Anuj Bhasme

Anuj Bhasme, is a Partner based out of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.’s Mumbai office is part of the firm’s General Corporate, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.
Anuj has over 15 years of experience in advising clients on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions across various sectors. Anuj is noted for his particular expertise in the real estate, health care, logistics, services, FMCG, manufacturing, information technology and retail sectors. Anuj also has substantial experience and expertise in corporate advisory and regulatory aspects and has made several representations to various Indian regulatory bodies, including the Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

As part of his private equity and venture capital practice, Anuj has represented large and reputable global private equity houses such as Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, LeapFrog, Hillhouse Capital Group and Motion Ventures on some of their marquee investments. Anuj also regularly advises several large multi-national corporations, such as Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Church & Dwight Co. Inc., Lululemon, Texas Instruments Inc., Sanitarium, Air France, DEME Group NV, Newell Brands, CPM Holdings Inc., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., NCR Corporation, EllansaLabs, Inc., Raymond Group, New Delhi Television Limited, LG Group, Bombay Fluid System Components Private Limited and Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd., in relation to various strategic ventures, corporate restructuring and corporate advisory work.

Clients have described Anuj as “a true expert who can break down key issues in a way that is understandable”; Clients have also had the following to say about Anuj: “he has a pragmatic approach in resolving issues and he thinks outside of the box”; and “he delivers high quality advice; he has the ability to provide crisp and clear advice”.

Anuj is a part of “Elite Club of BW Legal World 40 under 40 Club of Lawyers, Legal Leaders and Legal Influencers” in 2022. Anuj was declared as the “exclusive winner in the M&A category for India” of the Lexology Client Choice Awards, 2021 and the Lexology Client Choice Awards, 2019. Anuj has also been mentioned as a ‘key lawyer’ in the Firm’s real estate and construction practice in 2021 by The Legal 500 – Asia Pacific – India edition.

Prior to joining the Firm, Anuj worked at the Mumbai office of J. Sagar Associates, Advocates and Solicitors.