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
Osmoflo, Australian developer of mobile water treatment systems, acquired Guidera O’Connor, a water infrastructure company.
Energy, cleantech & resources
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Milan-based agency specialising in fashion shows, Without Production, was sold to Platform6, an international group in the events and creative experiences sector.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
Snappet, a leading Dutch edtech company offering an adaptive learning platform for primary schools, secured growth financing from Aegon Asset Management to support the company in further advancing its platform through AI-enabled tools.
Tech, software & digital
Equity financing
Advisor to Snappet
Next Medical, an Italian value-added distributor of medical devices and surgical tools operating in the fields of orthopedics, traumatology and plastic surgery, was sold to OMX Group.
Healthcare
Advisor to the sellers
This crossborder transaction brings an established Australian and New Zealand consultancy into a global engineering services group.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Clairfield advised Hearthstone Investments, pioneer in the UK affordable private rental housing sector, on its sale to Sentinel Real Estate, a global investment management firm headquartered in New York.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Vida e caffè, Africa’s leading specialty coffee chain, was sold to the Shoprite Group, the largest South African retailer.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Renlia Developments, a private real estate entity, acquired a majority shareholding in Newpark REIT Limited, a South African listed real estate company.
Business services
Acquisition of majority stake
Advisor to the buyer
Harbourfront Wealth Group acquired Cumberland Partners Limited and its subsidiaries, marking its fifth acquisition in three years.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Contact information
Mumbai
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104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
