Raj is a Senior Associate specialising in cross-border M&A, joint ventures and private capital investment.
Raj has experience advising clients on a wide range of corporate transactions with a particular focus on cross-border M&A, joint ventures and partnership matters, and private capital investment. Raj has experience working across a number of sectors (including in particular TMT/tech, automotive, renewables, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure and private equity) and key global geographies and international corridors (including in particular US-UK/EMEA, India-UK/Europe, Australia-UK and Japan-UK).
Background
Raj holds bachelor degrees in law (honours) and commerce (majoring in finance) from the University of Queensland, Brisbane and a Graduate Diploma in Tax from the University of Melbourne. Raj is admitted to practise in Queensland.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Biotage AB, on its acquisition of Astrea Bioseparations, a high growth chromatography solutions provider from Gamma Biosciences, a life sciences tools platform created by KKR
- Fidelio Capital, on its acquisition of veterinary pharmaceuticals company, Bova
- Sumitomo Corporation and Osaka Gas, on its divestment of Sutton and East Surrey Water to Pennon Group
- Reliance Industries Limited, an Indian conglomerate with over US$230 billion market cap, on various confidential cross border M&A, JV and licensing transactions in the new energy space
- Exicom, India’s largest EV charger manufacturer, on its acquisition of the business and assets of Tritium Group, a former NASDAQ listed group with a market cap of US$2 billion, across various jurisdictions including US, Australia and the Netherlands
- ConMet, a global corporation, headquartered in the US, focussing on sustainable automotive solutions, on its acquisition of the business and assets of the Saietta Group
- Bharti Group, on its disposal of its telecoms business operating under Airtel Vodafone brand to Sure (a company backed by Bahrain Telecommunications Company)
- Captain Fresh, backed by private equity firms including Tiger Global Management, Prosus Ventures, British International Investment, on its agreement to acquire through a Norway-Poland structure, Koral S A, a Poland based producer and distributor of branded salmon products with Abris Captial Partners
- Hinduja Tech, a subsidiary of commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland, on its acquisition of Germany based Tecosim group
- Johnson Matthey Plc, on the sale of its health business to Altaris Capital Partners
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