Sujoy has over 20 years of experience in advising clients on corporate matters. He is the head of C&M’s corporate practice area and primarily focuses on transactional advice. He has advised investors (both corporate and individual), target entities (both established and start-up), and various intermediaries on all aspects of transactions, including mergers, share sales/purchases, asset sales, and buyouts.

 

He also regularly advises clients on complex legal issues such as foreign exchange laws, contractual provisions, and trade laws. His practice areas include advising on setting up business in India, day-to-day business operations, corporate compliance and governance, and business structuring. In addition, Sujoy regularly advises on all types of commercial and corporate contracts. Sujoy also leads C&M’s data and privacy practice and employment practice.

 

Sujoy is a visiting faculty member at the National Law University, Delhi and teaches a course on cross-border transactions to final year students. In 2021, he co-authored a book on ‘International VC Terms’ published by Beck CE.

 

Before joining C&M, Sujoy was a partner in the corporate practice group of J. Sagar Associates and has previously worked with Ashurst LLP in London and Singapore.

Notable Matters: 

 

• Advised Indorama India Private Limited and Indorama Corporation Pte. Ltd. (its parent company) on the acquisition of Grasim Industries Limited’s fertiliser business as a going concern on a slump sale basis for INR 2,649 Crores.

• Advised Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited on sale of its Forged Wheel Plant to the Ministry of Railways.

• Advised the Government of India on the acquisition of a majority stake by Power Finance Corporation in Rural Electrification Corporation valued at INR 14,500 Crores.

• Advised Ebix Inc. on the acquisition of ItzCash and its Singapore holding company – a simultaneous buy-out in two jurisdictions in the payments space.

• Advised PayU Payments Private Limited on an investment in Dotpe Private Limited.

• Advised Chanel on the sale of its data center/outsourcing operation in Bengaluru to Capgemini.