Savi Hebbur
Biography
Overview
Savi is a partner in our Global M&A and Corporate practice and India Country Practice and is based in London.
Savi regularly advises clients on private and public M&A transactions focussing on emerging markets including South Asia and Africa. He is a market leader in advising international companies and financial sponsors on their Indian transactions and Indian corporates on their international M&A. He has extensive experience in the energy, chemicals, healthcare, financial services, telecom, real estate and industrial sectors.
Key clients include Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, New York Life and Sumitomo Telecom.
Experience
Rosneft on the US$12.9bn acquisition of a minimum 49% equity stake in Essar Oil and its joint venture with a consortium of international investors.*
Reliance Industries its acquisition of Faradion Limited, a sodium ion battery business and a minority stake in and technology licensing arrangements with Nexwafe, a manufacturer of solar wafers.*
New York Life on its investments in various residential and commercial real estate sector developments in India and its acquisition of a controlling stake in Tristan Capital, a European real estate investment fund.*
Cintra on its EUR740m acquisition of a 24% stake in IRB Infrastructure Trust (an Indian listed INVIT) from certain affiliates of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and EUR 369m investment to acquire 24.86% stake in IRB Infrastructure Developers.*
Sumitomo Telecom on its joint venture with Vodafone, Vodacom, Safaricom and BII to establish the first private telecom operator in Ethiopia and the subsequent investment by IFC in the Ethiopian Telecom business and related shareholder arrangements.*
*Experience from prior firm
12 Years Ranked for Corporate/M&A in India
Chambers 2024
2 Years Ranked for Projects & Energy in India
Chambers 2024
