Mita Sood
Counsel
Professional Affiliations
Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
Education
B.S.L LL.B – ILS Law College, Pune
Languages Known
English, Hindi
Office
New Delhi, India
Overview
Mita started her career at Bharucha & Partners, and focuses on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial advisory, and employment matters. Her expertise includes advising clients on domestic and offshore acquisitions, ranging from organic joint ventures to venture capital and private equity investments, as well on litigious investor exits.
Mita routinely advises clients on a wide range of employment law matters including drafting employment policies, advising on structuring employment incentives, termination of employment for misconduct, and compliance with employment law.
Practice Areas
General Corporate & Commercial Advisory
Private Equity / Venture Capital
Indicative Experience
- Advising JM Baxi & Co. on various matters, including the contract with the Nuclear Power Commission of India and Duegro, the Haldia operations and maintenance contract, and NTPC Limited transport contracts.
- Advising VisVires Indian Consumers Pte. Limited on its investment in various wineries and helping them acquire a controlling stake in India’s second-largest winery by capacity and sales.
- Advising General Motors Company on various matters relating to its India business.
- Advising HSBC France on debt restructuring and resolution plans being framed by a consortium of lenders for each of Reliance Communication Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited, and Reliance Telecom Limited in the context of the facilities extended by the foreign lender to Reliance Telecom Limited.
- Advising in the capacity of India counsel for the offshore fund being raised by VisVires Indian Wineries 2 Master Fund Pte. Limited.
- Advising MentorCap Management Private Limited on several investments, including erecting the sale and purchase of artworks and setting up a joint venture for purchasing and marketing artworks.
- Advising Capital Small Finance Bank Limited on several rounds of investment from private equity investors.
- Advising IMCD Group on several acquisitions of Indian companies
