Tanay Shah
Biography
Tanay Shah is an associate in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group at Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. He joined the firm in March 2024 and is dual-qualified to practice in Ontario, Canada and India. Prior to relocating to Canada, Tanay worked at leading law firms in India for over eight years, where he advised on corporate and commercial laws.
Practice Focus
Tanay's practice is focused on cross-border and domestic public and private M&A; primary and secondary PE, VC and strategic investments (and exits); corporate restructurings (including asset/ business sales and demergers); JV arrangements; and corporate governance.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Epicor on its acquisition of Solenium Group and Visual SKUs for Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) for the automotive aftermarket
- Advised Escorts Limited on Kubota Corporation's investment worth USD 250 million in Escorts
- Advised Milkbasket on Reliance Industries' investment in Milkbasket worth USD 44 million
- Advised MonotaRO on its investment in a JV with Industry Buying worth USD 15 million
- Advised Lightspeed Venture Partners on its partial exit from OYO Rooms worth USD 809 million
- Advised Amazon on its acquisition of Aditya Birla's fashion retail arm worth USD 580 million
- Advised Alipay (Ant Group) on its Series H investment in Zomato worth USD 200 million
- Advised Alibaba on its Series E investment in Bigbasket worth USD 300 million
- Advised Alibaba on its investment in XpressBees worth USD 60 million
- Advised PVR Cinemas on the acquisition of DT Cinemas from DLF worth approximately USD 80 million
- Advised various LPs and GPs on fund formation for investments across sectors such as fin-tech, gaming, nutraceuticals, green mobility, and ed-tech
- Advised various investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lazard, and JM Financial, in connection with their roles as financial advisers to acquirers and targets in M&A and PE transactions
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario - Member
- Canadian Bar Association - Member
- Bar Council of Delhi - Member
- All India Bar Association - Member
Admissions
- Ontario~Canada (2024)
- India (2014)
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M.) (2023)
- Symbiosis Law School (BBA. LL.B.) (2014)
Languages
- English
- Gujarati
- Hindi
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an Ontario limited liability partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.