Amit Kataria

• Macquarie Asset Management in its US$1.725 billion acquisition of a minority stake in D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, which currently has over 6 GWAC of gross capacity of projects in operations or under construction, including 4 GWAC of contracted preconstruction projects.
• Story Capital’s investment in SpendLab, a Netherlands-headquartered company that supports finance departments with identifying and recovering risks in outbound payments based on more than 450 in-house developed algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• LW Subsea Holdings, a developer of submarine fibre cable systems, on a joint venture for the construction, financing, and operation of the Trans-Caribbean Fiber System (involving multiple international jurisdictions in North America, Central and South America).
• SoftBank Vision Fund on multiple investments in Asia, Europe and rest of the world including in TravelPerk, which operates a B2B travel platform for travel and expense management services for business travelers. TravelPerk has global operations including in Europe, Asia, and the United States of America, with reportedly, the world’s largest travel inventory.
• Dallah Albaraka Investment Holding Company, on its Series D investment into FreshToHome. The round raised $104 million and was led by Amazon, through its India-focused Smbhav Venture Fund, and Investcorp, Iron Pillar and Investment Corporation of Dubai.
• Jadwa Investment’s acquisition of Dubai-headquartered food and beverage operator, Blackspoon Group, a leading casual dining player with 10 branches across three award-winning restaurant chains in the UAE, including its flagship brand, Allo Beirut.
• Alma Limited in its nvestment in Em Sherif Restaurants through a co-investment with GCC Asia Growth Fund LP, a private equity fund managed by Turmeric Capital.
• One Investment Management US LLC on the completion of a $470 million investment in a junior tranche letter of credit facility provided to SoftBank Vision Fund II-2, L.P.
• BlackRock, on its investment in an affordable housing finance company in India.
• Steel Perlot Management, LLC on its investment and asset contribution in Tokenalysis, Inc.
• Axium Infrastructure Inc. (through its SPV, Marigold Care Homes Ltd) in the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of the holding company of Scimitar Care Hotels PLC.
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on multiple infrastructure investments in Asia.

Amit Kataria is a Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity corporate partner based in King & Spalding’s London and New York offices. Amit has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, securities offerings, as well as a broad range of cross-border transactional and corporate advisory matters. He represents corporations, financial sponsors, and their portfolio companies in global mergers and acquisitions across a wide range of industries, including Technology, Energy, Infrastructure (including renewables, digital energy, power, media, telecommunications, fiber and telecom), Financial services, Biotech, Life Sciences, Hospitality, Insurance, Logistics, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, and Real estate.

Amit focuses on advising strategic acquirers and financial investors in connection with global cross-border transactions involving the United States of America, Europe, Latin America, China, South Korea, India, rest of South Asia, and South East Asia.

Amit is distinguished by his clients and peers who describe him as a “ferocious negotiator [who] understands the market extremely well” and as being “head and shoulders above the competitors” (IBLJ, 2022). Amit's expertise is further highlighted by his clients who praise his “meticulous attention to detail in drafting” (Chambers Global) and describe him as a “a seasoned partner who is able to negotiate [his clients] interests and give valuable insights into structure and risk” and that he has a “laser-focus on delivering high-quality commercial results”.

Amit is admitted to practice in New York, Hong Kong, and India.