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
Newtronic Lifecare Equipment, one of India’s most trusted manufacturers of environmental testing equipment and a leading producer of stability chambers, sold a 51% majority stake to Memlab GmbH, a strategic partnership between Memmert GmbH and Aralab.
Healthcare
Majority sale
Advisor to the seller
Estetika 1 Sp. z o.o., the operator of the leading dental clinic in Rzeszów under the Estetika Dental Clinic brand, sold a majority stake to Dentity Group, backed by Tar Heel Capital.
Healthcare
Advisor to the seller
Aviation Carbon Event, a specialist platform dedicated to carbon reduction, sustainability, and decarbonisation across the aviation industry, was sold SAE Media Group.
Business services
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Intertraco SpA, a leading Italian manufacturer of hydraulic components, acquired a majority stake in FLEXiN Group Srl, a company specialised in fittings and assembled hoses for air conditioning and refrigeration applications.
Industrials
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Saxdor Yachts, one of the world’s fastest-growing designer and manufacturer of premium leisure boats, was acquired by Malibu Boats.
Consumer & retail
Sale
Advisor to the seller
3AS Racing, a vertical e-commerce player focused on motorsport technical spare-parts and equipment, completed an LMBO with private equity firm IRDI Capital Investissement.
Consumer & retail
LMBO
Advisor to 3AS Racing
Wako Group acquired Aluzon to create one of the largest and most comprehensive manufacturers of doors and windows in both Belgium and Luxembourg.
Industrials
Advisor to the buyer
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg acquired 89.9% of the shares in Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, becoming the largest European university hospital group.
Healthcare
Acquisition
Advisor to the buyer
Whale Tankers Ltd., a well-established UK-based manufacturer with additional operations in India, was sold to Kaiser AG, the internationally leading manufacturer of vehicles and systems for sewer cleaning and industrial waste management.
Industrials
Sale
Advisor to the seller
Contact information
Mumbai
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