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
Aspocomp Group Plc, a Finnish technology company specialising in printed circuit boards, received a directed share issue and long-term debt financing.
Industrials
Equity and debt financing
Advisor to Aspocomp
Nordic Climate Group, a leading provider of technical installation services for cooling and heating systems, acquired Huijbregts Koeltechniek, a well-established provider of advanced refrigeration and climate solutions.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Foodticket, a white-label software provider, was sold to OrderYOYO, a European leader in online ordering, payment, and marketing solutions software.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
A group of minority shareholders of Rapiomed Group, Poland’s leading IT-driven telemedicine service provider, sold their shares to an e-commerce investor.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Inspired Evolution Investment Management, through its Evolution II Fund, sold 55% of its ordinary share interest and 100% of its preference share interest in Commercial Energy South Africa to SolarAfrica.
Energy, cleantech & resources
Sale
Advisor to the seller
A2 Clinic sp. z o.o., a well-established dental care provider operating two modern clinics, was sold to LUXMED, a leading provider of private healthcare services in Poland.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Tecnología y Difusión Ibérica (TDI), a Spanish pioneer in the manufacturing and commercialisation of wine analysers, was sold to Biotechnic, the French holding company owning Biosentec, a specialist in oenological reagents, and Biotrade, a designer and manufacturer of equipment for wastewater treatment.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
J.L. Coquet, emblematic French porcelain manufacturer, was sold to Atelier Expressions.
Consumer & retail
Advisor to the seller
The SPAR Group Limited entered into a sale and purchase agreement with the Swiss family office Tannenwald Holding AG, under the terms of which SPAR will dispose of its entire shareholding in its SPAR Switzerland operations.
Consumer & retail
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
