Shwetambari Rao
Managing Partner | Bengaluru
Practice Area
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- General Corporate Advisory
- Labour Law and Employment Matters
Industry Sectors
- Information Technology
- Financial Services
Education
- National Law School, Bengaluru (1996)
Shwetambari Rao is the Managing Partner in K Law’s Corporate and Commercial practice, advising clients on several high-value transactions in the e-commerce, manufacturing, and technology sectors. She is particularly experienced in matters such as business set-up and structuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital, inbound and outbound investments, project finance, commercial contracts, e-commerce and corporate restructuring transactions. She began her career at the firm and in the course of her 20+ years with us, she has been instrumental in making K Law one of Bengaluru’s leading law firms, expanding the 3-lawyer Corporate and Commercial practice to a team of 35.
In addition to representing the firm’s clients, Shweta has also been a Board Member for corporations such as SABMiller and served on special committees related to law and governance. She also volunteers as a mentor at the Snehalya Children Homes, and has been a member of the Advisory Board of BalUtsav — an NGO dedicated to education for the underprivileged in India.
- Advised KFin Technologies Pvt Ltd on its 100% acquisition of Hexagram Fintech Pvt Ltd
- Advised Dell Limited on various day-to-day legal and compliance issues.
- Advised the major non-banking financial company, Capfloat Financial Services Pvt Ltd, on receiving an investment of approximately USD 50 million from Lightrock India and others
- Advised Akna Medical Pvt Ltd on its 100% structured, staggered acquisition for an approximate consideration of USD 200 million by API Holdings Pvt Ltd
- Advised Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited on receiving an investment of approximately USD 83 million from CVC Capital Partners
- Advised Biocon Biologics Limited on raising an approximate investment of USD 75 million by issuance and allotment of equity shares to ADQ
- Advised Biocon Biologics Limited on raising an approximate investment of USD 30 million by issuance and allotment of equity shares to Tata Capital Growth Fund II
- Advised Ascent Capital on their investments in Freshtohome Pte Ltd
- Advised Reliance Digital Health Limited in its acquisition of Karkinos
- Healthcare Pvt Ltd
- Advised ANSR Consulting Inc. on acquiring FasNext — an Artificial Intelligence Platform developed by Coffeebeans Consulting LLP
- Advised the Singaporean company Cloud Physician International Pte Ltd on receiving an investment by Elevar Equity, Mauritius
- Ranked among the Top 50 Managing Partners in the Below 10 Years’ Experience category and the Top 100 Individual Lawyers in the Above 10 Years’ Experience category in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2022
- Ranked among the Top 30 Female Lawyers in India by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) 2022
- Listed as a Recommended Lawyer for Private Equity and Investment Funds for India by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022
- Ranked #1 among the Top Individual Lawyers by deal value and deal volume in the Mergermarket M&A (Medical and Biotechnology) league table for India for Q2 2022
- Ranked among the Super 50 Lawyers in India by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) 2021
- Indian Achievers Award at the Indian Achievers’ Forum 2020
- Listed as a Leading Lawyer for Corporate and M&A in asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016
- Member of the Bar Council of Karnataka
- Board Member for SABMiller and other corporate entities
- Member of several special committees on law and governance
- Mentors start-ups and entrepreneurs via workshops on doing business in India and investment structures/asks in PE/VC deals
- B.S.L., LL.B., University of Pune (2004)