Prateek is a Partner in the M&A, PE, JV, Corporate & Commercial and Energy, Infrastructure and Projects Practice. He has over thirteen years of experience in advising: (a) private equity funds on setting up, deploying through and exiting from portfolio companies operating in renewable energy, commercial retail, and warehousing sector; (b) conglomerates on both buy side and sell side M&A transactions; (c) renewables power companies on both greenfield and brownfield utility scale and C&I power projects; and (d) on setting up and enforcement of rights in joint ventures.
He has worked with entities across diverse sectors, including commercial real estate, renewable energy, ITES, data-centres, manufacturing, education, healthcare, and e-commerce.
Education
- B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (2013)
Expertise
Awards
- Recognised as a" Recommended Lawyer" in Corporate and M&A in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Rankings 2026.
Work Highlights
- Advised CtrlS Datacentres in its partnership with CPP Investments, involving a C$ 1 billion commitment comprising an 8.2% equity stake along with a joint venture to set up data centres across India.
- Advised on the sale of Cloud4C group to Capgemini for USD 1 Billion.
- Advised Blupine Energy, a renewable energy company on:
- (a) acquisition of landholding companies for development of captive power projects; and
- (b) sale of minority stake in the captive power projects to captive user.
- Advised Mitsui & Co. in acquiring a significant minority stake in an electric vehicles manufacturer in India.
- Advised various Actis funds and their portfolio entities on:
- divestment from a portfolio comprising of a chain of schools operating in Indonesia;
- acquiring two utility scale solar power projects located in Karnataka and Rajasthan; and
- a shareholder dispute with the promoters of its investee company.
- Advised Bharti Realty on selling 51% stake in four commercial assets located in Delhi, Gurgaon and Ludhiana to a private equity fund.
- Advised InShorts on interim fund raising from venture capitalists.
- Advised various Xander funds on acquiring portfolios of retail malls and warehousing projects including a forward purchase of constructed and leased out warehousing assets from a distressed developer.
- Advised Varde Partners while lending to off-shore hold-cos of a distressed developer based out of Gurugram. Assisted in enforcement of security.
- Supported developers of a hotel project in Andamans in negotiating a hotel management agreement, technical services agreement and brand license agreement.
- Advised Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages on standardising agreements for distributors, turnkey projects, supply of equipment, software, manpower, transportation and waste disposal services, raw materials, etc. as well as preparing a negotiation and escalation playbook for the business teams.
- Provided strategic guidance to the board of a leading insurance company on internal investigation of anonymous complaints against certain management personnel.
- Advised Inshorts and Meta on restructuring options for complying with the amendments to the FDI framework in relation to the ‘digital media business’.
- Assisted Amazon in evaluating bid documents for IPL broadcasting rights.