Bharat Anand

Bharat Anand is Partner at Khaitan & Co and a member of the firm’s National Executive Committee. He co-leads the firm’s M&A, and PE and VC practices and has extensive global experience across a wide range of areas including M&A, joint ventures, and PE and VC transactions.

As a strategic advisor to many prominent Indian promoters, Indian and international companies, and financial sponsors, Bharat has spearheaded complex M&A transactions, investments by funds and sensitive corporate governance cases in India.

He has led several marquee transactions such as ReNew Power’s SPAC, Aakash Education’s sale to Byju’s, Manipal Hospitals’ acquisition of Columbia Asia’s portfolio of hospital sites in India and the buy-out of Kolkata headquartered, Amri Hospitals. On the financial sponsor side, he advised Everstone on its sale of a significant minority stake in Sahyadri Hospitals Group to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Bharat has also advised on the resolution of settlement between VC investors, founders, lenders and a trade buyer for the solvent business of GoMechanic amidst findings of accounting irregularities by prospective investors and regulatory investigations. He has also acted as the advisor to Softbank on several investments and exits in India, GTI Capital in its investment in SAMHI hotels, Euler Motors in its fund raise from GIC Singapore as lead investor, Lightspeed Venture and Kalaari Capital on their investment into Healthplix, and Clove Dental on primary investments by Investcorp and Tyborne.

As a recognised thought leader, Bharat plays an active role in shaping key policy matters by closely working with leading industry associations in India. He is a part of the National Executive Committee of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), co-chair of FICCI’s Committee on Stressed Assets and part of the Delhi Chapter of Young Presidents Organisation (YPO).

A dual-qualified lawyer (India and England & Wales), Bharat read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, as a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar and is an alumnus of St Columba’s School. He is ranked as “Band 1 Lawyer” for M&A work in Delhi, by both Chambers Asia Pacific and UK. He is based in New Delhi/NCR.