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
Revolt B.V., a Dutch charging point operator (CPO), was sold to Sakko Groep.
Energy, cleantech & resources
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Amtek, an authorised distributor of electronic components, automation and industrial application elements, was sold to Emko IPC.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Girasol Natural Products, a producer of all-natural emulsions and gels, sold a majority stake to Natural Planet Holding.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
The shareholders of Plazma Plus, an operator of five blood plasma collection centers, sold an 80% stake to Interlacto.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Pactic Group, a crossborder, e-commerce delivery platform, was sold to SAMEDAY, owned by eMag Group.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
AXA Italy, part of the insurance and asset management leader AXA Group, announces the acquisition of Gruppo Nobis, a retail P&C insurance company active in Italy reporting about EUR 0.5 billion written gross premiums in 2023.
Financial Institutions
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Czech ski-in ski-out Hotel Harmony Club was sold to Nordic Investors Group, together with RKE Holding and AKE Holding. Nordic Investors acquired both the real estate and the operations of the hotel in carve-out transaction.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Edmond Shipway, a leading independent construction and property consultancy, merged with Naismiths.
Business services
Merger
Advisor to Edmond Shipway
Living Life, a high-acuity children’s care and young adults therapeutic residential care provider, operating under the name The Banyan Tree, was sold to Silver Birch Care.
Healthcare
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
Address :
104/105, Balarama, E Block, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (E), Mumbai Maharashtra 400051
