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
in2food Holding, a premium food retailer specialised in freshly prepared convenience food, fresh produce, and long-life categories, was sold to Woolworths Foods.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Richards Group, through its subsidiary Luvo Medical Technologies, acquired Zimed PF from Aequus Pharmaceuticals.
Healthcare
Advisor to the buyer
EMSA Capital sold its 100% shareholding in Aplast, a leading supplier of PVC windows and doors, to Extruplast, a Romanian extruder of PVC profiles.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
Commsignia, a specialist in connected car and vehicle-to-everything hardware and software solutions, sold a minority stake to Triquetra Private Investment Fund.
Tech, software & digital
Minority sale
Advisor to the seller
Protech, one of Australia’s most successful staffing companies, entered into a strategic equity partnership with Proman, a privately held French company with a significant global footprint in most major markets.
Business services
Strategic partnership
Advisor to Protech
SC Media House, a Munich-based influencer marketing agency, sold a majority stake to ECD International, a full-service agency, backed by Beyond Capital Partners.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
International School of Querétaro in Mexico entered into a strategic partnership with leading global operator of premium private schools, Inspired Education Group.
Business services
Strategic partnership
Advisor to International School of Querétaro
Autodrom Most, one of the key motor racing circuits in CEE and a complex entertainment area, was sold to RIQ Investments.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Commit Works, a Brisbane-based software company serving the mining and metals industry, was sold to Datamine, a leading provider of mining operations planning and management technology.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
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104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
