Overview
Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan represents multinational companies and investors on cross-border business transactions, including M&A, investments, financings and regulatory and compliance matters. He also counsels on US and UK capital markets and public company matters. He has deep experience across APAC and EMEA advising corporations, shareholders and financial sponsors on effective legal and commercial solutions that propel success. Siddhartha has particular sector expertise in energy and renewables, healthcare and life sciences, financial services and technology and data protection.
Siddhartha is ranked as a leading lawyer in Singapore and India. He is recognized in all major directories, including Chambers, Legal 500 and International Financial Law Review. He is ranked as an “International A-List Lawyer” by India Business Law Journal.
Siddhartha operates from the firm’s Singapore and London offices.
Results
- Advised ReNew Energy Global, the NASDAQ-listed UK parent of ReNew Power (India’s largest renewable energy company), on its ongoing US Exchange Act reporting and US Securities Act registration requirements
- Advised Innovative International Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed SPAC, in its definitive merger agreement with Zoomcar, the world’s largest emerging market focused car sharing platform
- Advised a Baltic gaming operator on its restructuring of its outstanding senior secured notes and related consent solicitation
- Advised the United Nations in establishing the Global Fund for Refugees, a first-of-its-kind US$500 million shariah-compliant global fund supporting the developmental and humanitarian needs of forcibly displaced people
- Advised the new investors on an ongoing Latin American sovereign debt restructuring exercise
- Advised Kotak, Citi, Nomura and Haitong on the US$872 million IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering of Gland Pharma, a leading generic injectables manufacturer majority owned by global pharmaceutical major Shanghai Fosun Pharma*
- Advised Credit Suisse, Bank of America and UBS as joint sponsors on the US$1.31 billion SEC-registered global offering and secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of New Oriental Education and Technology, China’s largest private educational service provider*
- Advised a US data platform on its services agreement with an Indian telecoms major*
- Advised a neo-finance bank on its investment in a low carbon energy technology business
- Advised a leading African beverages company on its ongoing IPO on Euronext Amsterdam and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering
- Advised a US investment fund on its listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange of notes representing interests in the fund
- Advised Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure, a Brookfield owned coal terminal, on the US securities law aspects of its US$656 million IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/Regulation S global offering. Bank of America, Citi and Credit Suisse were the joint lead managers
- Advised Wijaya Karya, an Indonesian engineering and construction major, on its IDR 5,400 billion (US$400 million) global offering of rupiah denominated, dollar settled komodo bonds, the largest such issuance as of its date. BNP, HSBC, Mandiri and MUFG were the initial purchasers*
- Advised Citi, Deutsche Bank and UBS as international selling agents on the US$276 million IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and Rule 144A/ Regulation S global offering by Cikarang Listrindo, an independent power producer*
- Advised Khazanah, the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, on its US$500 million Regulation S offering of exchangeable bonds. CIMB, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan were the joint lead managers*
- Advised Maybank Kim Eng, UOB and DBS on the US securities law aspects of the SG$297 million IPO on the Singapore Stock Exchange and Regulation S offering of Aztech Global, a technology hardware manufacturer*
- • Advised a global aerospace manufacturer on data breaches in certain Asian jurisdictions
- Advised a global investment fund on market manipulation regulations in various Asian and European jurisdictions*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- Legal Era Global Achievers Awards, Cross Border Lawyer of the Year: Capital Markets, 2023
- Chambers Global, Leading Lawyer in Singapore and India: Capital Markets, 2023
- Chambers Asia-Pacific, Leading Lawyer in Singapore and India: Capital Markets International, 2023
- Chambers Asia-Pacific, Leading Lawyer in India: Capital Markets (International Firms) – Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore, 2023
- India Business Law Journal, International A-List lawyer, 2023
- International Financial Law Review, Leading Lawyer in Singapore: Capital Markets, 2022
- Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Leading Lawyer in Singapore: Capital Markets, 2021
Credentials
Education
Yale University
University of Oxford
Admissions
New York
England & Wales