Nikita Goyal
Nikita Goyal is a Partner at the Firm and part of the General Corporate practice group.
With over a decade of experience in the legal and corporate sector, Nikita has provided strategic legal counsel to a broad spectrum of clients, including multinational corporations, private equity firms, venture capitalists, and start-ups. She specializes in handling complex transactions across a variety of industries both domestically and internationally.
Nikita has extensive experience in advising clients on early, growth and late-stage Private Equity & Venture Capital transactions, as well as navigating cross-border and domestic M&A deals. She has worked with a diverse range of sectors, including E-Commerce, Fin-Tech, Information Technology & IT-enabled Services (IT & ITES), Healthcare, Food and Beverage (F&B), Logistics, Hospitality and Agri-Tech.
Her understanding of both Indian and international markets, combined with her practical experience in various sectors, allows her to offer tailored legal solutions that align with the clients’ business objectives and strategic goals.
Beyond transactional work, Nikita provides comprehensive advisory services on a wide range of general corporate matters, including company law, foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, joint ventures, divestments, business transfers and asset purchases. She also advises on financial and strategic investments, exits, corporate and business restructuring, including matters related to dispute settlement.
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- OYO in all its fund-raising deals from Series A1 to Series F, including investors like Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, GCP Capital, SoftBank, Grab, DiDi, Hero and RA Hospitality.
- Blue Tokai in all its fund-raising deals from Series A1 to Series D, including investors like A91 Partners, Verlinvest, 12 Flags, 8i Ventures, Anicut Capital, Deepika Padukone, and its merger with Suchalis and Got Tea.
- Prosus N.V. in their multiple rounds of investment into Vegrow, along with other investors like GIC, Elevation Capital and Lightspeed.
- Jubilant Bhartia Group in its acquisition of substantial minority stake in Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings.
- ShareChat and Moj in relation to multiple rounds of financing, including investors like Temasek, Tiger Global, Twitter, HarbourVest, Moore, Alkeon, Lightspeed, Elevation, IQ and Times group.
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- CX Partners in their investment into portfolio companies like Betterplace and Exotel.
- Elevation Capital (formerly, SAIF Partners) in their multiple primary and secondary transactions in VC funded companies, like The Souled Store, Headfone, Country Delight and Rigi.
- Healthkart in its fund-raising deals from Series E to Series H, involving investors like Sequoia Capital, Sofina, Omidyar, Kae Capital, and investment by Chrys Capital and Motilal Oswal through a secondary transaction.
- Jubilant Foodworks in relation to pre-IPO fundraising of Barbeque Nation.
- Cashify in its various funding rounds involving investors like Olymus, Prosus, New Quest, Paramark and Bessemer.
- Harvest Gold and its founders in its acquisition by Grupo Bimbo Group of Mexico.
- Sirona founders in buying back Sirona from The Good Glamm Group.
- Phoenix Games in its acquisition of PopReach Games India from Ionik.
- Chaayos in its various funding rounds involving investors like Elevation Capital, Tiger Global, Pactolus and Integrated Capital.
- Alight Solutions in its acquisition by Wipro.
- Signzy in its various funding rounds involving investors like Gaja Capital, Stellaris, Kalaari and Vertex.
- Metalbook in its various funding rounds involving investors like Rigel Star, Foundamental and Axilor.
- RLabs in its acquisition by FirstMeridian.
- OneAssist in its Series E fund raise and merger with Techguard.
- Deciml in its various funding rounds involving investors like Jainam Broking and various influencers.
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Professional Memberships
- State Bar Council of Delhi (India)
Education
- B.S.L. LL.B., ILS Law College, Pune
