We focus on creating wealth for our clients through providing bespoke expert strategic and financial advice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity fundraising, and FX debt funding. We guide our clients through all aspects of dealmaking, from identifying the right partner, positioning the business, preparing the transaction documents, valuation negotiations, due diligence, and agreement negotiations through to the closing of the transaction.
The firm has been active in India since 2013 and has been the exclusive partner of Clairfield International in India since 2021. The firm in India was co-founded by Abhijeet Biswas, Manoj Patkar and Tapas Sarkar, who together possess over 50 years’ combined experience in the field of mergers and acquisitions.
The senior management team at Clairfield India comes with rich global experience and proven expertise across varied fields of investment banking and consulting. Our expertise and experience span multiple sectors, domains, and verticals like industrial, healthcare, consumer, business services, telecom, media & technology and energy. We have completed over 30 transactions for important clients across India and crossborder.
Our extensive personal involvement in all transactions helps make the journey with Clairfield in India both rewarding and successful for our clients.
Some of our notable key deals include:
- Acquisition of Tulip Group (one of India’s largest IVD manufacturers) by PerkinElmer, a global firm headquartered in the US.
- Acquisition of Rotostat, India’s leading industrial services provider, by the US-based Manpower Group.
- Private equity investment in CPC Diagnostics by Everstone (through its Everlife platform), one of the leading Indian PE investors.
- Acquisition of India’s leading industrial gases company, Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases, by Air Water, a major Japanese chemical firm.
- Acquisition of India’s 2nd largest dialysis chain, Sparsh Nephrocare, with Fresenius, a German life sciences firm.
- Acquisition by Taikisha (a Japanese HVAC company) of Nicomac (a leading Indian cleanroom engineering company).
Team members
Selected transactions
JOST Werke SE, a global Tier-1 supplier of systems, modules, and components for commercial vehicles with EUR 1,800 million revenue and 7,500 employees, operating in more than 35 countries with sales and production sites across six continents, signed an agreement to sell the Hyva Crane Business Unit to MUTARES SE & Co. KGaA, the listed private equity holding company.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Premise, a full-service consultancy that provides tailored solutions in engineering, planning, surveying, project management architecture, agricultural and environmental science, was sold to Amey, a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
VDMI, a specialist in the development, production, and filling of cleaning and personal care products, was sold to VE Partners, a Dutch private equity fund focused on supporting mid-sized companies in the Benelux.
Consumer & retail
Advisor to the seller
Dutch investor Bencis sold CurTec Group B.V., a global leader in high-performance plastic packaging for the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries, to Ampersand Capital Partners.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
ELBA\REC, a media and communications agency focused on urban development, economy and real estate, was sold to VMN Media, a leading B2B media company.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
Orbia Advance Corporation, a global diversified company, sold Hepworth Clay, a UK-based specialist in clay drainage systems, to 4D Capital Partners, a private equity firm.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Solutec, a major French IT services and digital transformation group, was sold to the French-listed group Aubay.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Lesaka Technologies, Inc (Nasdaq: LSAK; JSE: LSK) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued shares of Bank Zero Mutual Bank.
Financial Institutions
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
S4C, the family holding headed by Giorgio Romani, acquired a 30% stake in the ceramics company Gruppo Romani from HPR.
Industrials
Advisor to the buyer
Contact information
Mumbai
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104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
