Rahul Deodhar

Rahul Deodhar is a Partner in the Firm’s General Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital practice, operating out of the Mumbai office, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. He has more than 15 years of experience.

His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganisations, employment and labour laws, and general corporate and commercial transactions. He has advised large domestic companies, multinational corporations, private equity firms, venture capital funds, start-ups and early-stage emerging companies.

Rahul also regularly advises domestic and multinational clients on a broad range of employment and labour law matters, including the new labour codes, providing end-to-end implementation support. His experience includes conducting gap assessments, reviewing and restructuring remuneration structures, employment policies and documentation, and developing compliance strategies. He also assists clients with gap assessments under the DPDP framework and provides support with its implementation.

His representative matters include advising Everest International Holding Limited on setting up a joint venture with Varun Beverages Limited in India; advising Oricon Enterprises Limited on the divesture of its metal crown seals and roll-on pilfer proof closures business to Guala Closures; advising Mehta Equities Limited on its acquisition by Plus500 Ltd; advising Yaap Digital Limited on its acquisition of a majority stake in Gozoop Online Private Limited; advising Harsoria Healthcare Private Limited on its fund raise from Tata Capital Healthcare Fund II; advising Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd on its acquisition of PH Diagnostic Centre; advising ASG Eye Hospital on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Envision Eye Hospital; advising Symed Labs Ltd and its promoters on selling their controlling stake to Carlyle; advising the promoters of CIIGMA Hospitals on selling their controlling stake to CARE Hospitals; advising Raj Petro Specialities and its promoters on selling their controlling stake to Brenntag AG; advising Anjan Drug Pvt Ltd and its promoters on selling their controlling stake to CX Partners, Samara Capital and PAG Asia Capital; advising IJM Group on the sale of its controlling stake in the Jaipur Mahua Tollway road project to I Squared Capital; and advising Thalappakatti Hotel Pvt Ltd and its promoters on selling their controlling stake to CX Partners.

He has also advised several venture capital and private equity investors, including BASF Venture Capital GmbH, IDFC Parampara Early Stage Opportunities Fund, Inflexor Ventures, Fosun RZ Capital, Kalaari Capital, Omnivore Capital, Anicut Capital, Pavestone VC and CX Partners, on their investments and exits.

Before joining the Firm, Rahul was a Partner with J. Sagar Associates (JSA), and he has previously worked with Desai & Diwanji and KPMG.