Sridhar Gorthi
Partner - Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions l Private Equity
Overview
Sridhar Gorthi serves on the firm’s management committee and is a part of the Corporate practice group. Sridhar is considered a leading authority on corporate law, M&A and private equity in the country. He has been actively involved in several high-profile cross-border and domestic transactions. His experience spans an array of sectors, including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking and financial services, technology, telecom and media. He has represented international clients on inbound M&A in India as well as Indian companies on outbound M&A transactions in diverse jurisdictions such as the UK, the USA, South Africa and Indonesia. In the last decade, Sridhar has worked on some of the biggest and marquee M&A transactions in India.
Education
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru
Admissions
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Select representative clients/matters
- Heineken, on the acquisition of a controlling stake in United Breweries
- Goldman Sachs, on its investment in Aragen Life Sciences
- Piramal Enterprises, on the acquisition of Diwan Housing
- Piramal Enterprises, on the sale of Piramal Glass to Blackstone
- RARE, on the acquisition of Star Health Insurance
- Intel and Qualcomm, on their investments into Jio Platforms
Recognition
- Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year – the Asia Legal Awards 2023
- ‘Leading Individual – Corporate/M&A’ as per the Asia-Pacific Legal 500, (2018-2020 and 2022)
- Ranked individual in Corporate M&A and Private Equity by Chambers and Partners (Asia Pacific), 2022-2023
- ‘Highly Regarded’ by the IFLR1000 Asia Pacific 2020
- Among India Business Law Journal’s A-list of top 100 lawyers in India
- Among Chambers and Partners – Asia Pacific’s leading lawyers in India for Banking and Finance (2014-2021)
- ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ for M&A and PE as per Asialaw Profiles
