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Ujas Popat · Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
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Investment leader with 18+ years of experience across family office advisory, special situations investing, and large-scale M&A. I work closely with promoters, boards, and senior leadership teams to drive capital allocation decisions, unlock value, and build scalable investment platforms. My experience spans deploying and managing capital across multi-billion-dollar transactions, including distressed opportunities under IBC, structured equity investments, and complex cross-border divestments. I have been part of and led situations involving acquisition, turnaround, and exit across sectors such as financial services, pharma, infrastructure, and industrials. In my current role, I partner with a family office on investment strategy, portfolio construction, and value creation. This includes identifying high-conviction opportunities, structuring capital efficiently, enabling liquidity events, and building leadership teams across portfolio companies. Previously, as part of the Group CFO’s office at Piramal Enterprises, I was involved in some of the most complex transactions in the Indian market, including large-scale distressed acquisitions, strategic divestments, and capital raises exceeding $1Bn. My core focus areas include:• Special situations and distressed investing• Capital allocation and portfolio strategy• M&A, divestments, and structured transactions• Capital raising (equity, debt, structured instruments)• Group structuring and tax-efficient investingI bring a differentiated perspective that combines institutional investing discipline with the agility and long-term orientation of family offices. I am particularly interested in opportunities involving:– Family offices and investment platforms– Special situations / distressed assets– Strategic capital deployment and value creation mandatesOpen to connecting with investors, promoters, and operators working on compelling opportunities.
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Head of InvestmentCurrent
SIDDHANT PARTNERS
2022 – Present
Full ownership of investment strategy, deal execution, and corporate finance across the family office and its portfolio companies. Reported directly to the family member with authority over deployment, exits and capital structure decisions.
Vice President Corporate Finance
Piramal Group · Mumbai Area, India
Jul 2012 – Jan 2022
Inorganic Growth Strategies • Lead acquisition ($ 4+ Bn) of distress HFC in a IBC process, strategic fitment of target, valuation, diligence, transaction structure, review of resolution plan, key issues & commercial discussions with Resolution Professional & their advisors, delivered presentation to Committee of Creditors, discussions with lenders for financing acquisition etc. • Evaluated all investments of India Resurgence Fund (AUM $ 300 Mn; JV with Bain Capital Credit), focused on distress to control investments opportunities in India, including buyouts for turnaround & non performing debt acquisitions from banks, sector agnostic fund etc. Divestments of business & investments • Lead divestment of glass manufacturing business ($ 1 Bn), in co-ordination with banks implemented time bound exit process, review of key deliverables like teaser, IM, VDD reports, transaction structure notes etc., discussion on key commercial terms with lawyers & internal stake holders, discussion with buyers & their advisers on various issues. • Lead divestment of ($ 950 Mn) Healthcare Insights & Analytics business situated in USA, commercial discussions with buyer along with CEO & Group CFO, assisted CEO in finalizing exit valuation strategy, tax efficient transaction structure which resulted in $ 70 Mn of savings, review of transaction documents etc. Capital Raise • $ 500 Mn capital raise in Pharmaceuticals business, designed corporate structure which supports capital raise and long term growth of business, tax efficient capital raise, commercial negotiations with investors & their advisers, design of earn out mechanics and review of all documents etc. • $ 700 Mn capital raise via QIP, core team member of this project, developed capital raising plan in co-ordination with banks, including structure of CCD instruments, review of offer documents & preparations for road show etc.
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