Parthiv Rishi

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.

Private Equity and M&A in Asia

• Apollo-managed hybrid strategy funds in their strategic minority equity investment in Charles Monat Associates, a leading global life insurance brokerage firm.
• Access Healthcare, an India and U.S. headquartered leading technology-enabled revenue cycle management platform, in its strategic investment from affiliates of New Mountain Capital, LLC. This was the largest M&A deal in India in the first half of 2025, according to Bloomberg.
• KKR on a number of transactions including:
  • KKR and Barghest Building Performance (bbp), a leading energy-savings-as-a-service provider for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in Asia, on the sale of bbp to Actis, a leading growth markets investor in sustainable infrastructure.
  • its primary and secondary investment into PHINMA Education, one of the largest private higher education groups in Southeast Asia with colleges and universities in the Philippines and Indonesia.
  • its initial primary and secondary and follow-on investments into Equest, a Vietnam-based K-12 education platform.
  • its investments into Rebel Foods (Series G; a unicorn and leading cloud kitchen operator in India); Livspace (Series F; an Indian unicorn and one of Asia’s largest omni-channel home interior and renovation platforms); Darwinbox (Series D; an Indian unicorn and an enterprise HR technology platform); GrowSari (Series C; a B2B e-commerce platform in the Philippines); Advanced Navigation (Series B; an Australian developer of AI robotics and navigation technology); and Kiotviet (Series B; a Vietnam merchant platform for SMEs).
• ChrysCapital, a leading investment firm in India on a number of transactions including: 
  • its acquisition of Results CX, a customer experience company working with Fortune 100 and 500 companies worldwide, from One Equity Partners.
  • its acquisition of Xoriant Corporation, a Silicon Valley-headquartered digital product engineering, software development, and technology services firm.
  • its bid to acquire Indian medical device maker Healthium Medtech (in conjunction with Mankind Pharma) from Apax Funds. 
  • the acquisition of a minority interest in MapleLabs by its portfolio company, Xoriant Corporation from the founders, resulting in MapleLabs being a wholly owned subsidiary of Xoriant. MapleLabs is an India-based leading technology solutions provider specializing in developing and implementing lifecycle management solutions for the cloud.
  • certain corporate and financing matters in connection with its acquisition of Fexle, an India-based web and mobile app development company, by Xoriant Corporation, a Chryscapital portfolio company. 
• Hillhouse Capital on a number of transactions, including:
  • its investments into Traveloka, Indonesia’s largest online travel search company, and ongoing shareholder-related matters and subsequent funding rounds by Traveloka.
  • its bid to acquire Eu Yan Sang, one of the leading traditional Chinese medicine retailers and manufacturers in Asia.
• Stonepeak on its strategic, preferred share investment into AGP Sustainable Real Assets, a Singapore-based global infrastructure and real assets developer and operator. “Highly Commended” for “Best Infrastructure Deal – Singapore/APAC”, FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2024. 
• 65 Equity Partners, an independently managed investment firm wholly-owned by Temasek Holdings, on its investment in NEON Group, which specializes in immersive in-person experiences held around the world.
• Sembcorp Industries on the sale of Sembcorp Energy India, one of the largest power producers in India, for approximately US$1.5 billion.
• Affinity Equity Partners on its agreement to acquire INTI University and Colleges in Malaysia from Laureate Education, Inc.
• Clermont Group on its acquisition of iCare Benefits Co., Ltd., a lending and payments business based in Vietnam.
• Nefab Group AB on its acquisition of the Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia business units of Reflex Packaging Group, a major provider of sustainable thermoformed cushioning.
• Precisely, a Clearlake Capital portfolio company, on its acquisition of Transerve, an Indian headquartered SaaS visualization, data enrichment and analysis company.
• The management and employees of Tricor Holdings Limited on their investment alongside Permira on the US$835 million acquisition of Tricor Holdings Limited from The Bank of East Asia Limited and NWS Holdings Limited.
• Greenko Group, one of the leading renewable energy businesses in India, on: (i) the acquisition of Orange Renewable, a wind and solar platform in India, from Singapore-based AT Capital for US$1 billion; (ii) the acquisition of SunEdison Inc.’s wind and solar assets in India; and (iii) the acquisition of an interest in the US$1.5 billion Teesta 1,200 MW hydro power plant in North Sikkim from a consortium of private equity firms.
• Dentsu Aegis Network, a multinational media and digital marketing communications company, on its acquisition of Ambient Digital in Vietnam and Myanmar.
• The Bank of East Asia Limited on:
  • its acquisition, alongside an existing shareholder, of PRASAC Microfinance Institution, the largest microfinance institution in Cambodia; and
  • the sale of its 30% interest in PT Bank Resona Perdania, an Indonesian financial institution, to Bank of Yokohama Ltd.
• Vision Well Limited on the sale of its 20% interest in PT Bank Resona Perdania, an Indonesian financial institution, to Daido Life and Resona Bank.
• Diamond Generating Asia (DGA), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, on an indirect sale of part of its interest in Electricity Generating Public Company Limited of Thailand (through the sale of its interests in TEPDIA Generating BV) to Kyushu Electric Power Company Limited.
• Standard Chartered PLC on the sale of its interest in Merchant Solutions LLC, a card payments services provider, to First Data Corporation.
• Qatar Holdings on its joint venture investment into the Pavilion real estate development in Kuala Lumpur.

Parthiv has also advised on a number of transactions for private equity clients in Europe. Some highlights include advising*:

• Lloyds Development Capital Limited on a number of acquisitions, including of Fever Tree Drinks, D&D Restaurant Group, Capital Economics, Bluestone Group and Imagine Nation, and on a number of disposals, including of Easynet Group to Equistone Partners Europe Limited and Ocean Outdoor to Searchlight Capital Partners.
• Mayfair Equity Partners on a number of transactions, including on its acquisition of YO! Sushi restaurant group from Quilvest Private Equity.
• Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of MCS Group Inc. and the acquisition (with Arrow Global Limited) of a credit card loan portfolio from Santander Bank, N.A.
• Oaktree Capital Management on a number of transactions, including the acquisition of Life Company Consolidation Group (LCCG) and the related arrangements with the founders of LCCG, the acquisition of IBRC Assurance Company Limited (through LCCG) and the consortium bid (alongside PIMCO and Marathon Asset Management LP) for the €6.4 billion mortgage portfolio from Catalunya Banc (code-named “Project Hercules”).
• Arle Capital Partners on the sale of Innovia Group LLC by way of a competitive auction process.

Emerging Company, Venture and Growth Capital in Asia*

• Jungle Ventures as lead investor in the funding rounds of: Kredivo (Series D; an Indonesian unicorn and BNPL platform); Drivetrain AI (Series A; an India-based SaaS business); Edupia (Series A; a leading edtech platform in Vietnam); inFeedo (Series A; a leading employee experience platform in Asia); Mio (Series A; a Vietnamese social commerce platform); and together with CerraCap Ventures and CapHorn on the sale of Dathena Science, a Singapore-headquartered deep-tech company that provides AI driven data privacy and security solutions, to Proofpoint.
• Lightspeed India Partners as lead investor in the funding rounds of Aspire (Series C (also advising Peak XV)); a Southeast Asia-based neobank which offers a full-stack finance operating system for businesses); Pintu (Series B; an Indonesian crypto trading platform); and Geniebook (Series A with East Ventures; a Southeast Asian edtech business).
• Ninja Van, a Singapore unicorn and Southeast Asia’s leading tech-enabled logistics operator, on its US$578 million Series E financing round led by Alibaba Group and Geopost/DPD Group.
• NetEase Games on the US$110 million Series D fundraising round of Build a Rocket Boy, a leading independent gaming and entertainment company.
• Dream Sports, an Indian unicorn and sports technology company and owner of the leading fantasy sports platform Dream11, on its US$840 million and US$400 million secondary investment rounds. Awarded “Deal of the Year 2021”, India Business Law Journal.
• Rainmaking on the sale of its Asia Pacific venture-building and start-up business, comprising operations across Singapore, Japan and South Korea, to consulting firm Bain & Company.
• EDBI, the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, in its Series A investment in Automera, a company developing an autophagy drug designed to target chimera small molecules (AUTACs).
• Brevan Howard Digital on its subscription for a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) issued by Mon Studios, a gaming company.
• Xora Innovation, an early-stage deep tech investing platform of Temasek, as the co-lead investor alongside Seventure in the Series A funding round of Allozymes, a Singapore-based startup which applies microfluidics technology to develop custom-designed enzymes. 
• LDC Food Innovation, an affiliate of the Louis Dreyfus Company, in its Series A investment into ProfilePrint, an AI-powered food ingredient fingerprint technology platform.
• Lever VC in the Series A financing of Bond Pet Foods, which creates alternative plant-based protein products for pets using precision fermentation.
• Traveloka, an Indonesian unicorn company providing airline ticketing, hotel booking and lifestyle services, on its Series D fundraising round led by Expedia.
• Temasek Holdings on its Series E investment into Gojek, Indonesia’s leading ride-hailing and on-demand mobile application, and subsequent shareholder-related matters.
• Aviva Ventures as lead investor on the Series C funding round of CXA Group, a Singapore-headquartered health and wellness technology company.
• Northstar Group as lead investor on the Series D financing round of Topica Edtech Group, a Vietnam-based education technology company; and on its investment into UP Gen, a co-working space company based in Vietnam.
• Various Indonesia-based emerging companies on their financing rounds, including Cosmart (an Indonesian membership-based e-commerce platform for essential products); Diri Care (an Indonesia consumer health platform); and Pintarnya (a fintech platform) in Indonesia.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Inclusion Committee (Asia Pacific Chair)
• Counsel Committee