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
Advised O2 Power SG Pte. Ltd. In relation to acquisition of 100% share capital of Panama Wind Energy Private Limited and Panama Wind Energy Godawari Private Limited (approx. 150 MW)
Advised Sandvik SRP AB in its acquisition of all assets of a manufacturing plant of Baroda Hi Tech Alloys Private Limited
Advised Inbrew Beverages on its acquisition of the business comprising 32 brands including Haywards, White-Mischief, Green Label, Romanov and others (Popular Brands Business) from United Spirits Limited for a total consideration of INR 828 crore.
Advised PlaySimple Games Private Limited and the Promoter group in relation to 100% acquisition of PlaySimple Games Private Limited by the Modern Times Group (MTG) for an up-front consideration of USD 360 million and performance based earn-out payments of USD 150 million in aggregate
Advised Ahead Global Holdings in its acquisition of Molson Coors India Private Limited through its special purpose vehicle Inbrew Holdings Pte Ltd
Advised Sandvik Machining Solutions AB, Sweden (acting through its Indian subsidiary, Dormer Tools India Private Limited) on the acquisition of tools machining business of Ashok Piramal Group in India as a going concern, on a slump sale basis
Advised SMC Power Generation Limited in relation to its acquisition of the Jharsuguda manufacturing unit of Concast Steel and Power (in Liquidation) in accordance with the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC). This is one of the first of its kind deal in India where business assets have been acquired through liquidation under the IBC.
Advised InterGlobe Real Estate Ventures in its acquisition of 'Skyview Corporate Park' through acquisition of the holding-SPV from Hines Group, along with Indiabulls Commercial Advantage Fund.