Entrusted by financial sponsors, Indian corporates and commercial banks, among other clients, Sidley Austin LLP's wide-ranging practice spans a litany of sectors, from tech and life sciences to retail and consumer products. Core streams of work include, but are not limited to capital markets, white collar investigations and tech mandates. Manoj Bhargava, who spearheads the group, handles a significant volume of equity and rights offerings and possesses considerable experience across fintech, real estate and manufacturing sectors. Parthiv Rishi is particularly strong in the private equity space, able to manage a variety of investments.
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Key clients
- Macrotech Developers
- Brookfield India Real Estate Trust
- Medi Assist Healthcare Services
- Axis Capital
- BofA Securities India
- Citigroup Global Markets India
- ICICI Securities
- Jefferies India
- J.P. Morgan India
- Kotak Mahindra Capital
Work highlights
- Acted as international counsel to the lead managers, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, Axis Capital Limited, IIFL Securities Limited, Jefferies India Private Limited, and J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, in connection with the INR43bn (approximately $530m) initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares of Mankind Pharma Limited (Mankind) pursuant to Section 4(a) and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
- Advised Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with approximately $57.1bn of assets under management, on its $650m strategic, preferred investment into Singapore-based AGP Sustainable Real Assets (AGP), a global infrastructure and real assets developer and operator.
- Represented the underwriters, Axis Capital, Jefferies, and SBI Capital, in connection with the $2.15bn follow-on public offering of equity shares of Vodafone Idea Limited, India’s third largest telecommunications service provider. This marks India’s largest ever follow-on public offering of equity shares.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Manoj Bhargava