Haigreve Khaitan is a Managing Partner and leads various practices at the Firm. He is an elected member of the National Executive Committee of the Firm, which is responsible for the Firm’s strategic growth and development. He advises companies, boards of directors and financial institutions on a wide range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate governance, corporate restructuring and other corporate and securities laws matters.
Haigreve has been involved in some of the most high-profile and complex M&A and private equity transactions in India and is sought after for his expertise by some of the most prominent Indian promoters, Indian and international companies, Indian regulatory agencies as well as some of the largest global funds investing in India. He advises a range of large Indian conglomerates and multinational clients in various business sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, infrastructure, steel, software and information technology. A well-known name in India’s legal industry, Haigreve is counted among the top lawyers of the country.
Haigreve is on the board of directors of various companies including Reliance Industries Limited, Jio Platforms Limited, Tech Mahindra Limited, Dalmia Bharat Limited and Grasim Industries Limited.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Estate Planning, Trusts and Private Client
Advised Haldiram group and its promoters, the Agarwal family, on the sale of a minority stake to Temasek, Alpha Wave Ventures and International Holdings Company.
Advised Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 Media Private Limited on its strategic joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.
Advised Reliance Industries Limited on internal restructuring and multiple large acquisitions in (i) Oil & Gas and (ii) Digital / TMT sectors
Advised Aditya Birla Nuvo and Grasim Industries on a USD 9 Billion restructuring
Advised Vedanta Resources on a number of transactions, including its USD 2.6 Billion merger with Cairn India
Advised Zydus Wellness and Cadila Healthcare Limited on their acquisition of Heinz India for USD 650 Million
Advised IHH Healthcare Berhad on the acquisition of Fortis Healthcare Ltd for USD 565 Million
Advised Apax Partners on a number of transactions, including (i) the acquisition of a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech by its portfolio company Quinag Acquisition for USD 300 Million and (ii) the acquisition GlobalLogic, Inc. from a number of financial sponsors
Advised The Blackstone Group on exits from Gokaldas Exports Limited, CMS Infosystems, Jagran Prakashan and Gateway Rail Freight, among others
Advised Advent International on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Manjushree Technopack from Kedaraa Capital and the promoters
Haigreve has been consistently recommended by many of the world’s leading law chambers and accreditation bodies. Sources also praise him as an “outstanding lawyer” who is “extremely good and very sharp when it comes to large transactions’’. He has been acknowledged for his experience and expertise by:
- Chambers and Partners as a "Eminent Practitioner" for Corporate/M&A and Private Equity and "Band 1 Lawyer" for Private Wealth Law;
- The Legal 500 as a "Hall of Fame" for Corporate and M&A and "Recommended Lawyer" for Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital) and Private Client Practice;
- Lexology Index as a Global Elite Thought Leader" for Corporate Governance and M&A;
- Asialaw as a "Elite Practitioner" for Corporate and M&A and Private Equity;
- IFLR1000 as a "Market Leader" for Banking and M&A;
- Featured in the list of Hubbis Top 20 Private Wealth Advisers in India for 2025;
- RSG Resight India as a "Recommended Lawyer" for the year 2025;
- India Business Law Journal as a "Legal Icon" in the A List for Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring & Insolvency and Succession Planning (Family Office);
- Legal Era as a "Leading Lawyer Legend" for Corporate and M&A and Private Equity;
- In- House Community as a "External Counsel: of the Year 2021;
- Asian Legal Business as a Top 15 M&A lawyers in Asia;
- RSG India Award as a "Emerging Leaders" of the year 2019
