Mid-sized firm Krishnamurthy & Co offers full corporate and commercial transactional services. It is best known for its intellectual property practice, but has corporate and M&A and private equity practices that are growing in prominence. This year the firm advances up the infrastructure and dispute resolution ranking tables. The firm boasts a roster of elite clients. Senior partner Nikhil Krishnamurthy chairs the intellectual property department and he is a key contact. Other leaders at the firm include founding partner Naina Krishnamurthy, managing partner Shwetambari Rao, senior partners Ayush Agarwala and Rashmi Deshpande, and partner Rukmini Roychowdhury. Dispute specialist Aditi Mittal departed for Kochhar & Co in December.
Client feedback
“We value the team’s knowledge of the subject matter, speed of response, turnaround times and attention to detail.” – Corporate and M&A
Shwetambari Rao
“Extremely quick responses, attention to detail, fast turnaround of docs, quality of response, thorough, solution-oriented and innovative.”
Work highlights
Acted for Centre Court Capital on its co-investment in FanCraze, a digital collectibles company.
Advised Lightrock India Holdings on its $125 million investment in Phasorz Technologies.
Work highlights
Represented Peel-Works against the proprietor of GTS Bullet Rice over an ex-parte order of injunction on the ground that selling GTS products on its mobile app would infringe on its trademark and copyright.
Advised Exicom Tele-Systems on patenting various technological innovations in the field of battery management systems across various jurisdictions including India.
Acted for the liquidator of Biotor Industries in a case involving the issue of whether a statutory authority can be treated as a secured creditor under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code during the liquidation.
Assisted the bondholders of Laxmi Vilas Bank as petitioner against the Reserve Bank of India’s order to write down the bonds.
Work highlights
Advised Biocon Biologics on its $3.34 billion acquisition of a biosimilar business from Viatris.
Represented Ingersoll Rand on its acquisition of Everest Blowers and Everest Blower Systems.
Key clients
Akna Medical Private, Axis Bank, JSW Infrastructure, One Media, Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings.
