About Partho

Partho Chaudhuri is a partner in our UK Corporate Practice.

With over 15 years’ experience, Partho advises corporates, management teams and business owners on a broad range of strategic and transactional matters. His practice focuses on complex domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and legal entity simplification programmes.

Partho brings deep experience across the full M&A life cycle – from pre-transaction structuring and execution through to post-merger integration. He is particularly known for his pragmatic approach, commercial insight and ability to think outside the box.

Experience

Advising the financial services arm of a French original equipment manufacturer (OEM) on the acquisition of a minority stake in a UK vehicle leasing broker and the launch of a new multibrand leasing provider.
Advising an international packaging company on the sale of its plastics division, including the sale/separation of assets and operations in several countries.
Advising a US-headquartered provider of cloud solutions on its acquisition of a leading provider of manufacturing execution systems software for smart manufacturing.
Advising the UK subsidiary of a Japanese consumer electronics company on the carve-out sale of its automotive mouldings business.
Advising a French-headquartered supplier of electronics to the automotive, aerospace railways and telecoms sectors on the sale of its power division.
Advising a French-headquartered company in the rail transport industry on its acquisition of a UK specialist in passenger and fleet connectivity solutions.
Advising a US automotive supplier on the sale of one of its UK technical centres.
Advising a Swiss-headquartered designer and manufacturer of components and systems solutions for electrical and optical connectivity on its acquisition of a UK-based technology startup that was spun out from a university.
Advising a French-headquartered construction services group on its acquisition of a leading UAE-based oil and gas services company.
Advising a leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) media company on a strategic acquisition in the Nordic market, including the setup of a new joint venture.
Advising the founder shareholders on the disposal of a UK adhesives and coatings manufacturer to a large US corporate.
Advising the management team on the management buyout (MBO) of a leading provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services.
Advising a water company on its exit from the nonhousehold retail market, including the transfer of its retail business customers.

Credentials

Education

College of Law, Birmingham, L.P.C., 2008
King’s College London, LL.M., 2007
University of Warwick, LL.B. (Hons.), 2006

Admissions

England and Wales, 2010

Expertise

Services

Corporate

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