Vaibhav Kothari
Partner - Corporate, Restructuring, Special Situations and Insolvency
Private Equity | Investments | Mergers and Acquisitions
Overview
Vaibhav is a Partner in the Trilegal’s Gurugram office and is a part of the Corporate practice group. Vaibhav specialises in private equity and investment transactions. He has significant experience in advising a number of companies and investors on transactions ranging from seed funding to late-stage equity financing, joint ventures, and M&A deals for clients, primarily in the energy, non-banking financial and telecom sectors.
Some of the key clients that Vaibhav has advised include International Finance Corporation, DEG-Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, Proparco, GE Capital Energy Financial Services, Goldman Sachs, Telenor, Omidyar Networks and New Enterprise Associates.
Education
National Law University, Jodhpur
Admissions
Delhi Bar Association
Select representative clients/matters
- IFC– GIF (AMC FUND), Proparco and DEG, on their multiple rounds of funding in Azure Power India, subsequent restructuring of Azure Power India and its listing on NYSE
- GE Renewables, on setting up joint ventures for the development of wind power projects for Renew Power
- Equinor ASA, on a proposed venture with an Indian power producer to develop floating solar projects
- Aditya Birla Group, on a joint venture in the Defence sector with an Israeli defence company
- Goldman Sachs, on its equity investments in and setting up of ISP Tikona Digital Networks Pvt Ltd
