DSK Legal
DSK Legal acts for private equity managers and limited partners in the establishment of alternative investment funds, as well as advising domestic and foreign venture capital funds across various jurisdictions, including India and Mauritius. Managing partner Anand Desai leads the team and advises on private equity and hedge fund transactions, in addition to disputes arising between funds and investee companies. Sharath Chandrasekhar acts for startups and investment funds across the banking, hospitality and fintech sectors on transaction structuring mandates, while Aninda Pal handles a range of domestic and cross-border private equity and venture capital deals. Other key contacts in the group include Aparajit Bhattacharya, Hemang Parekh and Ajay Shaw and Harvinder Singh.
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Key clients
- Dynamic India Fund S4 US I, India Advantage Fund S4 I and India Advantage Fund S5 I
- Axis Trustee Services Limited through its investment manager, Siana Capital Management LLP
- Aquaexchange Agritech Private Limited
- Mimansa Industries Private Limited and its founders Sneh Jain and Aditi Handa
- Infifresh Foods Private Limited and its Founder, Mr. Utham Swamygowda
- HDFC Capital Advisors Limited
- Deep Science India Fund
- HealthQuad Fund II
- Artha Venture Fund I
- Staqu Technologies Private Limited
- Gajju Technologies Private Limited
- Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company Limited
- QuNu Labs Private Limited
- CapitaLand Group (Ascendas)
- Neuberger Berman, USA
- Kois Holdings
- Cybercity Builders & Developers Private Limited
- ICICI Bank Limited
- MV Opportunities India Limited (part of CM Ventures)
- Satsure Analytics India Private Limited
- Entropik Technologies Private Limited
Work highlights
- Acted as the legal advisor for Dynamic India Fund S4 US I, India Advantage Fund S4 I and India Advantage Fund S5 I (funds managed by ICICI Venture), for their primary investment into Cello World Private Limited for a minority stake of about 8% (on fully diluted basis) by subscribing to compulsory convertible preference shares issued by Cello, in multiple tranches.
- Advised Infifresh Foods Private Limited and its Founder, Mr. Utham Swamygowda in relation to their Series C – Tranche 2 Round from Evolvence India Fund IV Ltd.
- Advised HealthQuad Fund II in relation to its primary and secondary investment in the Series A funding round of GoApptiv Private Limited along with Cipla Limited as a co-investor, wherein Cipla is an existing investor in the Company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anand Desai