Partner | Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate and Commercial
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education
- B.S.L., LL.B., ILS Law College, Pune (2009)
- Executive Programme on Venture Capital and Private Equity, Columbia Business School (2023)
Tanvi is a Partner in the Corporate/M&A practice at the Firm’s Gurugram office. She has over 16 years of transactional experience and advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, inbound and outbound investments, private equity buyouts, secondary sales, business and asset transfers, venture capital investments, and general corporate advisory matters.
Her practice spans a wide range of sectors, including information technology, manufacturing, hospitality, fintech, new-age technology, leisure, and consumer goods. She regularly advises large Indian corporates, multinational companies, financial investors, and strategic investors on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Tanvi also has a particular focus on advising Korean companies on establishing, expanding, and investing in India.
Tanvi has extensive experience in day-to-day corporate advisory, corporate governance, commercial contracts, licensing arrangements, and internal reorganisations and restructurings. She also regularly advises corporates and insurers on transactional liability insurance.
As a seasoned transaction lawyer, Tanvi has successfully led and managed multidisciplinary teams on numerous transactions from inception to completion. She has been recognised by leading legal directories and also serves as an independent director on the boards of various listed and unlisted Indian companies. Tanvi has authored several publications and has completed the Executive Programme on Board Effectiveness from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Her key clients include HCL Technologies, Sandvik Group, Inbrew Beverages, Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad S.A., and Falfurrias Capital Partners.
Professional Affiliations
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
- Society of Women Lawyers, India Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
- Lead, India, She Breaks The Law (Global Women’s Lawyer Network)
Representative Matters
Tanvi Kumar has represented and advised the following clients
Tomcar Holding Company LLC
Advised and represented on its joint venture with JSW Sarbloh Motors Private Limited to manufacture and assemble the Tomcar TX range of tactical all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in India, with a focus to cater to Indian defence requirements and also supply the products to other left-hand drive and right-hand drive markets in Asia and beyond
PCBL Limited, a global leader in carbon black and part of RP-SG group
Advised on its proposed acquisition of 100% of Aquapharm Chemicals Private Limited’s share capital for approximately INR 3,800 crore
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
Advised in a distressed sale of its stake in Himachal Sorang Power Private Limited, which had defaulted in secured institutional borrowings of the principal amount of INR 8000 million, to a strategic buyer identified by the joint lenders forum. The deal was structured as a pre-pack before the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was implemented
City Football Group
Advised in its landmark entry in the Indian football space by acquisition of 65% stake in Mumbai City FC, a club franchised with the Indian Super League
SIS Prosegur Holdings Private Limited / Prosegur Compañia De Seguridad S.A.
Advised in relation to their India operations including, its greenfield joint venture with SIS India Limited for developing electronic surveillance business in India and its exit from the joint venture, the acquisition of cash management services business from ISS SDB by SIS Prosegur Holdings Private Limited and restructuring of its cash management joint venture with SIS India Limited and technology license by Prosegur to the joint venture
Sandvik Machining Solutions AB, Sweden (acting through its Indian subsidiary, Dormer Tools India Private Limited)
Advised on the acquisition of tools machining business of Ashok Piramal Group in India as a going concern, on a slump sale basis
InterGlobe Real Estate Ventures
Advised in its acquisition of 'Skyview Corporate Park' through acquisition of the holding-SPV from Hines Group, along with Indiabulls Commercial Advantage Fund
Iron Mountain Inc (a listed US company engaged in record management business)
- Advised in relation to its buy-out of 100% stake in Iron Mountain India Private Limited from its joint venture partner in India