Sharath Chandrasekhar

Sharath Chandrasekhar

Partner

201, 2nd floor, Prestige Loka, 7/1 & 7/7, Brunton Road, Craig Park Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru – 560025, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Banking and Finance
  • Technology

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Information Technology and Outsourcing
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
  • Aerospace
  • Manufacturing
  • Technology

Education

  • BA. LLB (Hons.)
  • LLM

Professional Memberships

  • Bar Council, Karnataka, India
  • New York State Bar, NY, USA

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada

Experience

Sharath is a lawyer qualified to practice in India and New York, and has an experience of about 20 years. He has advised on a wide range of matters from acquisitions (domestic and cross-border) to structuring transactions in the areas of Corporate M&A, Private Equity and Banking & Finance; and has advised various high-profile clients including large banks, investment funds and large companies as well as start-up companies. Sharath’s incisive ability to handle large and complex transactions has been well regarded by his clients and has become a trusted advisor for his clients.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Advised MV Opportunities India Limited in its various foreign direct investments made into Indian companies.
  • Advised Altran group on the India leg of their acquisition of Aricent (being the second largest corporate acquisition transaction relating to India in 2018).
  • Advised HDFC Bank in their investments into Pluckwalk Technologies Private Limited and HomeXchange Private Limited.
  • Advised Cargill India Private Limited in its acquisition of a fish feed plant along with underlying land as an asset purchase transaction
    5) Advised Facebook in its first acquisition of an Indian company.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • Consistently ranked as ‘Recommended Lawyer 2023’ for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Investment Funds in Legal 500 Asia Pacific