Manish Acharya
Managing Partner
Advises founders, investors and businesses on transactions, governance, commercial risk and complex decision-making.
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Profile
Clear positions. Practical judgement.
Manish advises founders, investors and leadership teams on transactions, commercial arrangements, governance and situations where legal risk intersects with an important business decision.
His work spans transactions, investment structures, shareholder arrangements, commercial contracts, regulatory questions and special situations. The emphasis is on identifying the issues that affect value, control or execution and turning them into positions that can be acted upon.
Areas of focus
Where Manish tends to work.
Approach
Commercial context first. Legal detail where it matters.
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Understand the objective
Start with what the client is trying to achieve and the decision that needs to be made.
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Identify what matters
Separate issues that affect value, control or execution from those that can be managed.
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Take a position
Advice should lead to a decision, not create another layer of uncertainty.
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Stay close to execution
Remain involved until the issue is documented, implemented or resolved.
Experience
Representative work.
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Advised the founders of a growth-stage technology business on a USD 40 million strategic sale, navigating transaction structuring, management transition, legacy liabilities and post-closing governance arrangements.
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Advised a US-based institutional investor on a significant private investment in an Indian business, structuring governance protections, reserved matters, exit rights and downside safeguards across the investment lifecycle.
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Advised a regulated fintech business on the legal and regulatory architecture for a new technology-enabled product, addressing securities regulation, platform functionality, contractual allocation of responsibility and go-to-market risk to enable its launch.
- 04
Advised shareholders of an unlisted multinational business through a complex ownership and governance situation involving competing stakeholder interests, ultimately helping structure an amicable negotiated commercial resolution.
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Advised the controlling shareholder group of a life-sciences business on a complex stressed-company and shareholder restructuring, involving acquisition arrangements, substantial legacy liabilities, creditor exposure, management transition and a negotiated settlement designed to preserve transaction value while protecting downside.
Background
Professional background.
Education
- Government Law College, Mumbai
- Indian School of Business
Professional qualifications
- Advocate
- Company Secretary