Overview
Ferish Patel is a partner in Paul Hastings’ Private Equity practice and is based in the firm’s London office.
Ferish is a US-qualified partner with a practice focused on cross-border growth equity and private capital transactions. He represents entrepreneur-led companies, financial sponsors and institutional investors in connection with minority and control investments, buyouts and exits across Europe, the U.S., Asia and the Middle East.
Ferish also advises boards on governance matters for entrepreneur-led and sponsor-backed businesses. His experience includes designing governance frameworks, aligning investor and founder rights, advising on succession planning and helping companies navigate sensitive boardroom issues.
He has extensive experience advising companies and investors in the technology, healthcare, life sciences, digital infrastructure, consumer and media sectors. Having practiced in the U.S., Asia and Europe, Ferish brings a global perspective that allows clients to manage complex cross-border considerations.
Accolades
- Band 1: Startups & Emerging Companies – Singapore, Chambers Asia-Pacific
- International A-List Lawyers, India Business Law Journal
- Leading Partner: Start-Up and Venture Capital – Singapore, Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Notable Practitioner: M&A – Singapore, IFLR 1000 Asia-Pacific
Education
- St. John’s University School of Law, JD (2003)
Representations
Private Equity, Growth Equity and Other Private Financings
- PropertyFinder’s founder in its $695 million private financing by Permira, Blackstone, Mubadala Investment Company and BECO Capital.
- Nium in its $200 million Series E private financing.
- FinAccel in its $270 million Series D private financing.
- Brookfield Private Equity in its investment in Sirion Labs.
- Nuevocor in its $45 million private financing (one of the largest private financings by a Singapore-based biotech company).
- Private and growth equity funds including TA Associates, Square Peg Capital, Coatue, Blackstone and Alpha Wave.
M&A
- BOOM Securities in connection with its acquisition by Clear Street.
- FinAccel in its proposed merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II.
- The financial advisors in connection with Grab’s merger with Altimeter Growth, the largest special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in history.
- Flipkart in its $16 billion sale to Walmart.
Capital Markets and Public Financings
- Coupang in its $4.5 billion New York Stock Exchange initial public offering (IPO).
- Freshworks in its $1.1 billion Nasdaq IPO.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.
Involvement
- New York State Bar Association
- Hong Kong Law Society
- Endeavor Global (advisor)
- Google for Startups (advisor)