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
Artoos, a Belgian marketing communications and printing specialist, transferred its activities to Graphius Group following bankruptcy.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
KIDS&Co., a Polish leader in private pre-school care, was sold to Swedish company AcadeMedia, one of the largest European education providers.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Publibike AG, the leading shared mobility provider in Switzerland, was sold to VisionEdgeOne, an infrastructure private equity fund.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Landi Renzo sold IMW Industries, a Canadian manufacturer of natural gas compression systems, to EcoFusion Energy Holdings. Clairfield acted as exclusive advisor on the crossborder industrial M&A process.
Industrials
Advisor to the seller
IVES, a leading French provider of software solutions dedicated to accessibility and inclusion, was sold to Volaris Group.
Tech, software & digital
Advisor to the seller
Uniwater, a leading Northern European water infrastructure group, acquired WCI Group Ltd, a UK-based water and wastewater engineering specialist.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
CM Babka Medica, a renowned Warsaw-based medical centre, was incorporated to PZU Zdrowie, a leading Polish healthcare provider.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Fluentbe sp. z o.o., a Polish online tutoring platform for language learning, was sold to Sanoma Oyj, a leading European learning and media company.
Tech, software & digital
Sale
Advisor to the seller
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
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
