Bomi Daruwala

Bomi Daruwala is Joint Managing Partner and is based in Mumbai. He has been associated with the firm since 1988 and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. His primary practice area is Mergers and Acquisitions.

He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, restructuring of businesses, asset and share purchase deals, takeovers, divestitures, securities offerings, structuring of complex debt and equity investments, inbound and outbound investments, joint ventures and collaborations, infrastructure projects, real estate, private equity, project finance and structuring, tax and general corporate advisory.

He advises clients in a variety of sectors including information technology, power, telecom, banking, insurance, life sciences, engineering, consumer goods and real estate, and has represented several large multinationals. His transactional experience includes corporate finance, corporate reorganizations, corporate governance, exchange control regulations advisory, entity formation and maintenance, and the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements.

He has been independently endorsed as a Distinguished Practitioner in Corporate/M&A by Asia Law Leading Lawyers (2022) and Who's Who Legal – M&A and Governance (2022). He has also been recognised as a leading practitioner in Corporate/M&A by Chambers and Partners (2022), Asia Pacific Guide and Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2021).

He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and seminars on subjects including M&A, the Takeover Code, foreign direct investment and the structuring of joint ventures. He holds a B.Com, LLB., F.C.A. and A.I.C.W.A., and is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. He speaks English, Hindi and Gujarati.