Ravindra heads our firm’s private equity practice. He regularly advises leading private equity funds, sovereign or pension funds and other financial sponsors on their investments in India He has been consisted rated as a leading private equity lawyer in India. He was a member of the domestic industry body (Confederation of Indian Industries)’s expert committee on private equity and VC.
1999 B.A. LLB., National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
Expertise
Practice Areas
Private Equity
General Corporate
Sectors
Energy
Fintech
E-Commerce
Real Estate
Manufacturing
Relevant Experience
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) in relation to their investments in Piramal Enterprises Limited, ECL Finance Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited), 91 Streets Media Technologies Private Limited (Pharmeasy), Apraava Energy Private Limited (earlier CLP India), Azure Power (an Indian solar company)
CDPQ in their acquisition of Shree Jagannath Expressways (Indian highway infrastructure company) and on their successful bid for the eastern peripheral expressway (EPE) project in Delhi-NCR through the toll-operate-transfer route
International Finance Corporation (IFC) in relation to their investment in Dodla Dairy, Smartpaddle Technologies (Bizongo), Shadowfax Technologies, Hero Future Energies Limited, Religare Enterprises Limited, Future Consumer Enterprise Limited, SAMHI Hotels Private Limited, Lucid Colloids Limited, Suroyoday Small Finance Bank, Ujjivan Financial Services, and Cleanmax Environment Limited;
GIC of Singapore in relation to their investment in Bharti Airtel;
Goldman Sachs in relation to its proposed equity investment in an insurance broking business in India;
Warburg Pincus in relation to structured exit from Metropolis Healthcare Limited, investment in Amtek India Limited and exit from Max India Limited;
SALIC (wholly owned subsidiary of the Saudi Sovereign Fund) on a investment in LT Foods Limited;
British International Investment (formerly CDC) on its equity investment in Mahindra’s EV business;
Chryscap in relation to its equity investment in Safex Chemicals;
Multiples in relation to its equity investment in Kogta Financial (NBFC) and Licious; and
Everstone Private Equity on their investment in Caliber and Calimara Chemicals Ltd.
Awards & Recognition
IFLR 1000-2000 and IFLR 1000-2019, 2021 and 2022 ranked him as ‘Notable Practitioner’ in Private Equity & Mergers and Acquisitions
Asia Law 2020, 2021 and 2022 ranked him as ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ in Private Equity
Recognised as ‘Leading Lawyer’ at ‘Legal Era Leading Lawyers Rankings’, 2022
Recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyer’ at Legal 500, 2022
Ranked ‘Band 2’, Chambers and Partners has consistently ranked him as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in Private Equity in India
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ravindra.bandhakavi@cyrilshroff.com
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