Bhargavi Mudakavi is a partner in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Real Estate Industry group and Real Estate Private Investment Funds practice. Ms. Mudakavi has advised a number of investment managers on the establishment of funds and joint ventures in the private equity, real estate, and real estate debt sectors. She has also advised a number of institutional investors on investments in similar structures. She joined Goodwin in 2015.
Experience
Recent transactions include advising:
- A global real estate fund manager on the formation of a €450 million value-add real estate fund investing in Europe.
- Bancroft Private Equity on the formation of a private equity fund investing in Central and Eastern Europe.
- GreenOak on the formation of the second generation of its European Secured Lending platform raising more than €1.3 billion across two funds focused on the U.K. and other European markets.
- GreenOak on the formation of its flagship €911 million GreenOak Europe II Fund, as well as various related co-investment transactions.
- Hillhouse Capital on the formation of a rifle shot fund.
- Low Carbon on a joint venture with Vitol Group and formation of a new renewable energy fund.
- NREP on the establishment of its NREP Nordic Strategies Fund II (NSF2), which has an investment capacity of €1.7 billion and will invest primarily in the modern logistics, necessity-driven retail and residential sectors in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
- Partners Group on various primary, secondary, and co-investment transactions.
- Spice Private Equity on various emerging market primary, secondary, and co-investment transactions.
- Willis Towers Watson and their clients on investments into various European funds.
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Ms. Mudakavi was an associate in the Bangalore office of Trilegal, India.
Credentials
Education
LLM2014
New York University School of Law
BA2011
National Law School of India University
(Hons)
Admissions
Bars
- India
- New York
- England and Wales
Recognition & Awards
Bhargavi is recognized for excellence by The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 and an Up and Coming lawyer by Chambers UK. Clients describe Bhargavi as being “an excellent lawyer and adviser. She understands our business incredibly well and provides thoughtful and commercially minded advice. She is an excellent problem solver."