Pooja Khanna

Pooja Khanna

Associate Partner

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

Key Practice Areas

  • Private Equity
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate and Commercial Laws
  • General Corporate Advisory

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Hospitality & Logistics
  • Startups
  • Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
  • Education

Education

  • Com (H), Delhi University
  • B.A. LL.B, Faculty of Law, Delhi University (Class of 2013)

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Delhi

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Experience

Pooja is a part of the firm’s general corporate practice group. Her broad areas of expertise are venture capital transactions, private equity and mergers and acquisition in various sectors including investments in hospitality, healthcare, startups, education, logistics, etc.

She has advised various offshore and domestic funds as well as Indian companies including startups on private equity, M&A, joint ventures, structuring, corporate governance, commercial laws and regulatory compliance, with particular focus on investments including FDI investments in education, healthcare, artificial intelligence driven sectors and other allied sectors. Her practice is also focused on all forms of commercial arrangements/contracts pertaining to the hospitality sector.

She actively advises clients on conducting legal due diligence and formulating, negotiating, amending and implementing contracts relating to private equity investments, strategic acquisitions, business transfers, raising of debt, and joint ventures i.e. investment agreements, shareholders agreements, share subscription agreements, share purchase agreements, business transfer agreements, asset purchase agreements and agreements ancillary to such transactions including trademark license agreements, employment agreements and loan agreements. She also advises clients on formulating, negotiating and finalizing hotel management agreements pertaining to the hospitality sector.

She graduated from Faculty of Law, Delhi in the year 2013.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Advised Regency Hospital Limited, in relation to investment by Norwest Capital, LLC. by way of issuance of securities in the form of compulsorily convertible preference shares.
  • Advised entities forming part of the Witty Group of Institutions and its founders, Dr. Vinay Jain and Dr. Raina Jain, operating leading ranked schools in Mumbai and Rajasthan, in relation to entering into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation, world’s most awarded network of eminent international schools for an amount of Rs. 700 Cores.
  • Advised Lokmanya Hospitals Private Limited and its founders, Dr. Narendra Vaidya and Dr. Meetali Vaidya, for the primary investment by Unaprime Healthcare LLP and its founders and for the acquisition of entire shareholding of TATA Capital Healthcare Fund I and BETA TC Holdings PTE Limited held in Lokmanya Hospitals Private Limited.
  • Advised Lagom Labs Private Limited in relation to debt structuring by way of issuance of convertible notes.
  • Advised Orbis Trusteeship Services Private Limited, in its capacity as the sole trustee of DSIF II, and acting through its investment manager, Siana Capital Management LLP, in relation to its investments in multiple technology driven startups engaged in sectors of artificial intelligence, agriculture, insurance, electric vehicles and water distribution systems.
  • Advised Allcargo Logistics Group in relation to the conduct of the legal due diligence of the various entities forming part of the Allcargo Logistics Group and identifying major legal key issues.