Akanksha Tiwary

Akanksha Tiwary

Associate Partner

1701, One World Centre, Floor 17, Tower 2B, 841, Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai – 400013, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Labour and Employment
  • Private Clients

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • FMCG
  • Education

Education

  • BSL-LL.B

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Experience

Advising clients in various capital market transactions including public sector undertakings in listing of their equity shares on the stock exchanges, offer for sale, qualified institutional placements, etc.

Advising large multinational and domestic clients on various corporate and commercial matters including structuring, documenting and negotiating complex commercial transactions, more particularly those relating to acquisitions, corporate restructuring, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other similar transactions.

Advising large domestic and foreign private equity funds in various types of transactions viz. minority, control or acquisition transactions and advising them on exits to strategic or other financial investors. Advice and documentation pertaining to slump sale.

Advising clients in connection with various employment related queries and drafting and finalizing employment agreements in relation to the same.

Rendering general corporate advisory services to clients in connection with a host of corporate laws including company law, securities law, exchange control regulations, takeover regulations, and competition law.

Advising clients in relation to prevention of sexual harassment at workplace and the statutory compliances thereof.

Serving as an external member on the Internal Complaints Committees of various organizations. Conducting trainings on prevention of sexual harassment for domestic clients from time to time.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Fund Raise by OneSource Specialty Pharma Limited (former name Stelis Biopharma Limited) – Advised and Assisted OneSource Specialty Pharma Limited, formerly known as Stelis Biopharma Limited in its pre-listing fundraise of approximately INR 8,010,000,000 at a pre-money equity value of USD 1,650,000,000 (United States Dollars One Billion Six Hundred and Fifty Million) from various marquee investors including domestic and foreign institutional investors, and family offices led by HBM Healthcare Investments and associated investors, with additional participation from White Oak Capital, Param Capital, Motilal Oswal, Enam Holdings and SBI Life Insurance Company Limited.
  • Fund raise by Entropik Technologies Private Limited – Advised and assisted Entropik Technologies Private Limited (“Entropik” or “Company”) in relation to raising capital from existing and new investors (“Primary Transaction”) and the sale of shares from existing shareholders to the investors (“Secondary Transaction”) for an aggregate consideration of approximately USD 25 million. Entropik is a leading AI-powered integrated market research company, founded in 2016. They enable research, marketing, and product teams to move towards a more continuous, collaborative, agile, and scalable way to capture user feedback by democratizing research and insights data across the organization.
  • Business Transfer of Stelis Biopharma – Advised and assisted Stelis Biopharma Limited (“Stelis”) in relation to sale of business and operations pertaining to Unit III of Stelis, including the Factory and the Solvent Yard (“Facility”), by way of slump sale, to Syngene International Limited, a subsidiary of Biocon Limited.
  • Acquisition of control of Maxamtech Digital Ventures Private Limited – Advised and assisted QYOU Media Inc. in relation to the acquisition of 51% (fifty-one percent) shareholding of Maxamtech Digital Ventures Private Limited. QYOU operates as a media company and produces and distributes content created by social media influencers, artists, and digital content creators on television networks, satellite television, over-the-top media, and mobile platforms. QYOU manages influencer marketing campaigns for major film studios and key household brands.
  • Sale of RoomsXML Solutions Private Limited – Advised and assisted RoomsXML Solutions Private Limited (“RSL”), and the promoters of RSL in relation to a tranche wise sale of their entire stake in RSL to Go Global Travel Limited. RSL uses a custom-built technology to provide travel agents and other trade customers with the ability to search and book hotels and thus, are engaged in the business of providing travel related services and encompassing the provisions of tools and systems for hotel search and reservations through online platform. RSL has three subsidiaries namely (i) Key Resorts International DMCC in United Arab Emirates; (ii) Websource Pacific Pty Limited in Australia; and (iii) Stuba New Zealand Limited in New Zealand.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by Legal500 Asia-Pacific.
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