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
Big Ass Battery, a leading Dutch manufacturer in smart battery storage systems, accelerates its growth and reinforces its position with a strategic investment by Philippe van Esch, a Dutch renowned entrepreneur.
Energy, cleantech & resources
Capital raising
Advisor to Big Ass Battery
Nordic Climate Group, a leading provider of services and installations of cooling and heating systems, acquired Verhaar Gebeko, a Dutch installation company focused on cooling solutions, air conditioning, and air handling.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Nordic Climate Group, a leading provider of services and installations of cooling and heating systems, acquired Airvek, a Dutch installation company focused on cooling solutions, air conditioning, and air handling.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
ISEM Packaging Group, a manufacturer of luxury rigid boxes and packaging for the perfumery, cosmetics, and champagne industries acquired EGISA, a specialised packaging company with a similar focus.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
HomeToGo SE, a SaaS-enabled vacation rental marketplace, acquired Interhome, Europe’s second-largest vacation rental management company, from Migros for CHF 150 million, with deferred payments up to CHF 85 million.
Consumer & retail
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Fich Spa reached an agreement to sell its 50% stake in Colombini Group to Emanuel Colombini, the owner of the other 50%.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Audensiel, a leading global player in digital transformation, consulting, and technology, agreed to acquire a majority stake in FOS S.p.A., an innovative Italian company specialising in advanced technological solutions and listed on Euronext Growth Milan (FOS:IM).
Tech, software & digital
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Vam Investments, an Italian private equity firm, acquired 21 gyms from the Egosistema and Orange groups, thus launching Gym Nation Italia, a new consolidation initiative in the fitness club sector in Italy.
Consumer & retail
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Tomburn UK, one of the leading powder coating and specialist finishers in the UK, sold its Czech daughter company Tomburn CZ to the local strategic investor COLORprofi.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
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