Q&A | Abhishek Singh Baghel | M&A

[music] Hi, I am Abishek Sin Bagel. I’m a partner with DSK legal which is one of the largest and among the leading law firms in India. My core area of expertise are general corporate and M&A. This is specially in relation to cross-border matters and international inbound and outbound transactions. I specialize in handholding foreign enterprises in India. I started my journey as a tax and an antitrust lawyer. However, over the last decade, I have grown into deal making and M&A related matters. I’m a part of DSK’s

Asia Desk, which is focused on servicing clients from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and rest of the ASEAN region. There’s a very practical and solutionoriented approach we have along with an eye for detail. being a part of an international practice group, we deal with different kind of complexities involved in a deal and structuring joint ventures and investments on a regular basis. As a matter of practice, I deep dive into understanding a clients and targets businesses, their cultures and objective of the deal. Being a lawyer for regulators like the competition

commission of India and government agencies such as the income tax department in the past, it has allowed me to understand complexities and regulatory hurdles better and to have a 360deree perspective to issues. We specialize in cross-border M&A and investments, joint venture structuring, formation and dissolution, subsidiary incorporation, post incorporation advisory, dematerialization related assistance, general business and compliance related corporate advisory, merger control assessments and filings.

my clientele includes Mizo Bank, Yosen Corporation, Honda Cars, Toyota Group, Sumitomo Corporation, Marubeni, Alps Alpine, Merkari, Daiso, OpenX, Sapiens Technologies, True North Venture Partners, Daiso, Mitsuen Co., Hitachi, Panasonic, Canon, Cumi Chemicals and Visional Incorporation. These are among some of my leading clients.

As I highlighted, I was a council for the competition commission of India in the past. I have been fortunate enough to represent them in cases like the cement cartel, jet ethihad merger, the DF case, the national stock exchange case, etc. These have allowed me to handle cases much beyond my age and experience and it had really allowed me to grow as a lawyer. So these are some of the highlight cases and then of course becoming a homegrown partner for an international practice group is a

professional achievement I consider very close to me. Well, Global Law Experts is a leading professional network that allows legal professionals like me to connect and meet like-minded people. As I highlighted that I have been part of my firm’s Asia desk for more than a decade and I want to leverage my services to clients beyond Asia. I think global law experts is the right platform for me to connect with individuals and entities that will allow me to grow my domain and help me prosper in the right manner.