Neeraj Budhwani

Introduction

Neeraj Budhwani is a Hong Kong based partner in Milbank’s Global Corporate Group, with over two decades of experience advising clients across India and Asia. He specialises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) transactions.

In the corporate and M&A space, Neeraj advises private equity sponsors, alternative investment funds, financial institutions, and corporations on a variety of transactions, with particular expertise advising on leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, public-to-private transactions, and securities-related matters. His extensive experience managing complex cross-border transactions makes him a trusted advisor to leading international private equity firms and strategic investors active throughout India and Asia.

Neeraj’s practice spans diverse sectors, including technology, financial services, consumer retail, infrastructure, and healthcare, among others. Through his extensive network across Asia, Neeraj represents prestigious global financial institutions and private equity firms including CVC, Actis, Advantage Partners, ADV Partners, PAG, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, True North and IMM Holdings. He also advises prominent corporate clients including Udaan, JSW, Globe Telecom, and Mahindra.

Neeraj has earned consistent recognition, including rankings in Chambers Asia Pacific, where he is noted as “held in high regard by peers for his deal management skills” and praised by clients as “very responsive and client service oriented.” He is recognised as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer by IFLR1000 for Private Equity in Hong Kong, was named one of the “Top 10 Most Influential M&A Lawyers in China” by Business Today and has been consistently recognised by India Business Law Journal as one of India’s top international lawyers, with repeated inclusions on its prestigious “A-List.”