Pranav Atit
Partner - Corporate
M&A I Private Equity
Overview
Pranav Atit is a Partner in our M&A (Public M&A and PE) practice in the Mumbai office.
Pranav has worked on varied matters in the public M&A and private equity space, including complex M&A restructurings, takeovers, flip structures, and family arrangements. He has also extensively advised on securities regulation, as well as on approvals for investments under Press Note 3 (2020).
Pranav regularly advises corporates (and their boards and management), private equity funds and business groups, and his clients span an array of sectors, with a focus on technology, automotive, consumer, infrastructure and financial services. He regularly advises on market leading deals in the M&A and PE space, and several of his deals have won awards.
Education
National Law University, Jodhpur.
Admissions
The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.
Select representative clients/matters
Vadilal Group
- restructuring & professionalization of group, and family arrangement.
Apis Partners
- investment in Leap Technologies and reverse flip to India.
Carlyle
- acquisition of a controlling stake in VLCC Healthcare; merger of Viyash Life Sciences with Sequent Scientific.
Dhoot Transmission (Bain Capital)
- acquisition of Fourfront Limited; acquisition of the manufacturing business of Multilink
- strategic investment by Bain Capital.
Tata Consumer Products
- acquisition of up to 100% of Organic India, a subsidiary of Fabindia.
GIC
- reverse flip of Flipkart to India.
Goldman Sachs
- acquisition of minority stake in Aragen Lifesciences by Quadria Capital.
Indoedge India Fund (through Everstone Capital)
- investment in MG Motor India.
JM Baxi
- exit for Bain Capital and JM Baxi’s joint venture with Hapag Lloyd.
Apax Partners
- acquisition of stake in IBS Software; investment in Fractal Analytics and sale of a partial stake to TPG; sale of Candela Labs by Azentio (Apax portfolio); acquisition of 3i Infotech’s software products business.
India-Japan Fund
- investment in Mahindra Last Mile Mobility Ltd., a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra.
Baring Private Equity India
- investments and exits in Xyma Analytics; Battery Smart; Aditya Auto; Satsure Analytics, HomeLane.
Tanla
- acquisition of ValueFirst.
API Holdings (Pharmeasy)
- acquisition of Thyrocare Technologies
Brookfield
- acquisition of a majority stake in IndoStar Capital Finance
KKR & Co. Inc.
- investment in Sterlite-sponsored India Grid Trust
- setting up a renewables investment platform in India (Virescent Infrastructure).
Reliance group
- acquisition of Sterling & Wilson Renewables Energy
- sale of its natural gas pipeline to the Brookfield group
Schneider Electric
- acquisition of Larsen & Toubro’s electrical and automation business
Mr. Meghraj Gore
- management related matters in relation to KKR’s acquisition of HealthCare Global Enterprises from CVC.
Tablespace
- investment from Hillhouse Capital Group
Recognition
- Recognized amongst the Top 50 Lawyers in India in Private Capital in the RISE 50 Private Capital Rankings 2025 by RSGI
- Next Generation Partner – Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital), The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide. (2025)
- Recognized as ‘Notable Practitioner’ for M&A by IFLR1000 (2018-2025)
- Recognized as Notable Practitioner in Corporate and M&A by Asialaw Profiles (2025)
