Siddhartha Shukla
Siddhartha (Sid) is a cross-border M&A expert, focussing on complex and high-value M&A and Private Capital transactions.
Known for his strong technical, execution and deal-making skills on complicated multijurisdictional deals, Sid works across multiple geographies for large international companies around the world, with particular focus on key international trade corridors involving the US, UK / Europe, India, Japan and the Middle East.
He is recognised as a key lawyer in our M&A practice in London by Legal500's upper mid-market and premium M&A deals, £750m+ segment.
Sid, who is also ranked in Chambers for Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise) | Global in India, is the Co-Head of the Practice.
Client's "recommend him for any high-stakes, complex legal mandates" and consider him to be "a dynamic lawyer with a sound understanding of business and is able to navigate complex M&A transactions to successful closing".
They commend him for being: "meticulous in approach, quickly able to gauge the pulse of the deal and the opposite side and come up with outcomes in deadlock situations".
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- OneWeb on its proposed US$7 billion merger with Eutelsat (This is believed to be one of the biggest transactions in the TMT sector in 2023)
- JSW Energy on its acquisition of O2 Power from EQT Infrastructure and Temasek for c.US$1.5 billion (This is believed to be the biggest renewables deal in India in 2025)
- British Land on the £1 billion sale of 5 Broadgate, held in a 50:50 joint venture between British Land and GIC, to CK Asset
- Reliance Industries on various multiple billion dollar cross-border M&A and JV transactions
- Comcast / Sky on its acquisition of a significant stake in Synamedia, the largest independent video software provider, along with the majority shareholder Permira and subsequent investments by Comcast
- Mercury Capital on the exit of Message4U for AUD$1.7b to Swedish rival Sinch (This was one of the largest ever deals for an Australian technology company)
- Jubilant Bhartia Group on its acquisition of a 40% stake in Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings for up to US$1.4 billion
- Dr Reddy's Laboratories, an Indian listed global pharmaceutical company, on its £500m acquisition of Haleon’s global portfolio of consumer healthcare brands in the Nicotine Replacement Therapy outside of the US (this is believed to the biggest outbound from India in the space in 2024)
- Wipro Enterprises on its cross-border acquisition of a 51% stake in the aerospace and defence business, Lauak, with presence across France, Portugal, Canada, and Mexico
- JSW group on its acquisitions of a significant 35% stake in MG Motors India (This is believed to be the biggest EV transaction in India in 2023)
- Ennismore, a UK-based developer and the owner of The Hoxton and Gleneagles, on its €1 billion joint venture with Accor to create a new global lifestyle hotels company (This is believed to be one of the biggest real estate deals globally in 2021)
- Aernnova, a Spain-headquartered high-end aerostructures company, on its acquisition of GE Aviation's aerospace business in Hamble, UK
- Plus500, an Israel based company providing online trading services to retail customers, on its £460 million recommended cash acquisition by a subsidiary of Playtech plc
- ArcelorMittal on multiple cross-border M&A and JV transactions
- Amsted Industries on multiple cross-border M&A transactions
- Norlake Hospitality, a real estate developer in the UK, Europe and the US, on various transactions including the sale of the companies owning Hoxton hotels in the UK and Europe
- NEPI Rockcastle, a company listed on Euronext and Johannesburg Stock Exchange,on the sale of its office space portfolio in Romania for €308 million to AFI Properties (This is believed to be the biggest real estate deal in Central East Europe in 2020)
- The Prospect Japan Fund, a Guernsey-incorporated property fund listed on the London Stock Exchange, on recommended takeover offer by Prospect Co, a Japanese-incorporated company listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (believed to be the first all-share offer of Japanese listed shares in the UK)
- EQT on its proposed acquisition of Iress (an Australian listed financial services technology company)
- Exicom, India's largest EV charger manufacturer, on the acquisition of assets and business of Tritium Group (previously NASDAQ listed) across the globe including in the US, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands out of insolvency processes
- Chevron and Lloyds Banking group on their entry into India
Sectors
Background
Sid is dual qualified, admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and as an advocate in India (non-practising). He completed his B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons in corporate laws) from National Law University, Jodhpur with distinction in corporate laws.
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