Gautam Saha leads the team at Talwar Thakore & Associates and provides ‘sound judgment’ on cross-border equity financing and private equity investments across the telecoms, infrastructure, financial services and healthcare sectors. Sachin Mehta is noted for his expertise in the telecoms and technology arenas, Amrita Patnaik focuses on private equity and venture capital investments, with experience in handling domestic and cross-border equity transactions. The team 'offers a strong combination of knowledge with a pragmatic and commercial approach'.
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- 'The team offers a strong combination of knowledge with a pragmatic and commercial approach. They have a good understanding of the priorities and objectives of foreign institutional, private equity and venture capital investors.'
Key clients
- WestBridge Capital
- Sequoia
- Courtside Ventures
- A91 emerging Fund II
- KNI India AS
- National Infrastructure and Investment
- Asian Development Bank Ventures
- Asia Debt Management Hong Kong Limited
- International Finance Corporation ("IFC")
- Treeline Investment Management
- Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. and Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique (PROPARCO) S.A
- I Squared Capital
- Brookfield
- Asian Development Bank
Work highlights
- Advised (i) WestBridge AIF I along with co-investors MMPL Trust and Konark Trust (“WestBridge Capital”); (ii) Info Edge (India) Limited (“Info Edge”); (iii) Asha Edu Tech LLP along with JM Financial & Investment Consultancy Services Private Limited (“Asha”) in consolidation of their stake in the Metis Eduventures Private Limited through preferential allotment of Series B Preference Shares.
- Advised National Investment and Infrastructure Fund in primary equity investment of INR 6.31 billion in the form of Compulsory Convertible Debentures in GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle to run and operate the new Goa airport.
- Advised A91 Emerging Fund II LLP (“A91”) in connection with its investment into Muhavra Enterprises Private Limited, a speciality coffee brand startup which principally operates under the popular brand name “Blue Tokai”. A91 acted as the lead investor in the $30 Mn Series B funding round of the Company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gautam Saha