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
Vam Investments, an Italian private equity firm, acquired 21 gyms from the Egosistema and Orange groups, thus launching Gym Nation Italia, a new consolidation initiative in the fitness club sector in Italy.
Consumer & retail
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Tomburn UK, one of the leading powder coating and specialist finishers in the UK, sold its Czech daughter company Tomburn CZ to the local strategic investor COLORprofi.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Peter Schlossnikel, CEO and 50% shareholder of Pörner Holding GmbH, sold his shares in the company.
Industrials
Sale of
Advisor to the seller
Leadec, a Triton Fund IV portfolio company and leading global service specialist for factories and related infrastructure, acquired Manteniments Industrials Servycat 2017, S.L.U. and Electro Servycat, S.L.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Videlio, French leader in audiovisual integration services, consolidates its market position with the acquisition of Avantages Video in Avergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Tech, software & digital
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Life Healthcare has entered into binding agreements with an entity owned by Lantheus Holdings Inc. for the sale of 100% of its interests in LMI, a fully integrated research and development radiopharmaceutical company.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Woodtech Italia joined Green Alliance, the result of the aggregation of three of Italy’s leading companies in the woody biomass distribution sector. Green Alliance is backed by Harcos Capital Partners.
Business services
Joined
Advisor to Woodtech Italia
Customs Support Group (CSG), Europe’s leading independent customs and trade solutions provider, completed the acquisition of Servizi Doganali.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Alkemy, a provider of media-digital content, was sold to Retex, Italian company active in retail and marketing, through takeover bid.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
