A partner in the Tax Department, Deeksha advises on the tax dimensions of corporate and finance transactions and provides comprehensive counsel on standalone UK and international tax matters. With a practical approach to structuring cross-border arrangements, she helps clients optimize their tax positions while ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Deeksha’s international background and technical acumen deliver strategic solutions for multinational corporations, financial institutions and investment funds managing sophisticated tax challenges in global operations.
Deeksha’s recent representations include:
- AmTrust Financial Services in its strategic partnership with Blackstone Credit & Insurance, under which AmTrust will spin-off certain of its managing general agencies and fee businesses
- IonQ in its $1.075 billion acquisition of Oxford Ionics
- I Squared Capital and its portfolio company EXA Infrastructure, a UK-based digital infrastructure platform, in its acquisition of Aqua Comms, an Ireland-based specialist operator of transatlantic and intra-European subsea infrastructure
- Lenders and noteholders in the financing for the investment by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in a 50% stake in Ørsted’s Hornsea 3, the world’s largest offshore wind project
- Madison Dearborn Partners in its approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of a significant majority of NFP’s wealth business from Aon plc
- Qualcomm in its acquisition of Alphawave Semi, with an enterprise value of approximately $2.4 billion
Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Deeksha’s representations included:
- The 1887 Company on its sale of the Famous Grouse and Naked Malt to William Grant & Sons
- PTTEP in relation to its acquisition of a 10% participating interest in the Ghasha Concession from Wintershall Dea
- Arrow Global on its acquisition of Amitra Capital
- Videndum on its capital raising
- Orchard Therapeutics on its recommended cash acquisition by Kyowa Kirin
- Marubeni Europower Limited on Marubeni’s acquisition of the Upper Ogmore Wind Farm and energy storage project
- Trill Impact on its acquisition of Delivery Associates Ltd
- DLUHC on the Government-backed professional indemnity insurance scheme for external wall system assessors
- BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund II as co-lead consortium investor in respect of the purchase of a 49% equity stake in Aramco Gas Pipelines Company for $15.5 billion
- Värde on its Disposal of BizSpace
- Schneider Electric on:
- recommended cash offer for Aveva Group Plc
- sale of its Eurotherm business
- acquisition of Zeigo
- sale of IMServ
- 3i Group plc in relation to the buy-in of the 3i Group Pension Plan with Legal and General Assurance Society Limited
- Walmart on the sale of Asda
- Drax Group on the sale of Drax Generation Enterprises Limited
