Platinum Partners

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Platinum Partners
HeadquartersMumbai and New Delhi
No. of offices3
Major practice areasMergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Projects & Infrastructure, Securities Law including delistings, Competition/Anti-Trust, Investigations, Employment Laws
Key peopleKaram Daulet-Singh (New Delhi), Ankit Majmudar (Mumbai & Bangalore) and Yashasvi Mohanram (Bangalore)
Date foundedMay 1, 2008

Platinum Partners is an Indian corporate law firm founded on 1 May 2008. It has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore It currently has around 45 lawyers who are based across the three offices.[1]

Areas of Practice[edit]

The firm specializes in mergers & acquisitions, private equity & venture capital, fund formation, projects & infrastructure, securities law including delistings, competition/anti-trust, employment laws and investigations and advises many large international and domestic clients.[2]

Notable Deals[edit]

Platinum Partners has advised on notable transactions, including:

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company on the sale of a majority stake in the equity share capital of Mphasis Limited, an Indian listed company, to the Blackstone Group.[3]
  • British drinks giant Diageo on its acquisition of Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits Limited.[4]
  • Novartis AG in connection with the Indian legal and regulatory aspects of its acquisitions and sale of businesses, namely, the sale by Novartis of its vaccines business to GlaxoSmithKline plc, the sale by GlaxoSmithKline plc of its oncology business to Novartis and the creation of a joint venture between GSK and Novartis for the consumer health business.[5]
  • Danone in connection with its acquisition of the nutrition business of Wockhardt Group, an Indian pharmaceutical major, for a reported consideration of about €250 million.[6]
  • Private equity investor Blackstone in connection with acquisition of a part of the business processing outsourcing business of Serco Group plc, a UK listed company.[7]
  • Essar on the sale of its BPO subsidiary Aegis to Capital Square Partners.[8]
  • Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim on getting Competition Commission of India (CCI) approval for its $25bn asset swap deal with Sanofi.[9]

Rankings & Awards[edit]

The Firm[edit]

  • Band 2 in Corporate/M&A, Band 2 in Private Equity, and Band 4 in Competition / Anti-trust by Chambers & Partners.[10]
  • Band 2 in Corporate & Commercial and Projects by Chamber Practice.
  • Rank 16 in Q1 2017 M&A league tables by Mergermarket.[11]
  • Ranked by IFLR in the M&A, Private Equity and Infrastructure practice areas.[12]
  • Rank 16 in Top Indian Law Firms by RSG Consulting.[13]

Individual Lawyers[edit]

  • Karam Daulet-Singh – Band 1 in Corporate/M&A and Band 4 in Projects by Chambers & Partners.
  • Ankit Majmudar - Band 1 in Corporate/ M&A and Band 1 in Private Equity by Chambers & Partners; 'Rising Stars' by RSG Consulting.
  • Anuj Bhatia – Band 4 in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.
  • Gautam Bhat – 'Rising Stars' by RSG Consulting.[14][15]
  • Yashasvi Mohanram – 'Up and Coming' in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.
  • Gaurav Desai – 'Up and Coming' in Corporate/M&A by Chambers & Partners.

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