Bharat Anand

Bharat Anand is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice group and leads the Firm’s NCR Delhi office and is also a member of the Firm’s National Executive Committee.  

He specialises in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions as well as being a strategic advisor on particularly complex or sensitive situations in India. He has a wide range of industry experience including financial services, insurance, renewable energy, telecom, information technology, manufacturing and consumer goods. He represents financial sponsors, founders and family offices on control deals, growth capital investments, joint ventures and exits. He has also advised Indian and foreign clients on disputes in India.

Bharat is ranked by both Chambers Asia Pacific and UK as a “Band 1 Lawyer” for M&A work and is recognised as a Global Leader by “Who’s Who Legal” for M&A and Governance issues. He has also served as a member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI.

Bharat read law at Jesus College, Cambridge and is an alumnus of St. Columba’s School. He is a dual qualified lawyer (India and England Wales). Prior to joining the Firm in 2009, Bharat had a successful career at Freshfields (London) for several years as a corporate and M&A lawyer.