Aparajit Bhattacharya

Aparajit Bhattacharya

Partner

Level 5 – Max House, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi – 110020, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Crisis Management
  • Projects, Energy & Infrastructure

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Power – Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Infrastructure
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
  • Retail

Education

  • B.S.L; Symbiosis Law School
  • LL.B, Symbiosis Law School

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Delhi
  • Delhi High Court Bar Association
  • International Bar Association

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Bengali

Experience

Aparajit is a Partner at DSK Legal and his focus area of practice is Corporate and Securities. He is also a core member of the firm’s Projects, Energy, and Infrastructure practice group, with a specific focus on renewable energy. Recognized as a leading practitioner in India, Aparajit has over 22 years of extensive domestic and international experience, being a trusted counsel to several large multinational and Indian corporates and high net worth individuals/promoters. He has led diverse assignments and transactions in the M&A and Private Equity space and has advised clients on many cross-border transactions that relate to foreign investment in India, outbound investments, entry strategies, M&A, equity investments, joint ventures, management buyouts and corporate restructuring. He has worked across varied segments of commerce and industry, including in industrials/manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, infrastructure and renewable energy, automotives, consumer and retail, as well as e-commerce.

Clients describe Aparajit as “a practitioner with experience across a varied range of different transactions, he is thought to possess effective negotiation skills.” Chambers Asia Pacific 2021. “Extremely prompt & responsive, superb articulation and elocution skills.” Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022. “Aparajit Bhattacharya has extensive knowledge of the law as well as a great understanding of the business implications, which is very relevant for structuring of a transaction. He also brings with him strong negotiating skills. The turnaround time of the team is exceptional.” Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022. “The best Indian lawyer I have met”, and credits him for being professional, practical and trustworthy. India Business Law Journal, The A-List 2020. “Mr. Bhattacharya has proven to be an incredible leader, providing invaluable guidance to organisations across a diverse list of industries, constantly going above and beyond to support clients when it is needed most.” India Business Law Journal, The A-List 2021.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Advised Eternis Fine Chemicals, Eternis UK Limited; and the Promoter/Mariwala Family and related Trusts; as lead counsel, on the acquisition of 100% shareholding of Tennants Fine Chemicals, headquartered at Leek, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom and its wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore and China, from Tennants Consolidated Limited.
  • Advised ReNew (listed on NASDAQ); as lead counsel, in relation to its sale of 100% stake in 300 MW (AC)/433.768 MW (DC) solar power project in the State of Karnataka to Ayana Solar Energy Private Limited.
  • Advised Finar and its promoters, as lead counsel, for the divestment of their entire stake in Finar to Aceto Pharma (India) Private Limited, part of Aceto Corporation.
  • Advised Hero Electronix, part of the Hero Group, as lead counsel, on the acquisition of leading semiconductor engineering services company, Tessolve Semiconductor, which has operations pan-India and across USA, Singapore, Malaysia and several other regions across the globe.
  • Advised ReNew (listed on NASDAQ); as lead counsel, in relation to its US$ 1.35 billion joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Japan, whereby Mitsui has acquired 49% stake in ReNew’s 1,300 MW capacity RTC (round-the-clock) project.
  • Advised i3 Verticals, Inc., as lead counsel, on Indian-leg of its acquisition of a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the motor carrier and motor vehicle markets in the U.S. States and Canada. This is i3’s second largest acquisition to date.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • Leading Lawyer in Chambers Global
  • Leading Lawyer in Chambers Asia-Pacific
  • Leading Individual in Asia-Pacific Legal 500
  • Listed in the Top 100 A-List published by India Business Law Journal for five years in a row, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
  • Dealmakers of Asia 2021 by the Asia Legal Business
  • Distinguished Practitioner in AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Rankings
  • Highly Regarded in IFLR
  • Leading Lawyer Champion by LegalEra
  • Top 100 Lawyers (Above 10 years’ experience) by Forbes India in 2022
  • Top 15 Asia’s hardest-working M&A Partners based on Merger Market’s research in 2017