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
Autodrom Most, one of the key motor racing circuits in CEE and a complex entertainment area, was sold to RIQ Investments.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Commit Works, a Brisbane-based software company serving the mining and metals industry, was sold to Datamine, a leading provider of mining operations planning and management technology.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
IFG Asota, polypropylene-based staple fibres manufacturer, backed by Duroc AB, a Swedish listed investment holding, was sold to to Beaulieu International Group.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Napa Trucks Holding s.r.o., a dealer of DAF and Tatra trucks, acquired Truck Trade Holding s.r.o.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Nordic Climate Group, a leading provider of services and installations of cooling and heating systems, acquired Iceline Yorkshire Ltd, an industrial refrigeration systems and cold stores service specialist.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Strategica Group, a leading Italian broker on corporate risks, was sold to OneItalia Alliance, backed by J.C. Flowers.
Business services
Advisor to the seller
Nordic Climate Group, a leading provider of services and installations of cooling and heating systems, acquired Ten Have Installatie B.V., an Amsterdam-based company focused on energy-efficient cooling and heating solutions.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Richards Group, through its subsidiary Healthmark Services Ltd., acquired the assets of PharmaSystems Inc.’s consumer packaged goods division, a leading provider of essential over-the-counter health and wellness products to major pharmacies and retailers across Canada.
Healthcare
Advisor to the buyer
Alfatest, along with its subsidiary Alfatestlab, one of Italy’s most respected companies in analytical instrumentation and laboratory science, was acquired by Oxevia, a scientific solutions European group.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
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104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
