Parveet Singh Gandoak steers clients through complex, high-stakes, cross-border deals in Asia Pacific as well as on outbound transactions into the United States and Europe. Parveet has worked in New York, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore and has received top rankings and accolades from clients and peers in leading global legal directories where clients say that he is "thorough, commercially savvy and very collaborative" and "always delivers tailor-made advice which is clear and concise."
Parveet has experience in many industry sectors, including technology/cloud services, media, telecom, infrastructure (including digital infrastructure), renewable and solar energy, insurance/insurtech, food products, pharmaceuticals, real estate, health care, transportation, manufacturing, and retail. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2024, Parveet served as a trusted advisor to private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and corporations, including Amazon, Apollo Global Management, Aflac, AG&P, Axiata, Mubadala, VerSe Innovation, Halal Products Development Company, Abdul Latif Jameel, Times Internet, AIF Capital, BrightNight Power, AIA, and Northstar Advisors.
Parveet's recent experience includes advising on a joint venture to develop, construct, and operate an initial 1.2 GW, multitechnology renewable power portfolio in India; a joint venture and related investment in the holding company of several restaurant brands; the sale of a majority stake in an operator of a multimillion dollar waste to energy treatment plant in conjunction with a global court-appointed liquidation; liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal development across emerging markets in Southeast Asia; and a UAE sovereign wealth fund in multiple transactions including a US$1.2 billion acquisition of a stake in an Indian digital services provider.
Esperienze
The following represents experience acquired prior to joining Jones Day.
Mergers and Acquisitions
AG&P Group in connection with the reorganization and recapitalization of its businesses, including advising AG&P with its senior secured convertible loan facilities from a global infrastructure investor (and its portfolio companies); negotiating certain arrangements with its existing creditors and shareholders; and on the subsequent investment by a consortium of leading Japanese investors for a minority stake in AG&P LNG Marketing Pte. Ltd., a leading city gas distribution business in India.
VerSe Innovation Private Limited, the parent of Indian news aggregator app Dailyhunt, India's largest local language technology company, in its cross-border acquisition of Magzter, Inc., a popular New York-based digital newsstand platform.
Aflac in the sale of its stake in Singapore Life Holdings Pte. Ltd. to Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (the transaction valued Singlife at S$4.6 billion [approx. US$3.5 billion]).
Two Trees Capital, the family office of the Genting Group, in its joint venture and related investment in HL Plus Partners LLC, the holding company of a range of restaurant brands, including Happy Lamb, Copper Sun, and Bellwether BBQ & Grill.
BrightNight Power in its US$250 million joint venture with ACEN Corporation to develop, construct, and operate BrightNight's initial 1.2 GW, multi-technology renewable power portfolio in India.
Apollo Global Management in its US$800 million sale of IGT Solutions, a business process outsourcing company with operations in India, China, Philippines, Malaysia, UAE, Romania, Indonesia, Spain, Colombia, and the United States, to Baring Private Equity Asia.
Hyflux Ltd. in its sale of a majority stake in TuasOne Pte. Ltd., operator of a S$750 million waste to energy treatment plant, to minority shareholder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. as part of a global court-appointed liquidation of former SGX listed Hyflux.
Abdul Latif Jameel in its US$220 million investment in Greaves Electric Mobility, an Indian two- and three-wheeler mobility company.
Axiata Group Berhad in its US$30 billion proposed merger-of-equals with Telenor Group's Asia Pacific business, across 10 countries and Celcom Axiata Berhad's merger with Digi.com Berhad (the transaction was valued at more than US$12 billion and is expected to be the largest-ever telecom transaction in Malaysia).
Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, a UAE sovereign wealth fund, in its US$844 million investment in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited and in its US$1.2 billion acquisition of a stake in Jio Platforms Limited, an Indian digital services provider and subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited.
Twitter, Inc. as the lead investor in the US$100 million series D round of financing by ShareChat, an Indian regional language social networking platform and in its subsequent investment in ShareChat's US$502 million financing round.
Northstar Advisors, a Southeast Asia private equity fund, in connection with the sale of its shares of PT Centrama Telekomunikasi (towers) to Digital Colony Partners, a global digital infrastructure investment firm.
WeWork Inc. in its joint ventures across Asia and in its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NakedHub Holdings Limited, a major provider of co-working spaces in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Vietnam.
Equis Funds (Singapore) in its US$5 billion sale of Equis Energy (Singapore) to Global Infrastructure Partners and co-investors, the largest announced renewable energy sector M&A deal in history.
HOPU, Hillhouse Capital, SMG, BOCGI, and Vanke in the US$11.7 billion going-private acquisition of Global Logistic Properties Limited (Singapore).
MassMutual International in its US$1.7 billion sale of MassMutual Asia to an investor group led by Yunfeng Financial Group (this transaction was named as one of the Overseas M&A Deals of the Year for 2017 by China Business Law Journal).
Times Internet, the largest media company in India, in its acquisition of a majority stake in MX Media, a multimedia technology company with operations in China and Korea.
Mars in its acquisition of Preferred Brands International, a manufacturer and marketer of Asian food products through its Tasty Bite subsidiary, which is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
Prudential Financial in its strategic cooperation with Fosun Group, China's leading private investment company, to establish a $600 million private equity fund and a related joint venture in the PRC.
AIF Capital as a selling shareholder in the sale of certain female health care businesses of Famy Care, the world's largest producer of oral contraceptive pills, to Mylan for US$750 million, with additional contingent payments of up to US$50 million.
AIA Group in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of ING's Malaysian insurance businesses.
- Cornell University (LL.M. 2006); Indian Law Society's (ILS) Law College (LL.B. 2005)
- New York, Hong Kong, and Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore)
Best Lawyers, "leading practitioner," private equity and M&A in Asia (2024)
Chambers Asia-Pacific, international M&A (2024): "has an outstanding client-focused approach"
Asian Legal Business, Asia's Top 15 Rising Lawyers (2021)
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Rising Star, M&A, Asia, (2023): "fantastic lawyer"
Indian Business Law Journal, named multiple times to the International A-List of the top 100 India-focused lawyers: "one of the best Indian lawyers in the international market"
- Hindi and Punjabi