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Rajat is a partner in the M&A practice group and is based in New Delhi. With nearly 25 years of experience, Rajat concentrates primarily on M&A, strategic partnerships and cross-border transactions. After completing his LLM from Columbia University, New York, Rajat worked in New York and Hong Kong for several years before joining the firm in 2010 as a partner to help build the Firm's M&A practice in New Delhi, which has been ranked as a Band 1 Corporate/M&A practice in India by Chambers & Partners for several years. Some recent transactions led by Rajat include advising Haldiram Snacks Foods Private Limited, and its promoters, the Agarwal family, on the sale of a 9% stake to an affiliate of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, and the sale of a 6% stake to Alpha Wave Ventures II LP and International Holdings Company P.J.S.C. for an aggregate consideration of USD 1.5 billion; Insud Pharma SL on a number of related transactions to acquire a Women’s Healthcare business, primarily related to oral and injectable contraceptives, from Viatris Inc.; Edgeconnex, Inc. on their data center joint venture with Adani Enterprises Limited; Elanco Animal Health on the India leg of its USD 6.89 billion acquisition of the animal health business of Bayer AG; Capgemini SE on multiple transactions in India; WABCO Holdings Inc. on the India leg of its acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen AG for an equity value of over USD 7 billion including equity value of Wabco India of approximately USD 1.7 billion. Rajat has been consistently recognized as a ‘Leading Partner’ for Corporate/M&A by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide and Global Guide, including in 2025. He has also been consistently ranked as a ‘Leading Partner’ for Corporate and M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific Rankings. He was ranked as ‘Highly Regarded’ for M&A by IFLR1000 Rankings 2025 and as a ‘Rated Lawyer’ by RSG Resight India Rankings 2025. In previous years, Rajat featured in the ‘Super 50’ Indian Lawyers list (2020) and in the ‘40 under 40’ list (2017).