Rahul Deodhar

Partner
Mumbai

Rahul Deodhar is a Partner in the Firm's General Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital practice and operates out of the firm’s Mumbai office. He has over 13 years of experience. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, general corporate and commercial transactions. Rahul has been advising large domestic companies, multinational corporations, private equity firms, venture capital funds, start-ups and early stage emerging companies.

Rahul works closely with his clients, who value his proactiveness, experience, problem-solving abilities, and his ability to understand the complexities involved in a transaction.

Before joining the Firm, Rahul was a Partner with J. Sagar Associates (JSA), and he has previously worked with Desai & Diwanji and KPMG. He completed his LL.B. in 2011 and he is also a qualified Company Secretary (CS).

  • Advised several venture capital investors like BASF Venture Capital GmbH, IDFC Parampara Early Stage Opportunities Fund, Inflexor Ventures, Omnivore Capital, Anicut Capital, Pavestone VC, and several private equity investors on their investments in portfolio companies.
  • Advised CX Partners in the pre-IPO investment round lead by Creador, NewQuest and TR Capital in Sapphire Foods (a major franchisee of YUM! Brands in India).
  • Advised Lok Capital on its partial exit from Veritas Finance Pvt. Ltd. (Veritas) to Multiples Private Equity Fund and Avendus Future Leaders Fund., and Series G funding round in Veritas.
  • Advised Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd on its acquisition of PH Diagnostic Centre.
  • Advised ASG Eye Hospital on its acquisition of controlling stake in Envision Eye Hospital.
  • Advised Symed Labs Ltd and its promoters on selling their controlling stake in Symed Labs Ltd to Carlyle.
  • Advised the promoters of CIIGMA Hospitals on selling their controlling stake in CIIGMA Hospitals to CARE Hospitals.
  • Advised Raj Petro Specialities and its promoters on selling their controlling stake in Raj Petro Specialities to Brenntag AG.
  • Advised Anjan Drug Pvt Ltd (Anjan) and its promoters on selling their controlling stake in Anjan to CX Partners, Samara Capital and PAG Asia Capital.
  • Advised IJM Group on sale of its controlling stake in Jaipur Mahua Tollway road project to I Squared Capital.
  • Advised Thalappakatti Hotel Pvt Ltd (Dindigul Thalappakatti Biryani) (THPL) and its promoters on selling their controlling stake in THPL to CX Partners.