Rohan Jain is a Partner with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. His primary areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions (both cross-border and domestic transactions), joint ventures, private equity investments across various sectors including technology, hospitality, real estate, automobile, insurance, manufacturing, infrastructure, retail and logistics.

He also advises various Indian (listed and unlisted) and foreign corporates, PSUs and HNIs on business structuring, foreign direct investments, company law advisory (such as company formation and closure, shareholders dispute, oppression and mismanagement etc.), and various other allied general corporate, regulatory, corporate governance and commercial matters. He has also been advising the lenders and resolution professionals under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 with respect to corporate strategy and implementation related aspects.

Rohan has been advising on many high value and innovative deals which includes advising com International Limited (China’s largest online travel agency), from an Indian law perspective, in relation to acquisition of shares of MakeMyTrip by Ctrip.com from Naspers for USD 1.46 billion (amongst the annual list of landmark India-related deals of 2019 by the India Business Law Journal).

He has worked with government organizations and ministries on various policy issues including the Companies Act and other regulatory/legal enactments. He recent engagement includes working with the Company Law Committee constituted to review decriminalization of offences under the Companies Act, 2013 headed by Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.

• Advised ITC Infotech India Limited in 100% acquisition of Blazeclan Technologies Private Limited.
• Advised GVR Infra Projects Limited in sale of 50% stake in GVR Ashoka Chennai ORR Limited to Ashoka Buildcon Limited.
• Advised EDME (part of Samara Capital) in 100% acquisition of Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Limited.
• Advised Netcore Cloud Private Limited in 100% acquisition of UNBXD Software Private Limited.
• Advised Sabyasachi Mukherjee in sale of 51% stake of Sabyasachi Couture to Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited.

• Advised South Asia Growth Fund II Holdings LLC in their investment in SS Supply Chain Solutions Private Limited.
• Advised Blackstone in relation to a proposed acquisition of real estate assets.
• Advised Brookfield in relation to acquisition of assets of Unitech Group.
• Advised Anand Group in their joint venture with Headspring Japan for developing design capabilities in power electronics.
• Advised Reall Ltd. UK in relation to (i) their investment in Syntellect India Private Limited; and (ii) debt funding in affordable housing projects in India.
• Advised Mountania (Oyo and Soft Bank Group Joint Venture) in relation to acquisition of 4 star and 5 star hotels pan India.
• Advised Future Group in relation to the acquisition of fabfurnish.com
• Advised J.K. Papers Ltd. in acquisition of Sirpur Paper Mills.
• Advised Bhushan Power & Steel Limited with respect to their acquisition by JSW Steel Limited, in terms of the resolution plan.
• Advised Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited with respect to their acquisition by Vedanta Group (through its affiliate), in terms of the resolution plan.

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

Professional Memberships

• Bar Council of India

Education

• B. Com., LL.B. (Hons), Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
• Company Secretary, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi