Debaditya Datta
Debaditya Datta advises clients on a range of complex corporate matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, consensual work-outs and restructuring.
Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Datta was a senior associate in the private equity group at another global law firm. He has also been an associate with a leading law firm in India and completed secondments with a premier law firm in Japan and a global investment bank in London.
- Ooredoo Group on its strategic partnership with Iron Mountain to establish data center operations across the MENA region.
- Wilbur-Ellis on the €3 billion merger of its life sciences and speciality chemicals solutions business in Asia-Pacific with Caldic BV.
- Jain Irrigation on the US$750 million merger of its international irrigation business with Rivulis Pte Ltd., a Temasek portfolio company.
- One of the world's largest asset managers in connection with its €200 million follow-on investment in a leading Nordic financial services company.
- Olayan Group as a co-investor of Brookfield on its £2.2 billion cash acquisition of payments solutions provider Network International Holdings plc.
- Heroes Technology Limited on implementing a consensual equity restructuring proposal with its 100+ shareholders and lender in the lead-up to its pre-pack insolvency process.
- ADQ on its US$150 million investment in Horizon Energy Storage LP.
- Zedra Group on its acquisition of LJ Fiduciary and Alvarium Private Office.
- Helmerich & Payne on its subscription of share warrants issued by Galileo Technologies.
- Leading European corporations on their exits from the Russian market.
- Santa Fe Group on the sale of its global mobility and relocation business to Mobilitas Group.
- Salesforce Inc. on a convertible loan note issuance by CloudGaia Holdings Limited.
- North Wall Capital on its subscription of share options and share warrants in connection with the debt financing of the Olsam Group.
- Goldman Sachs on its US$350 million acquisition of a leading Indian contract research organisation.
- Blackstone on its US$460 million acquisition of Essel Propack Limited.
- Edelweiss Group on the US$300 million sale of a majority equity interest in Edelweiss Wealth Management.
- Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited on the US$450 million acquisition by Reliance Industries Limited.
- Etihad Airways on the US$450 million pre-insolvency restructuring of Jet Airways.
- Piramal Group on its US$5 billion equity participation in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited.
- InCred Group on setting up its retail and wholesale lending businesses in India.
- Heineken International B.V. on its joint venture relationship with Dr. Vijay Mallya in United Breweries Limited.
- CLSA Capital Partners Limited on its private equity investments in portfolio companies (US$75-US$200 million) and its IPO exit from Equitas Holdings Limited.
- A leading Indian pharmaceutical company on its US$150 million preferential allotment to Temasek.
- A Japanese multinational bank on its US$100 million acquisition of a leading Indian hospitality company.
Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.
Services
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- Gujarat National Law University, B.A., LL.B., 2013, Honors and Distinction
- University of Oxford, M.Sc., Law and Finance, 2017, Distinction
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- Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
- England and Wales
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- English
- Hindi
- Bengali