Khaitan & Co has advised PricewaterhouseCoopers Services (PwC US) on the formation of a joint venture between PwC India and PwC US, which will unite PwC India's Consulting business and PwC US Advisory's India-based capabilities into a single, integrated platform to serve clients in India, the US and around the world.
The combined platform will span the full spectrum of client needs, from strategy and transformation through technology, engineering and artificial intelligence.
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of calendar year 2027, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
The deal was led by Partners Kartick Maheshwari, Nayantara Kutty, Megha Agarwal, Rahul Jain and Ritu Shaktawat, with support from Aishwarya Nagpal on documentation.
The team was supported across various practice areas.
On corporate aspects and diligence, the team comprised Atif Ahmed (Principal Associate), Prankul Boobana (Senior Associate), Devika Vasandani (Consultant), Chirag Mitta (Associate), Pavitra Khaitan (Associate), Aanya Desai (Associate) and Jahanvi Tuli (Associate).
On employment and labour law-related aspects, the team comprised Deepak Kumar (Partner), Avik Biswas (Partner) and Rithika Reddy Varanasi (Partner).
On intellectual property-related aspects, the team comprised Nirupam Lodha (Partner), Malika Nandkeolyar (Principal Associate) and Rebecca Cardoso (Associate).
On litigation, the team comprised Tomu Francis (Partner), Manavendra Mishra (Partner), Sneha Janakiraman (Partner), Madhav Khosla (Partner), Susanah Naushad (Counsel), Zarnaab Aswad (Principal Associate), Alok Vajpeyi (Principal Associate), Aayush Pandey (Associate), Yajas Achal (Associate) and Parimal Kaushik (Associate).
On data privacy-related aspects, the team comprised Supratim Chakraborty (Partner) and Shramana Dwibedi (Principal Associate).
On banking and finance-related aspects, the team comprised Manisha Shroff (Partner), Mohit Nad (Counsel) and Aparna Arya (Senior Associate).
On competition law-related aspects, the team comprised Anisha Chand (Partner), Soham Banerjee (Counsel) and Joshua Kurien George (Associate).
On direct tax-related aspects, the team comprised Jinisha Jain (Senior Associate) and Vishakha Ranga (Associate).
On indirect tax-related aspects, the team comprised Mayank Jain (Partner), Pranay Sahay (Principal Associate) and Rajshree Lohia (Senior Associate).