Akshay Rao
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Akshay Rao

Senior Associate

Akshay advises on a broad range of M&A, private equity and corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, joint ventures, co-investments and management arrangements.

He acts for private equity and credit funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and other institutional investors on domestic and cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on the real assets sector.

Akshay has also completed a secondment with a leading global investment manager, where he advised on private equity and credit transactions across the UK and Europe.

 


Awards

  • Member of the team that was honoured as "Private Equity Team of the Year" at the 2021 Legal Business Awards

 

Qualifications

Courts

Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia), 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.