PARTHIV RISHI is a partner in the Private Equity and M&A practice. He has 20 years of experience advising clients, in particular private equity, venture capital firms, other financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on complex and cross-border transactions.
Parthiv regularly advises on acquisitions, investments, sales, restructurings, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements with a strong focus on Southeast Asia and India. His practice spans the entire investment cycle – from early-stage and growth capital investments, to pre-IPO rounds, as well as minority, hybrid and control transactions, and buy-outs.
Parthiv is currently based in Singapore and has previously practiced in London, New York and Hong Kong.
Parthiv is recognized by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020-2025 as a Next Generation Partner for Corporate and M&A in Singapore, and ranked by Chambers Asia Pacific 2023-2025 as a leading lawyer in Singapore for Startups & Emerging Companies work and an Indonesia Corporate/M&A expert based abroad.
“Parthiv Rishi is a great partner to work with. He is approachable and easy to deal with, responsive, hands on, manages and leverages his team and the Sidley network well and can be counted on to get deals done and find solutions to complex matters or difficult issues. He is very good technically but also commercial and applies good judgment when needed.”
Legal 500 2024
“Parthiv Rishi excels when you have a complicated deal. He is good at sifting through the complexities and coming up with creative solutions.”
Legal 500 2025
In Legal 500 2024, a client acknowledged that “He is versatile and has experience across the investment lifecycle and has a lot of experience in Indonesia having worked on some of the unicorn financings as well as more early stage deals. He always delivers.”
In Legal 500 2023, Parthiv received praise for his ability to provide “innovative solutions to structuring transactions in the private equity and pre-IPO investment space.”
In Chambers 2025, a client shared that Parthiv “provided great commercial support and understood our business,” and another shared that they “appreciated his commercial outlook and client-friendly approach.”
In Chambers 2024, a client commended Parthiv for being “attentive to details but also able to provide commercially appropriate advice about the materiality of those matters. When given commercial context, he’s quick to understand the issues and adapts his advice accordingly.”
Parthiv is a regular contributor and thought leader in the private equity and venture capital sector and has contributed articles to publications including DealStreet Asia, AsianInvestor, Reuters and Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
Parthiv is also Asia Pacific Chair of Sidley’s Inclusion Committee and a member of the Firm's Counsel Committee.