Asset Management and Funds

Trilegal’s leading asset management and funds practice provides the full spectrum of legal services to well-regarded institutional alternative asset managers, smaller first-time sponsors and fund of funds as well as institutional investors, development finance institutions (DFIs), sovereign and pension funds, private banking businesses, government and corporate institutions, family offices, and placement agents.

We represent our clients in:

• Structuring and establishment of investment platforms (including blind pool funds, managed accounts and advisory arrangements)
• Co-investment structuring
• Carried interest and compensation arrangements
• Buy-outs, spin-offs, joint venture investment arrangements, sidecar funds and secondaries
• Fund-related disputes, extensions and restructuring
• Governance-related issues, including key person events and manager removal

We work across a variety of sectors and market stages, including real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy and cleantech, financial services, social ventures, private equity, venture capital, venture debt, performing credit, stressed or distressed assets, buy-outs, and listed equities.

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GENERAL PARTNER EXPERIENCE

• A91 Partners, including debut venture capital fund, which raised USD 350 million in a single closing and second venture capital fund, which raised USD 550 million in a single closing
• Faering Capital, including third private equity fund platform, raising USD 300 million across multiple closings
• Kotak Group, including the establishment and fundraise of their USD 1-billion special situations fund
• Edelweiss Group, various India-focused investment funds including the establishment of an INR 4000-crore credit platform in India and three fund platforms aggregating over USD 3 billion for credit and stressed investments
• Apollo Global Management, on the establishment of a credit platform in India
• SBI Funds Management, including the establishment of India-focused funds
• ICICI Group, including the establishment of India-focused funds
• Blackstone Group, on the establishment of investment structures in India
• Värde Partners, on the establishment of investment structures in India
• Morgan Stanley, including the establishment of their first India-dedicated infrastructure fund

 

LIMITED PARTNER EXPERIENCE

• NIIF Fund of Funds, including investments in Somerset Indus Healthcare India Fund II
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Australian Super, on their USD 2-billion commitment to the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. Awarded the PE deal of the year at the IFLR1000 India Awards, 2020
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), including investments in Neev Funds
• New Development Bank, on their investment into NIIF Fund of Funds
• Asian Development Bank, on their investment into NIIF Fund of Funds and Tata Capital Growth Fund II
• IFC, on a number of investments in funds seeking to invest in the Indian subcontinent, including in Everstone III and Baring Private Equity Credit Fund III
• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), in a number of investments in funds, including Aavishkaar India II and Deep Science India Fund
• ITC group, on investment in funds including Chiratae
• Investment Corporation of Dubai, on Fireside Ventures
• Premji Invest, Mittal Family office and other family offices, on their investments in Indian and offshore funds

Some of our other clients include:

• Baring Private Equity India
• Blackrock
• Brookfield Asset Management
• CDC Group PLC
• Faering Capital
• Goldman Sachs
• International Finance Corporation
• Investment Corporation of Dubai
• ITC Ltd
• Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

Our Team

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  Aditya Jha

  Asset Management and Funds, Corporate

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  Ganesh Rao

  Asset Management and Funds, Corporate

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  Pallabi Ghosal

  Corporate, Asset Management and Funds

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  Sai Krishna Bharathan

  Corporate, Asset Management and Funds, Real Estate

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  Yash Bansal

  Asset Management and Funds, Corporate, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)