Manvinder Singh

Manvinder has a practice of more than 20 years and specializes in acquisitions, private equity & venture capital investments. Manvinder regularly advises leading global private equity funds in structuring and concluding their investments in Indian companies. He is a trusted advisor to private equity funds and is also involved in managing India portfolio for PE clients. Manvinder is very active in start-up ecosystem and has advised start-ups in finalising optimum holding structure and business models.  He has a commercial approach to negotiations and provides solution-oriented advice on complex legal matters.

Manvinder is also involved in strategic acquisitions and India entry for several MNCs. Manvinder is also a trusted advisor for large Indian corporate houses and routinely advises on complex legal issues, joint ventures, overseas direct investments and business restructuring. He has advised on some of the most complex, and high value transactions.

He has also assisted companies in developing and maintaining compliance systems and conducted compliance audits. He has advised various companies in complying with the securities laws, listing regulations and helped in implementing corporate governance norms.

Manvinder has been recognised by Chambers & Partners in Venture Capital practice and is rated as a top legal practitioner in ALB India Super 50 Lawyers 2020. He has also been ranked as leading lawyer in Forbes and Legal Era in 2023.

 

Education

  • B Com, Delhi University
  • LL. B, Delhi University
  • ACS, Institute of Company Secretaries of India

 

Prior to joining the Firm, Manvinder has worked with some leading law firms and as in-house legal counsel of an upstream oil and gas company listed on BSE. Some of the assignments handled by Manvinder include the following: –

  • Advised BCapital in the various Investment (and post investment assistance in management) including investments in:
    • CredAvenue Private Limited (Yubi);
    • Late stage investment in Meesho Inc.;
    • Late stage investment in Think & Learn Private Limited (Byjus);
    • Various primary and secondary investments in API Holdings Private Limited (Pharmeasy);
    • Primary investment in Primestack Pte. Ltd. (CoinDCX) and restructuring thereof;
    • Zinka Logistics Solutions Private Limited (BlackBuck);
    • EpiFi Technologies Private Limited;
    • Late stage investment in Ver Se Innovations Pvt Ltd (DailyHunt);
    • US$ 100M Series A investment in FazeTechnologies India Private Limited (Fancraze);
    • Late stage investment in Mswipe Technologies;
    • Multiple primaries and secondaries in Smartpaddle Technology Private Limited (Bizongo);
    • WickedRide Adventure Services Private Limited (Bounce);
    • Kyte Technologies Inc. (Khatabook);
    • Icertis Solutions private limited;
    • Growth stage investment in Nektar.AI Pte. Ltd.;
    • Psi Phi Global Solutions Private Limited (OKTech).
  • Advised Hero Future Energies Global Limited (UK) and Hero Future Energies on the:
  • US$ 450M financial investment by KKR, and simultaneous exit of Masdar (an Abu Dhabi sovereign clean energy fund);
  • US$ 150M Series B investment in its share capital by Masdar;
  • US$ 65M Series A investment by IFC (World Bank).
  • Advised MARS Growth Capitalon the India leg of its pre-IPO investment in Meesho Inc;
  • Advised PI Industries Limited in its:
  • in making a Rule 2.7 UK City Code Takeovers and Mergers offer announcement for the acquisition of Plant Health Care Plc, UK on London Stock Exchange;
  • acquisition of API business of Ind Swift Laboratories Limited (ISLL);
  • 100% equity stake in Isagro (Asia) Agrochemicals Private Limited from Isagro SpA.
  • Assisted Fidelity Growth Partners India, the India focused Private Equity arm of Fidelity Worldwide Investment in respect of their various investments in:
    • Trivitron Healthcare Cygnus Medicare;
    • Toppr.com;
    • AbsolutData;
    • ChaiPoint;
    • Bank Bazzar;
    • CredR;
    • ShadowFax;
    • Plasmagen Biosciences;
  • Advised MPS Limited acquisition of Liberate Group i.e. Liberate Group (Australia) and EI Design;
  • Advised and represented Premier Industries Limited in its fund raise from GEF Capital Partners;
  • Advised the Indian promoters of Hero MotoCorp Limited (erstwhile Hero Honda Motors Limited):
    • in acquisition of Honda’s entire stake in Hero MotoCorp for an approximate consideration of US$ 800 million (approx);
    • the investment by Bain Capital and GIC in Hero Group;
    • on a joint venture with Daimler AG;
    • a joint venture with Fiat Group’s auto parts company Magneti Marelli;
    • in their investment in Erik Buell Racing, Inc., an American motorcycle designing and manufacturing company.
  • Advised Tenerity US in relation to transfer of certain identified assets to Capillary Technologies, as part of the global transaction of sale of certain identified assets of Tenerity US;
  • Advised Lineage Logistics, LLC, world’s largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider on the India leg of its 100% acquisition of Turvo Inc.;
  • Advised HSIL Limited on its joint venture with Atlantic Group (France);
  • Advised Hero Future Energy in respect to its strategic sale of interests in its power project situated to CLP India, a company backed by China Light and Power group; and sale of power project O2 Power;
  • Advised the promoters of Hero FinCorp in relation to the investment made by Chrys Capital and Credit Suisse;
  • Advised Accor Hotel in the sale of its shareholding in Barque Hotels to Samhi Hotels;
  • Advised Ebro Foods: A leading Spanish Company engaged in manufacture of rice and pasta, in acquisition of rice business of Olam International;
  • Advised National Oilwell Varco Inc: A NYSE listed company, in the acquisition of Barracuda Ventures Pte Limited and its Indian subsidiaries STSA (India) Private Limited, Barracuda and Technical Ventures (India) Private Limited;
  • Advised Hindustan Tin Works, a publicly listed company in their joint venture with Rexam Plc. for manufacturing beverage cans;
  • Advised HCL Technologies Limited, a multinational IT services company, in acquiring the entire share capital of Axon Group plc, a leading UK-based SAP consulting company.

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