Arjun Bhalla
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Arjun Bhalla

Associate

Email

arjun.bhalla@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 30 88 6470

Offices

London

V-CARD
Arjun has experience working for large companies, financial institutions, and sovereign wealth funds on a wide range of complex cross-border M&A transactions including private acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, corporate re-organisations and other strategic investments.

These transactions have been primarily for clients in the banking, technology, energy and infrastructure, entertainment, automative and e-commerce sectors.

Arjun previously trained in the firm’s Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices and was recently seconded to the firm’s Tokyo office.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Fujifilm Business Innovation Corporation on its acquisition of three target entities in Australia and New Zealand from DXC Technology. 
  • DigitalBridge Group, Inc. on its acquisition of shares in JTower Inc, a publicly listed telecom infrastructure company that develops and operates shared in-building systems for mobile network operators in Japan, by way of the statutory tender offer process. 
  • A Japanese shipping company on its further investment in a Swedish company that supplies high-speed vessels to major players within the offshore wind industry. 
  • A Japanese lithium-ion battery manufacturer on the sale of approximately 50% of the issued share capital of its wholly owned subsidiary to a global asset manager headquartered in Singapore. 
  • A multinational financial institution on its acquisition of Sainsbury Bank’s core retail banking assets and liabilities, comprising its outstanding credit card, personal loan and savings account portfolios. 
  • A multinational financial institution on the sale of its European asset servicing business to CACEIS.
  • Savvy Gaming Group, a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on its USD $1.5 billion acquisition of ESL Gaming and FACEIT. 
  • A Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on the purchase of a minority stake in a UK-based entertainment company controlled by a large private equity investment firm. 
  • A Swedish packaging company on the sale of its minority stake in a publicly listed company in Pakistan. 
  • NEC Corporation on the sale of its global wireless backhaul business to Aviat Networks, Inc. 
  • A private equity firm on its investment in a newly incorporated company to own and operate a telecommunication provider’s mobile network in Italy. 
  • An investment group selling the entire share capital of a limited liability company operating a hospital for children in Abu Dhabi. 
  • Mubadala Health LLC, on the acquisition of a 60% stake in United Eastern Medical Services from Jadwa Investment Company and United Eastern Group. 
  • A global insurance company in relation to a Part VII transfer of life annuities to Rothesay plc in the UK and Channel Islands. 
  • Great-West Lifeco Inc. on the purchase of Ark Life Assurance Co. through its Irish Life unit for EUR 230 million.

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2022

Academic

LLM, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP Law School, 2019

LLB (Honours), Law, University of Leicester, 2015

BSc (Honours), Psychology and Ethics, Law & Society, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 2013

Languages

English, Hindi
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.