Mohit Gogia

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Mohit's corporate practice covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity and cross-border investment transactions and general corporate, real estate and data privacy advisory matters.

He previously worked with an Indian firm in New Delhi as an Equity Partner and at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

Mohit has also been an Honorary Adjunct Professor of Law and Professor of Corporate Legal Practice at Jindal Global Law School and previously a visiting faculty at National Law University Delhi.

Relevant Experience:

Experience listed below is that of the partner before joining the firm

  • Select Infrastructure and its shareholders in the sale of 100% of equity shares to Nexus Select Trust (Blackstone) in exchange for allotment of units aggregating to INR 37.81 billion in Nexus Select Trust.
  • ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India in various M&A matters including evaluation of bids in Government disinvestment transactions.
  • Aéroports de Paris S.A. (Groupe ADP) in its investment of INR 107.8 billion in GMR Airports Limited (GAL), and in its agreement with GMR Airports Infrastructure Limited (GIL) for merger of GIL with GAL.
  • Aakash Educational Services Limited, a test preparation service provider in an INR 13.5 billion sale of 37.5% of its equity shares to Blackstone.
  • Cairn Energy PLC in its sale of a controlling interest in Cairn India to Vedanta Resources plc and in various corporate matters, including bilateral investment treaty claims and bulk deal sales of shares.
  • Steadfast Financial LP, as part of a USD 1 billion investment round in One97 Communications Limited, the operator of Paytm and as part of a USD 250 million investment round in Groww, Inc.
  • Qatar Foundation Endowment in an investment in Bharti Airtel.
  • HP Inc. in its acquisition of the printer business of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • InterGlobe Enterprises in M&A matters, including sale of InterGlobe Technologies to AION Capital.
  • Kesoram Industries in various M&A and general corporate matters, including the sale of its tyre manufacturing subsidiary to JK Tyre & Industries, the sale of its spun pipes and heavy chemicals business to Camden Industries and the sale of its rayon and transparent paper business to Cygnet Industries.
  • McDonald’s Corporation in its acquisition of 50% (not already owned) of its former joint venture in North and East India from its Indian partner, along with the settlement of disputes.
  • Proparco, the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), in a sale of shares of IFMR Holdings to Leapfrog Investments and Accion.
  • D. E. Shaw & Co., Eight Roads, Baer Capital Partners, and Gray Ghost Ventures, in private equity investments and financings.
  • SAR Group family office in various investments including in Orxa Energies and Mukunda Foods.
  • Bunch Mictrotechnologies (Classplus), an education technology company, in its acquisition of Testbook Edu Solutions.
  • CA Media in an investment by Emerald Media, a pan-Asia investment platform established by KKR.
  • Punj Lloyd in its sale of shares in Reliance Naval and Engineering.
  • Adbos group, a diversified manufacturer, in the sale of its plastics business to Betts India.
  • ADI BPO Services in its acquisition of MPS Limited and acquisition of Element, LLC.
  • Treasure Vase Ventures, owner and operator of the electric mobility service SmartE in a USD 14 million investment by Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  • Viterra Asia Pte Ltd, subsidiary of Glencore plc, in its exit from its Indian JV, Tinna Viterra Trade.
  • General Atlantic in the sale of shares of iGATE Computer Systems.
  • NTL Electronics India and Lemnis Lighting B.V. in investment and joint venture matters.
  • Consure Medical in investments led by Accel Partners.
  • Ashiana Housing in its agreement to co-invest with International Finance Corporation (IFC) in residential projects in Jaipur and Chennai through listed NCDs.
  • Kesoram Industries Limited, in land related matters including in relation to facilities, vacant land and mining leases in relation to land situated in West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Telangana and Orissa.
  • Plume LLC, AirAsia India, Titan Company Limited, Trent Limited and TLC Relationship in relation to data privacy matters.
  • Distribution Logistics Infrastructure, Shipra group and Bhumika group in restructuring and refinancing credit facilities.
membership

Qualifications

  • 2006 LL.M., New York University School of Law
  • 2005 LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • General Corporate

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Delhi, India
  • Admitted to the State Bar of New York

Awards & Recognition:

  • India Super 50 Lawyers- ‘Outstanding Private Practitioners in India’, Asian Legal Business
  • ‘40 under 40’ elite list Business World
  • ‘One of 50 future legal leaders’, India Business Law Journal
  • Recognized as a ‘Notable Practioner’ for Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity, IFLR1000
  • Recognized as a ‘Distinguished Practioner’ for Corporate/M&A and Private Equity, Asialaw
  • Recognized as ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Corporate/ M&A, Private Equity and Investment Funds, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Qualifications

  • 2006 LL.M., New York University School of Law
  • 2005 LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • General Corporate

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