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
Growthpoint Properties Ltd announced the disposal of its entire shareholding in Capital & Regional plc to NewRiver REIT plc.
Financial Institutions
Sale
Advisor to the seller
2AST, a French manufacturer of power generators, completed a primary majority LBO with Isatis Capital.
Industrials
LBO
Advisor to 2AST
S11 Kft., operator of MyMums (“Gyerünk, anyukám!”), the #1 online gym and fitness community for women in Hungary, sold a 40% stake to ED Group Asset Management.
Consumer & retail
Minority sale
Advisor to the seller
AWO Bezirksverband Unterfranken, a regional welfare association, sold Geriatrische Rehaklinik Würzburg, a geriatric rehabilitation clinic, to Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, a leading university hospital in Germany.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Audit Process, a hydraulic engineering company, was sold to Groupe Betem, a firm specialised in building and infrastructure projects.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Brewery Martens, Belgium’s largest family-owned brewery, acquired United Dutch Breweries (UDB) from GIMV and management.
Consumer & retail
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Metair Investments Limited sold Mutlu Group, a Turkish automotive battery and energy storage manufacturing operation, to Quexco Incorporated, a privately held US-based industrial conglomerate.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Harbourfront Wealth Holdings, a leading Canadian independent wealth advisory and investment management firm, acquired Rothenberg Wealth Management.
Financial Institutions
Acquisition
ITQ Group, a major French player in electronic security technologies, acquired Exaqtworld.
Business services
Acquisition
Advisor to the nuyer
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
