Siddharth Bhavnani
Partner
Practice Areas
Private Equity
M&A
Hospitality
Siddharth brings over twenty years of experience advising on Private Equity and M&A transactions, adding significant value to commercial and legal aspects of complex mandates.
Siddharth is a seasoned transactions lawyer who advises investors (funds, financial institutions and strategic players) and investee companies alike. He has been practising for over 20 years, having read law at the University of Leicester, UK.
Siddharth has significant experience in advising on corporate advisory matters, particularly foreign investment regulations, securities laws and employment laws. He is passionate about working on financing mandates for clients, having led numerous equity investments and debt financings.
Siddharth also carries a wealth of experience in mandates relating to the hospitality sector; he frequently advises a range of clients on M&A situations in the sector and represents several operators and owners on negotiating operator-owner arrangements, including franchises contracts and management contracts.
His experience of working closely with business teams gives him a strong grasp of commercial objectives that drive corporations, and of the need for legal risk management. His deep understanding of the deal-making process makes him pragmatic and solution-oriented. Siddharth was featured in India Business Law Journal’s 2022 list of future legal leaders.
Representative Experience
SAMHI Hotels
Acted on the creation of a US$300 million platform with GIC Singapore for upper-upscale hotel developments.
The Indian Hotel Company Limited (Taj Hotels)
Acted on its acquisition of the ‘Clarks’ portfolio of hotels.
BharatPe
Acted on raising various rounds of funding from marquee investors, including Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Steadview Capital, Sequoia Capital, amongst others.
Carpediem Capital
Acted on various investments in, and divestments from, portfolio companies in the consumer sector.
The Indian Public Schools
Acted on their academic association and divestment of a management services company with International Schools Partnership.
Mattsen Kumar and its shareholders
Acted on the sale of the Mattsen Kumar business to Bill Gosling Outsourcing (BGO).
Manipal Healthmap
Acted in its acquisition of Medcis Pathlabs India Pvt. Ltd.
Wingreens Farms
Advised on multiple fund raising rounds and M&A transactions, including Raw Pressery
Former founder of BharatPe
Represented in a contentious shareholder litigation.
Numerous creditors
Represented with insolvency litigation under Section 7 and section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Sellers of a technology company
Advised on recovery of earn-out payments due pursuant to an M&A transaction