Shanta Chirravuri represents clients in a wide range of corporate and M&A matters.

Shanta draws on extensive experience to advise private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and other strategic investors on:

  • Mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Joint ventures
  • Carve-outs
  • General corporate matters

Before joining Latham, she was an associate at another leading global law firm in New York.

Shanta’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity

  • Sixth Street on investing in L+M Companies, one of the country’s leading affordable and mixed-income housing developers
  • RealTruck, an L Catterton portfolio company, on acquiring Vehicle Accessories Group, an automotive accessories provider
  • Amulet Capital Partners on selling Open Health Communications, a UK-based provider of healthcare communications and market access services
  • ProMach, a packaging machinery company, on its sale by Leonard Green & Partners to funds managed by BDT Capital Partners
  • Inflexion Equity partners on acquiring Enviolo, a Netherlands-based manufacturing company of e-bike components
  • Hg Capital on:
    • Acquiring in A-LIGN, a provider of cybersecurity compliance services
    • Acquiring Ncontracts, a provider of software solutions for the financial services industry
    • Acquiring Venminder, a provider of compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions software
  • Odyssey Investment Partners on:
    • Acquiring Magna Legal Services, a legal support services company
    • Acquiring Pexco, an engineered plastic component supplier
    • Selling Addison Group, a professional services staffing firm
  • The Access Group, an Hg Capital portfolio company, on acquiring Paytronix, a provider in guest engagement for restaurants and convenience stores
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on acquiring of MediaMath Holdings, a digital advertising, media, and data management technology company
  • One Rock Capital on acquiring Snacks Développement, a France-based provider of savory snacks
  • Leonard Green & Partners on acquiring Tencate Grass
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Sculptor Capital Management, an alternative asset manager, on Sculptor’s sale to Rithm Capital Management
  • AEA Partners on acquiring SitelogIQ, a leading independent energy services and facility solutions provider*
  • Onex Partners on selling Jack’s Family Restaurants, a regional quick service restaurant*
  • Dyal Capital Partners on combining with Owl Rock Capital Group to form Blue Owl Capital, a differentiated alternative asset manager with industry-leading direct lending and GP capital solutions businesses*

Strategic Investors

  • FIS on its US$24.2 billion sale of Worldpay with GTCR and its concurrent US$13.5 billion acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business
  • Consolidated Edison on selling Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses and its subsidiaries to RWE Renewables Americas
  • Syneos Health on acquiring StudyKIK, a patient recruitment and retention technology company, from Kinderhook Industries
  • Authentic Brands Group on numerous transactions
  • Global Brass and Copper Holdings on its take-private acquisition by Wieland-Werke*
  • Simon Properties Group, as part of a consortium of Authentic Brands Group and Brookfield Properties, on acquiring assets of Forever 21 and certain of its subsidiaries that are debtors in a chapter 11 proceeding*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • LLM, Columbia Law School, New York
  • BA LLB, National Law University, Delhi

Languages Spoken

  • English