Biography
Akshita is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisition practice of White & Case's London office. She advises clients on a broad range of commercial transactions, including private acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, general corporate advisory matters and strategic cross border mandates.
Dual qualified in India and England & Wales, Akshita supports clients on India-related inbound and outbound matters, as well as on multi-jurisdictional transactions with complex regulatory and structuring considerations.
In 2024, Akshita completed a four-month client secondment at a large UK bank.
Experience
Advised 4finance on the sale of the tbi Bank group, with consumer finance banking operations in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey, to private equity investor Advent International.
Advised AviLease on its US$3.6 billion acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank's global aviation-leasing business, Pembroke Capital—named "M&A Deal of the Year 2023" by Airline Economics.*
Advised Brookfield Asset Management on its long-term strategic partnership with Barclays Bank plc to transform the bank's payment-acceptance business.*
Advised Banco Santander S.A. on its £2.65 billion acquisition of TSB Banking Group plc from Banco Sabadell S.A.*
Advised Saudi Aramco on its acquisition of a 10 per cent equity interest in HORSE Powertrain Limited—the global powertrain-solutions company established by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited and Renault Group.*
Advised Sanlam Emerging Markets on a strategic series of equity acquisitions in several principal operating subsidiaries of India's Shriram Group.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.