Rohan Jain

Rohan Jain has over 15 years of experience advising clients on complex M&A, strategic investments and general corporate matters.

He advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, strategic alliances, business restructurings and other corporate transactions, with particular experience in inbound and outbound transactions involving India. His practice includes advising multinational corporations, private equity and institutional investors, and leading Indian business groups on investments into and from India.

His sectoral experience spans automobiles and auto-components, technology and SaaS, real estate and infrastructure, hospitality, healthcare, financial services, energy and renewables, and industrials. He also regularly advises Indian and foreign corporates, PSUs, banks and promoters on business structuring, foreign investment and exchange control matters, company law, corporate governance and shareholder-related matters.

Rohan is also a member of the firm’s Japan Desk and has significant experience advising Japanese corporations and Indian businesses on transactions and strategic collaborations across the India-Japan corridor.

Prior to joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Rohan was a Partner in the Delhi office of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Relevant Experience:

*Experience listed below are that of the Partner before he joined the Firm

• Advised ITC Hotels Limited in relation to the acquisition of The Zuri Kumarakom, Kerala Resort & Spa through the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Zuri Hotels and Resorts Private Limited.
• Advised Anand Group, one of India’s leading auto-component manufacturers, on (i) its acquisition of APAG AG, a Switzerland-based company, together with its subsidiaries operating across six countries in the automotive lighting business; and (ii) establishing a joint venture with Headspring, Japan, for developing design capabilities in power electronics.
• Advised Sanjo Machine Works Limited and Sanjo Service Limited, Japan, on the sale of 100% of the shares of Sanjo Forge India Private Limited to Shrine India Advisors Private Limited.
• Advised ITC Infotech India Limited on its acquisition of 100% of Blazeclan Technologies Private Limited and Cloudlytics Technologies Private Limited, together with their foreign subsidiaries, for approximately USD 83 million, including conditional payouts. Also, advised on a subsequent merger between the entities.
• Advised EDME, part of Samara Capital, on its acquisition of 100% of Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Limited from the Aditya Birla Group for approximately USD 73 million, including conditional payouts. The transaction was one of the early acquisitions by a private equity-backed investor in the insurance broking sector and required approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
• Advised Premji Invest, the family office of Mr. Azim Premji, as an existing investor in the Series D funding round of The Sleep Company, which raised approximately USD 50 million.

Memberships

• Bar Council of Delhi