S. Harish

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S. Harish has over 12 years of experience in Venture Capital, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions, with sectoral expertise in Retail and E-commerce, and Commercial Real Estate.

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Qualifications

  • 2011 B.A. LL.B., Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar
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Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Private Equity
  • General Corporate

Relevant Experience:

Indicative list of transactions that Harish has advised on:

  • Advised financial investors in investments in late stage entities (i) Falcon Edge in Swiggy, Lenskart, Cred, Ofbusiness, Oxyzo and Moglix, (ii) Temasek in upGrad, Unacademy and Niva Bupa Health Insurance (iii) CPPIB in Flipkart (iv) Blackstone in Xpressbees (v) Google in Daily Hunt and DotPe, (vi) Greater Pacific Capital in Nxtwave Technologies.
  • Advised targets/ founders on their financial investments / acquisitions (I) Big Basket and its founders in the acquisition by Tata Digital Limited and advised Big basket in its various financial rounds of investments (Series C to F) (ii) Dealshare in a Series E round led by Falcon Edge, Kora, Adia and Tiger Global, (iii) Shadowfax in a Series D round led by Flipkart, (iv) Qure.ai in a Series C round led by Novo Holdings and Healthquad, (v) M2P Solutions in rounds led by Tiger Global, Omidyar Network, (vi) Toppr and its founder in the acquisition by Byjus.
  • Advised Blackstone group in its (i) investment in Embassy Tech Village and stake sale of the same to Embassy REIT, (ii) acquisition of commercial office spaces (for forming joint ventures) from Sattva group and Panchshil group, (iii) acquisitions for operation of data centres from the Panchshil group.
  • Advised conglomerates in their investments – (i) Aditya Birla Fashions and Arvind Youth Brands in their respective fund raises from fund raise from Flipkart, (ii) Tata Digital in its investment in Curefit, (iii) Adani Enterprises in its investment in Cleartrip.
  • Advised Magna International Inc. in its investment in Yulu Bikes and setting up a JV with Yulu Bikes in India. Advised Magna Yulu JV in its investment in Grinntech.
  • Advised Fireside Ventures on its investments and divestments in a number of consumer brands, such as Mamaearth, Yoga Bar, Boat, The SleepCo, FableStreet, Vadham Teas. Advised Fireside and Elevation in their exit from Yogabar to ITC
  • Advised RPSG on its investments in True Elements, Mcaffeine, Skinkraft, Mom Junction, Stylecraze.
  • Advised Falcon Edge in its early-stage investments in Entropik and Lucidity.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Legal 500 ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ for Private Equity and Investment Funds 2024
  • Legal 500 ‘Recommended lawyer’ for Private Equity and Investment Funds 2023
  • ALB India Super 50 Lawyers 2023

Memberships

  • Bar council of India

Qualifications

  • 2011 B.A. LL.B., Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Private Equity
  • General Corporate