What Praveen brings to the table

Praveen is a founding partner of the firm and heads the Corporate Practice Group at Spice Route Legal. As one of India’s leading M&A lawyers, he brings to the table over two decades of experience and an expansive industry-focused knowledge base.

Praveen has a market-leading reputation as a sector-focused expert, with a keen eye for transactions in the healthcare and life sciences. He leads what Legal500 has ranked as India's leading Life Sciences and Healthcare practice.

Outside of his focus on Healthcare and Life Sciences, Praveen also has a focus on Energy and Sustainability. To learn more about his work in Energy, Sustainability and Mobility, please click here.

To know more about Praveen’s work in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector, click here.

Representative matters:

  • Advised an affiliate of India’s second-largest pharmaceutical company on over 10 acquisitions in 2021 and 2022.
  • Advised India’s largest sugar manufacturer on a strategic joint venture arrangement with an innovative FMCG company aimed at producing food ingredients with a low glycemic index.
  • Advised an Indian dialysis centre on a private equity fundraise from a development-focused fund promoted by the State Bank of India and the UK Government’s Department for International Development.
  • Advising a proprietary family investment fund on multiple investments made by them, into various target companies in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare sector.
  • Advised an American multinational conglomerate on a data-processing agreements and the structure of data flows to and from India.

Awards

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Publications

industry recognition

Praveen shows clarity in thinking, delivers on commitments punctually and is efficient and calm under pressure.

Chambers & Parnters
industry recognition

Praveen Raju is very smart and business-minded. He is focused on developing outstanding talent and has cultivated an incredible group of attorneys to support him, allowing his team to shine.

The Legal 500