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 specialization in the pharmaceutical/healthcare sector, the information technology sector and the banking & financial 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 been endorsed as a ‘notable practitioner’ for financial and corporate laws by The International Financial Law Review 1000 from 2018-2022 and has been designated as ‘highly regarded’ practitioner in 2023. He has featured as one of the Top 100 lawyers in India in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist for 2021, 2022 and 2023.  Abhishek has also been ranked as one of the ‘Top 10 M&A lawyers in India’ league table by MergerLinks, 2022.

Many of Abhishek’s transactions have been recognised as notable M&A deals of the year by various international publications like Asian Legal Business and Indian Business Law Journal. Abhishek’s clients include Carlyle Group, OMERS, OTPP, Blackstone Group, General Atlantic, Orchid Asia Group, Leeds Equity Partner, 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, OTPP in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Kogta Financial (India) 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 and advising OMERS in relation to the acquisition of a minority stake in The National Stock Exchange of India Limited from Goldman Sachs and General Atlantic.

Abhishek is part of multiple executive committees in the Firm leading in HR, business development, strategy planning and other diverse firm building initiatives.

Select Experience Statement

Mergers & Acquisitions, Private equity investments

• Advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Kogta Financial (India) Limited.
• Advised Carlyle in the acquisition of a minority stake in Yes Bank Limited as a part of the USD 1 billion fund rasing round – which is the 2nd largest private equity investment in the Indian banking sector.
• Advised General Atlantic in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in ASG Hospital Private Limited in one of the largest private equity investments in the eye care sector in India.
• Advised Carlyle in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Hexaware Limited – which is one of the largest PE -PE buyouts in Asia (ex-infrastructure sector).
• Advised Bain Capital in the buyout of Impact HD.

A detailed experience statement can be shared on a confidential basis.

Professional Memberships

• Bar Council of India

Education

• B.A. LL.B, (Hons), National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata