Expertise
Nikhil is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard's London corporate department.
Nikhil's principal areas of practice include mergers, acquisitions and investment strategies, specialising in complex domestic and cross border transactions, with a specific focus on the energy, infrastructure, healthcare and retail sectors.
Nikhil is Co-Chair of the firm's India Business Group and also a member of the firm's Africa Business Group. Heregularly advises market participants in both India and Africa on corporate/investment transactions.
Recent experience includes advising:
- Veeda Clinical Research Limited, an Indian CRO on its acquisition of the Europe based Heads Research Group
- AAH/Aurelius on the disposal of the Lloyds Pharmacy portfolio of high street pharmacies by way of more than 80 corporate share sales
- Frequentis AG on its acquisition of the ATM voice communications and arrival management product business from the US company L3Harris Technologies which involved four inter-connected share and business acquisitions in Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia
- BII backed Gridworks Development Partners on certain aspects of its investments into Mettle Solar and Virunga Power
- BII on its joint venture with Norfund through a Dutch holding company for the acquisition, development and operation of hydropower projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Recipharm on the sale of its API manufacturing entity in Cramlington to Pharmaron
- Education
- NALSAR University of Law - 2010
- Publications
- The Idea-Expression Dichotomy: Indianising an International Debate published in (Kierkegaard, S.(2007) Cyberlaw, Security and Privacy , pp. 93 – 110) and also published at the Journal of Int’l Commercial Law and Technology, (2008) Vol 3, No. 2, JICLT
- Languages
- Tamil (fluent)
- Hindi (fluent)
- Kannada (Basic)
- Professional Memberships
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Advocate, Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India