Yogesh Singh
Partner - Corporate, Restructuring, Special Situations and Insolvency
Mergers and Acquisitions | Private Equity | Corporate Finance | Distressed Assets | Regulatory (Defence and TMT)
Overview
Yogesh Singh is a Partner and Head of the Corporate practice group at Trilegal. He has an illustrious track record of advising clients on M&A, private equity and corporate finance transactions. He has acted for international corporations, funds and investors on several marque transactions. Yogesh actively advises foreign and Indian clients on structuring and corporate aspects of their India operations/ investments, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and strategic employment matters. In the last seven years, Yogesh has been intensely involved in distressed asset transactions, including some first of their kind restructurings/settlements, fintech, technology and Defence (contracting, offsets, investment and policy) matters. In terms of sectors, Yogesh focuses on financial services, e-commerce, TMT, fintech, edutech, energy and infrastructure, manufacturing, real estate, Defence and hospitality.
Yogesh has advised several international companies on their entry strategy and the Indian regulatory framework with Europe as a focused market. Given his involvement in cutting-edge and complex transactions, he has been invited to make policy advocacy representations at various government interactions as well as to conduct training for senior judges and senior management of corporations.
Education
National Law Institute University, Bhopal
Admissions
Member, Supreme Court of India
Solicitor, England and Wales
Select representative clients/matters
- Naspers Group, on strategic advisory and offering full transactional support on various investments/exits involving Makemytrip, Flipkart, Elastic Run, Byju’s, and various ongoing matters
- Peugeot S.A., on its re-entry into India through joint ventures to make cars and power trains
- Virgin Hyperloop and other consortium members, on the proposal to build a high-speed system for goods and passenger transport in India
- Prosus ventures, on the recent acquisition of BillDesk for $4.7 billion
- WPP, on sale of 60 percent stake in its global data analytics arm, Kantar, to US private equity group Bain Capital for around $4 billion
- Goldman Sachs, on investments in various companies, including Tikona Digital and Fabhotels
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP), on investment into NIIF and investment diligence in JP Power and Reliance electricity distribution business
- Varde Partners Asia
- debt resolution of RattanIndia Power
- joint venture with Aditya Birla Capital for investment in distressed assets in India
- indirect investment in Clearwater Capital Partners India
- more than 20 debt investment deals, including secondary acquisitions as well as restructuring/promoter financing mandates
- Brookfield Asset Management, on various large and mid-sized debt and equity investments in various Indian renewable energy companies
Recognition
- The Economic Times and Spencer Stuart 40 Under Forty – Business Leaders Listing 2020
- Highly ranked by Chambers and Partners – Asia Pacific’s Guide for M&A
- Highly Regarded’ for M&A and Projects in India – IFLR 1000
- IBLJ’s A-List of top 100 lawyers in India, 2022
