital markets practice and advises on high-value IPOs as well as equity and debt capital markets offerings. Also in the core Singapore team is Parthiv Rishi, who is recommended for his private equity expertise, while Palo Alto’s Andrew Harper has a broad corporate practice with a focus on advising US firms operating in the Indian market.
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Testimonials
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- 'Manoj Bhargava heads this practice. I draw lots of comfort from Manoj. He is solution-oriented and not only identifies problem areas but also tries to find solutions for the problems.'
- 'The team at Sidley are very experienced in India. They know the market well and have a great global network to leverage. They are always responsive and really try to go the extra mile for us.'
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Key clients
- ChrysCapital
- KKR
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Work highlights
- Acted as international counsel to the lead managers in India’s largest IPO in 2023 to date - the INR43bn IPO of equity shares of Mankind Pharma Limited, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in India.
- Represented Kotak Mahindra and Jefferies on the US$430m QIP of equity shares of Macrotech Developers Limited, the first-ever, purely secondary QIP of equity shares in the history of Indian capital markets.
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