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
A consortium of private Italian operators acquired the Esso-branded distribution network in Italy, marking the return to national ownership of a strategic asset for the energy and mobility sector.
Consumer & retail
Advisor to the buyer
Delo Instruments, specialised in the integration and customisation of measurement equipment, was sold to Auctus Capital Partners , an independent investment firm.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
B4Finance, a Paris-based developer of cloud-based investor onboarding and fund subscription software, was sold to the Belgian RiskConcile.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
icomedias®, a leading DACH provider of digital, mobile form, and workflow processes, was sold to Altamount Software GmbH.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
OEP IX, an entity within a private fund complex managed by One Equity Partners, signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the controlling interest in Digital Value, held by DV Holding.
Tech, software & digital
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Bravo Holding International, a metal roofing company headquartered in Austria and backed by EMSA Capital, sold two of its subsidiaries to Metal Trade Comax.
Industrials
GIGA.GREEN, a leading provider of solar energy solutions for commercial clients in Germany, successfully closed a EUR 30 million revolving Capex facility with Kommunalkredit Austria AG.
Energy, cleantech & resources
EUR 30 million equity raise
Advisor to GIGA.GREEN
Emive, the largest electronic security company in Brazil, received funding through FINEP, a public agency linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Business services
Debt financing
Advisor to Emive
Clairfield in Finland advised Optomed Plc, a provider of handheld fundus cameras and AI-based eye-screening solutions, on a directed share issue.
Healthcare
Equity financing
Advisor to Optomed
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
