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Minhaz has been a part of and has led several large transactions, some of the notable mentions are:

Private Equity & Venture Capital

• Advising Apax Partners | acquisition of a significant majority stake in Healthium Medtech, one of India’s medical devices companies
• Advising OrbiMed | a global healthcare fund on investments in several Indian companies, including: AIMS (Asian Institute of Medical Sciences) Hospital, Eurolife Healthcare,  LifeCell,  Uquifa, Arcatron, Innvolution, Pee Safe and TruNative
• Advising Samara Capital | acquisition of a majority stake and subsequent exit from Sapphire Foods, one of India’s largest restaurant operators in the Indian subcontinent and Agro Tech Foods Limited, an Indian company housing the brands ”Act II” and “Sundop”, from Conagra Brands
• Advising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co | acquisition of the Capsugel business from Pfizer Limited
• Advising Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital), RTP Capital, Elevation Capital, Stellaris Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures, Iron Pillar, Ivy Cap in several investments made by it, including investments in companies involving a US Holdco with an Indian subsidiary such as FamPay, Flemingo Technologies, International Battery Company, Pibit.ai, Trupeer.ai, Headout, Lamda Test, Lenity Health, Bureau Inc, Privado, Orbi Health, Shipper, Buyer Assist.io, Carpl.ai and Eka Care
• Advising Mayfield Ventures, Helion Ventures and Kalaari Capital | sale of their entire stake in Simplilearn, a leading education tech company in India as part of Blackstone’s acquisition of a significant majority in Simplilearn
• Unilever Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Mayfield Ventures and Blume Ventures | sale of their entire stake in Milkbasket, an Indian online milk and grocery store to Reliance Industries Limited, as part of to Reliance’s acquisition of Milkbasket

Mergers & Acquisitions – Select Deals

• Advising Torrent Pharmaceutical | acquisition of the global formulations business of Unicem Laboritories Limited (ranked as Deal of the Year)
• Advising Halyard Health, Inc. | sale of the surgical and infection prevention business of its Indian subsidiary, Halyard Health India Private Limited to Owens & Minor.
• Advising Cadila Healthcare Limited and Zydus Wellness Limited, on their acquisition of Heinz India, an Indian company housing the brands “Complan”, “Glucon-D” and “Nycil”
• Advising Entero Healthcare | acquisition of 23 companies (over the past six years) engaged in the business of wholesale distribution of medical devices and other healthcare and allied products to create one of India’s largest medical device distribution platforms;
• Advising HIL Limited, a C.K Birla group entity | acquisition of Parador Holdings GmbH, a German group of companies engaged in manufacture of building materials
• Advising Ushdev Power Holding | acquisition of the wind power business of Suzlon Engitech Limited, one of India’s largest renewable energy companies; Stollberg Group | sale of its Indian entities to the Imerys Group as a part of a global transaction
• Advising ISS Facility Services | sale of (a) its cash and vault services division to SIS Prosegur, India’s largest cash management company, and (b) its security division to SDB Select Private Limited
• Advising Astral Poly Technik Ltd., | acquisition of Rex Poly Extrusion Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s largest manufacturers of UPVC and PVC pipes