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
Grupo Drumattos, the Brazilian holding company behind Camarada Camarão restaurants and the Camarão&Cia fast-food franchise chain, announced the merger of its operations with Alife Nino Group.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Rybka Incorporated, a building consulting engineering firm, acquired Ellard-Willson Engineering Limited.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
The Rexel Group, a global player in the professional distribution of products and services for the energy sector, announced that Rexel Italia acquired a large majority stake and control of Tecno Bi, an Italian company specialising in high value-added industrial automation solutions.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
druck.at and “Wir machen Druck”, part of Cimpress Group (WKN A2PWHR), acquired Print Alliance and Gerin Druck.
Industrials
Advisor to the buyer
Flyct Letselschade, a leading Dutch personal injury claims specialist, was acquired by its management team in partnership with Vondel Private Equity, after divestment by Van Ameyde Group.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Molino Cañuelas, one of Argentina’s most iconic food companies, received court approval for its debt restructuring agreement, marking the successful conclusion of a complex and unprecedented process.
Consumer & retail
Debt restructuring
Advisor to Molino Cañuelas
Náš chléb, a Czech group producing and selling bakery and confectionery products, sold a majority stake to Jet Investment.
Consumer & retail
Majority sale
Advisor to the seller
BRQ Digital Solutions acquired weme, a company specialised in strategic design and digital product development.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Power-One Micro Systems, a leading manufacturer of power conversion and conditioning solutions, sold a majority stake to Iljin Electronics (India), a prominent EMS provider & a subsidiary of Amber Enterprises.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
