Anand S Pathak

Introduction

Anand S Pathak is a renowned legal professional with a distinguished career in advising clients on international mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and competition law matters in the US, Europe and India. Admitted to practice law in both the US and India, Anand has honed his expertise through his experiences practicing law in global hubs such as Brussels, London, New York, Cleveland, and Palo Alto as a partner with international firm Jones Day.

Anand attended all the European Council meetings for the adoption of the EU’s merger control regulation. He has represented clients in complex European Commission and Indian competition law investigations and merger notifications, and in the negotiation of free trade agreements. His international M&A experience includes the disposition of assets by General Motors to Hyundai, Daiichi Sankyo’s acquisition of Ranbaxy, Warburg Pincus in its Indian investments, Tech Mahindra’s acquisition of Satyam, Schneider Electric’s acquisition of Luminous Power, acquisitions by HCL Technologies, Rediff.com and Tech Mahindra inside and outside India, the sale of eTouch in the US to Virtusa Corporation, and the sale of Cigniti to Coforge.

He has successfully represented clients in international antitrust investigations and merger filings in the EU and India for clients such as Waste Management and Amazon, and international arbitrations, including Daiichi Sankyo in a Singapore-based arbitration and proceedings in the Singapore Supreme Court, and Amazon and UpHealth in international arbitrations and Indian and US Court proceedings. He is currently representing the government appointed board of IL&FS in the sale of IL&FS assets, several clients in competition law matters, and the government of India in investor-state investment treaty arbitrations.

Anand was presented with the National Law Day Award in 2005 by the prime minister of India for his unique contributions in Indian corporate law and for bringing foreign investments into India. He has received several awards for M&A and competition law, including the Supreme Court Chief Justice JS Verma Award in 2025 in recognition of his “outstanding expertise in Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions and Competition Law”.

Anand has an LLB and MA from the University of Cambridge, and an LLM and MA in economics from Yale University. He has worked at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg, and in the Competition Division of the Legal Service in the European Commission, Brussels. He was a member of a committee constituted by the Indian government in 2018 for reviewing Indian competition laws and was also a member of the government-appointed committee on the digital markets’ legislation.