Bio

Abhishek Guha is a partner with the Firm in the corporate practice group and specialises in private equity investments and mergers & acquisitions. At the Firm, he works closely on matters pertaining to inbound and outbound mergers & acquisitions and private equity investments with specialisation in the banking and financial sector, pharmaceutical sector, and the information technology sector. He has acted for several private and public companies, banks and financial institutions and financial sponsors. Abhishek has significant experience in mergers & acquisitions involving public listed as well as private companies and has worked extensively in structuring and executing inbound foreign investments into India. He regularly advises several multi-national corporations on compliances with Indian foreign exchange, regulatory and securities regulations. Abhishek has consistently been endorsed as a notable practitioner for financial and corporate laws by The International Financial Law Review 1000 from 2018-2022. He has featured as one of the Top 100 lawyers in India in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist for 2021 and recently again in 2022. Abhishek has also been ranked as one of the ‘Top 10 M&A lawyers in India’ league table by MergerLinks, 2021. Abhishek’s clients include Carlyle Group, OMERS, General Electric Corporation, Blackstone Group, General Atlantic, Novartis AG, Tata Group and Walmart among others. Some of his recent notable deals include advising Carlyle in its acquisition of a minority stake in Yes Bank Limited; General Atlantic in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in ASG Hospital Private Limited, Carlyle in its acquisition of Hexaware Limited, Walmart in the acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart Limited, Axis Bank in its USD 1.8 billion fundraising from Bain Capital and other investors, General Electric Corporation in divesting its stake in the joint venture credit card business with SBI to the Carlyle Group and the State Bank of India.