Ferish Patel

Ferish is a US-qualified corporate partner whose practice focuses on cross-border growth equity and private capital transactions. He represents fast-growth companies, financial sponsors and institutional investors in connection with minority and control investments, joint ventures, buyouts, and exits across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.

Ferish also advises boards on governance matters for founder-led and sponsor-backed businesses. His experience includes designing governance frameworks, aligning investor and founder rights, advising on succession planning, and helping companies navigate sensitive boardroom concerns.

He has extensive experience advising companies and investors in the technology, healthcare, life sciences, digital infrastructure and consumer sectors. Having practiced in Asia, the US and Europe, Ferish brings a global perspective that allows clients to manage complex cross-border considerations.

Representative matters

M&A

• FinAccel in its proposed merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II
• The financial advisors in connection with Grab’s merger with Altimeter Growth and concomitant $4 billion private investment in public equity (PIPE), the largest special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in history
• Flipkart in its $16 billion sale to Walmart
• GoJek in its acquisition of Coins.ph

Capital markets and public financings

• Opthea in its $260 million public offering and concurrent private placement with Launch Therapeutics and The Carlyle Group
• Coupang in its $4.5 billion New York Stock Exchange initial public offering (IPO)
• Freshworks in its $1.1 billion Nasdaq IPO

Private equity, growth equity and pre-IPO private financings

• Brookfield Private Equity in its investment in Sirion Labs
• Nuevocor in its $45 million private financing (one of the largest private financings by a Singapore-based biotech company)
• Nium in its Series E private financing
• FinAccel in its $270 million Series D private financing
• Nium in its $200 million Series D private financing
• Private and growth equity funds including TA Associates, Square Peg Capital, Coatue, Blackstone and Alpha Wave