Sunandini Das

• 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.

Sunandini has played a pivotal role in many high-profile complex M&A transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions since the start of her career. She focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and cross-border transactional matters spanning diverse sectors such as energy and infrastructure, technology, financial services, EdTech, hospitality, manufacturing, real estate, and logistics.

Prior to moving to Dubai, Sunandini has practiced in Hong Kong and India and has worked on a broad range of international transactional matters involving the U.S., India, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, South Korea, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

She brings this multi-regional experience to every transaction she advises on, providing her clients with broad perspectives on their options and ensuring that their interests are always protected. Sunandini works with clients like Safanad, One Investment Management, McKinsey. BlackRock, McKinsey, SoftBank, Macquarie Capital and many other high-profile names.

At the LexisNexis Women in Law Awards, she received an honorable mention for her impeccable work on the sale of ArcelorMittal’s operations and subsidiaries in Kazakhstan to JSC Qazaqstan Investment Corporation.

She is recognized as a top practitioner for her transactional work in India and is a key member of teams working on transactions in the country and the Asia-Pacific region and is also recognized as a key contact and expert member of the K&S India team. Sunandini Das is a counsel partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investment practice group based in the firm’s Dubai office. She focuses on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactional matters spanning diverse sectors such as technology, financial services, EdTech, hospitality, manufacturing, real estate, logistics and energy.