Natashaa Shroff’s varied experience spans the depth and breadth of control and minority acquisitions, public and private M&A, cross-border investments, corporate restructuring, amalgamations, business unit acquisitions, joint ventures to private equity investments.
Among her most notable accolades, the Mergermarket Global Rankings 2020 ranked Natashaa 23 on deal count. In 2020, BW Business World, ALB Asia and Legal Era recognised Natashaa among the top 40 under 40 lawyers. She was recognised among IBLJ’s top 50 Future Legal Leaders for 2020, a Notable Practitioner for Corporate/M&A by IFLR1000 in 2020 and 2022, as well as a Rising Star in Corporate at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2020. She was also ranked as a ‘Top 100 Lawyers’ in Forbes Legal Powerlist 2020-2021. Among India’s 50 ‘Rising Stars by Asian Legal Business, 2021.
Natashaa has won the ‘Young Lawyer of the Year’ award at Asian Legal Business India Awards, 2019. She advised Walmart on its acquisition of Flipkart – this deal was recognised as ‘M&A Deal of the Year (Premium)’ at the Asian Legal Business India Awards, 2019. Natashaa was also recognised by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 as a ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ for Corporate and M&A.’
She has around 13 years’ experience and has advised on some of the largest transactions in India in recent times. She regularly advises clients such as TV Today Networks, Walmart, Temasek, Blackstone, DuPont, Avantha Group, Vodafone, KKR, CPPIB and IDFC Alternatives. She specialises in investments in the telecom, e-commerce, retail and food and agri sectors in India and has acted on several deals in each of these sectors over the years. She is also the secretary to the Firms Management Board and has undertaken several projects for the Firm such as Induction Training and Events.
“Comparison is the thief of joy. The only one you need to compare yourself against is your past self. You can imbibe good habits and lessons from those whom you admire but make it your own and be authentic to your own voice and chart your own path. ”
Natashaa Shroff is a Partner in the M&A and Private Equity practice group of the Firm. She has advised large Indian and international corporate groups, private equity funds, public and private companies on a breadth of intricate domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and investments as well as the full range of activities in different sectors.