Expertise

Nikhil is a Partner in Addleshaw Goddard's London corporate department.

Nikhil's principal areas of practice include mergers, acquisitions and investment strategies, specialising in complex domestic and cross border transactions, with a specific focus on the energy, infrastructure, healthcare and retail sectors.

Nikhil is Co-Chair of the firm's India Business Group and also a member of the firm's Africa Business Group.  Heregularly advises market participants in both India and Africa on corporate/investment transactions.

Recent experience includes advising:

  • Veeda Clinical Research Limited, an Indian CRO on its acquisition of the Europe based Heads Research Group
  • AAH/Aurelius on the disposal of the Lloyds Pharmacy portfolio of high street pharmacies by way of more than 80 corporate share sales
  • Frequentis AG on its acquisition of the ATM voice communications and arrival management product business from the US company L3Harris Technologies which involved four inter-connected share and business acquisitions in Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia
  • BII backed Gridworks Development Partners on certain aspects of its investments into Mettle Solar and Virunga Power
  • BII on its joint venture with Norfund through a Dutch holding company for the acquisition, development and operation of hydropower projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Recipharm on the sale of its API manufacturing entity in Cramlington to Pharmaron
Education
  • NALSAR University of Law - 2010
Publications
  • The Idea-Expression Dichotomy: Indianising an International Debate published in (Kierkegaard, S.(2007) Cyberlaw, Security and Privacy , pp. 93 – 110) and also published at the Journal of Int’l Commercial Law and Technology, (2008) Vol 3, No. 2, JICLT 
Languages
  • Tamil (fluent)
  •  Hindi (fluent)
  • Kannada (Basic)
Professional Memberships
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Advocate, Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India