Bio

Gaurav Mistry is a transaction lawyer and focuses on corporate and commercial matters such as mergers and acquisitions in the private and public space, strategic alliances and joint ventures involving domestic and international clients, investments by private equity and venture capital investors. He specializes in corporate laws, foreign investment laws, securities laws, and regularly advises on structuring of commercial transactions and documentation. He has been consistently advising multinational and domestic clients on various corporate and commercial matters including structuring, documentation and negotiating complex commercial transactions, more particularly those relating to acquisitions, corporate restructuring, strategic alliances, and other similar transactions including through mergers, demergers, slump sale and asset sale. He actively advises clients in various capital market transactions including offers for sale, qualified institutional placements, open offers, etc. and is well regarded for his general corporate advisory services to clients in connection with a wide spectrum of laws including company law, securities law, exchange control regulations, takeover regulations, and competition law. Having advised a broad range of clients including foreign and Indian corporates, promoters, strategic and financial investors, and family offices, he is considered for his solution-oriented approach and advice at every stage of the transaction with a view to achieve the commercial objectives of the client whilst safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders. Gaurav’s experience is spread across various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, logistics, healthcare, infrastructure, retail, manufacturing, insurance, media, microfinance, etc. Gaurav has been recommended as a key lawyer in India for Mergers and Acquisitions by Legal 500. Clients describe Gaurav as “agile and aggressive” whilst acknowledging his “good drafting skills.” – Legal 500 Asia Pacific.