Bhargava, Manoj

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Hindi

Lawyer Overview

Manoj Bhargava concentrates his practice on initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private placements, and demutualizations (including SEC-registered offerings and listings on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and the stock exchanges of Mumbai, London, and Luxembourg), representing issuers, investment banks, and investors. He also focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments and dispositions.

Manoj's recent transactions include the US$1.1 billion right offering of equity shares of Hindalco Industries Limited and the US$194 million initial public offering of equity shares of KSK Energy Ventures Limited. His clients in India include issuers and Indian and international investment banks. In the past three years Manoj has completed more than 20 capital markets and private equity transactions in India, and he has worked on transactions for clients in many other geographic areas as well, including Australia, China, the European Union member countries, and the United States.

Prior to relocating to Singapore in 2007, Manoj worked in the Hong Kong, Moscow, and New York offices of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP for more than nine years.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity

Representative Cases

• ABN AMRO, Citi, Deutsche Bank, DSP Merrill Lynch and SBI Capital serve as lead managers in $1.1 billion rights offering by Hindalco Industries Limited , (2009)
• Avendus and Motilal Oswal Advisors issue INR 1.6 billion (US $42.1 million) of Equity Shares in an institutional placing in India and Regulation S offering by Nitco Tiles Limited
• Citigroup Global Markets and others complete $300 million of Equity Shares in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited
• Citigroup Global Markets, DSP Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Equities India, and others complete INR 27,901 million qualified institutional placement and concurrent Rule 144A and Regulation S by Hindalco Industries Limited
• DSP Merrill Lynch and others underwrite US$625 million Indian IPO by Adani Power Limited
• DSP Merrill Lynch underwrite public offering of $92.6 million of Equity Shares in India and Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings by Patni Computer Systems Limited , (2009)
• Enam Securities and Kotak Mahindra underwrite INR 15 billion of Equity Shares in IPO global offerings by DB Realty
• Enam Securities, J.P. Morgan India and ICICI Securities complete IPO of $187 million of Equity Shares and Rule 144A by Brigade Enterprises Private Limited , (2009)
• HSBC Securities and Antique Capital Markets complete INR 4.0 billion Section 4(2) qualified institutional placement and Regulation S offering
• IDFC-SSKI and Macquarie Capital Advisers complete IPO for $70 million of Equity Shares and Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Gammon Infrastructure Projects Limited , (2009)
• IDFC-SSKI Limited and India Infoline complete INR 3,041.59 million qualified institutional placement by Gammon India Limited , (2009)
• IDFC-SSKI, JP Morgan, Kotak Mahindra and Macquarie Capital complete INR 7,168.5 million global offering of Equity Shares by GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited , (2009)
• India Infoline completes INR 5,159.25 million qualified institutional placement and concurrent Regulation S by KSK Energy Ventures Limited
• India Infoline completes INR 6.1 billion IPO and concurrent Regulation S by Cox and Kings India Limited , (2009)
• Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services and others complete a private placement of $242 million of Equity Shares and Regulation S offering by The Phoenix Mills Limited
• Jefferies International acts as underwriter and dealer manager in public and Regulation S offerings for $90 million of Convertible Bonds by Bilcare Singapore Pte. Limited , (2009)
• JPMorgan Chase underwrites $180 million of GDRs in Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Gitanjali Gems Limited , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra and Anand Rathi Advisors Limited complete a Regulation S qualified institutional placement by Mahindra Forgings Limited
• Kotak Mahindra and DSP Merrill Lynch place INR 5,000 million global private placement of Equity Shares of PTC India Limited , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra and other banks underwrite $194 million of Equity Shares in IPO global offerings by KSK Energy Ventures Private Limited , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra Capital and other banks complete IPO in India for $111 million of Equity Shares and Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings by BGR Energy Systems Limited
• Kotak Mahindra completes INR 1.8 billion IPO and concurrent Rule 144A and Regulation S by Vascon Engineers Limited
• Kotak Mahindra issues $152 million of Equity Shares in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Godrej Industries Limited , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra underwrites IPO for INR 12.8 million Equity Shares and Regulation S offering by Titagarh Wagons Limited , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra, CLSA India, J.P. Morgan India, and India Infoline complete INR 6.8 billion Section 4(2) qualified institutional placement and Regulation S offering
• Kotak Mahindra, HSBC Securities and SBI Capital Markets underwrites INR 2.8 billion IPO by Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India , (2009)
• Kotak Mahindra, ICICI Securities, IDFC-SSKI Limited, and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities Pvt. Ltd. complete INR 4.6 billion IPO and concurrent Rule 144A and Regulation S by Godrej Properties Limited
• Kotak Mahindra, J.P. Morgan India and Macquarie Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd complete Section 4(2) qualified institutional placement and Regulation S offering , (2009)
• Macquarie Capital Advisers (India) Pvt. Ltd., Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors, and Centrum Capital complete INR 1,985.13 million qualified institutional placement and Regulation S offering by Jai Balaji Industries
• The Federal Bank completes rights offering of INR 21.4 billion of Equity Shares , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Allahabad University - India
• Awadesh Pratap Singh U - India
• New York University

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