Arun Jerome

Arun is a Partner with the Corporate, M&A and PE-VC team at Spice Route Legal. He has over a decade of experience advising multiple domestic and international investment funds and PE-VC investors on fund formation and investments across multiple industry sectors such as sports, media & entertainment, e-commerce, banking & financial services, consumer products, manufacturing & infrastructure.

Arun also advises start-ups and business entities across multiple sectors in fund-raising, business structuring, strategic re-structuring including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and various other corporate and commercial matters.

Education

B.A. LL.B (Hons.) Gandhinagar National Law University

Languages

English, Hindi, Malayalam

Contact

arun.jerome @spiceroutelegal.com

Representative Matters

Advised a multinational company operating a global music OTT platform on its acquisition by one of India’s largest conglomerates

Advised India’s largest pest control company in the sale of its businesses to a multinational corporation with global operations in the same sector

Advised a major Indian media house in its acquisition of a large Indian media company

Advised a global PE fund on all its investments in India, including investments made in a large sports manufacturing and retail company and an F&B company

Advised a leading Indian company operating an infrastructure debt fund in a significant minority investment made by a foreign investor

Advised a major Indian bank operating a mutual fund in an investment received by it from a foreign strategic investor

Advised a major Indian group of companies in the financial services sector on all their strategic investments in India

Advised one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies on their investments in India, and advised them on setting up of payments systems in India

Advised on a preferential allotment in a listed company as part of a global exercise conducted by a leading international financial investor

Advised on investments by three large international private equity and venture capital funds in one of the largest Indian online e-commerce companies

Advised two international private equity funds on their investment in one of the largest domestically promoted clothing and accessories manufacturing company and a subsequent buyout

Advised a reputed housing development company based in Bangalore on a significant minority investment received by it from a large domestic private equity fund