Kabya Chaharia
Associate
Kabya Chaharia joined the London antitrust practice group as an associate in 2022. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Kabya worked as an associate in Magic Circle law firms in their London offices.
Kabya advises clients on EU and UK competition and foreign direct investment matters. Kabya has a broad range of experience advising on complex antitrust matters and obtaining multi-jurisdictional merger control and FDI clearances, for clients across a variety of sectors which include big tech, financial services, retail, energy and private equity.
Kabya has undergraduate degrees in Economics and Law, and a Masters' degree from NYU School of Law, New York.
Experience
Experience includes advising:
- A private equity firm on a potential public takeover of a pharmaceuticals company.
- A health tech company on its acquisition of an API integrations company in the UK.
- Major pharmaceuticals companies on licensing and collaboration agreements.
Notable matters prior to joining the firm include advising:
- E.ON on its €43 billion asset swap deal with RWE.
- Philip Morris on its $16 billion public takeover of Swedish Match.
- CVC Capital Partners on its €4.5 billion acquisition of Unilever's global tea business.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its £2.8 billion public to private takeover bid for UDG Healthcare.
- A Big Tech company on various investigations by antitrust regulatory authorities.
- Louis Dreyfus Company on its multi-billion dollar sale of minority stake to a sovereign wealth fund.
- JD Sports on its acquisition of Footasylum, investigated by the CMA.
- EDF energy in setting up a joint venture for its renewable energy offshore wind farms in the UK.
- Deutsche Börse in relation to a potential acquisition of a foreign exchange electronic trading platform.
- Rio Tinto on its sale of the largest uranium mine in Namibia.
Disclaimer
Ropes & Gray International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, United States of America and is a recognised body regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (with registered number 521000).Education
- LLM, New York University School of Law, 2018
- LLB and BA (Economics), University of Delhi, 2012
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2021