SBI Funds Management Limited has filed a draft red herring prospectus with SEBI on 19th March 2026 for an initial public offering comprising an offer for sale by promoter shareholders State Bank of India and French based Amundi Indian Holding.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised SBI Funds and promoter State Bank of India on this IPO.
The transaction team advising SBIFM included: Yash J. Ashar (Senior Partner), Devaki Mankad (Partner, Regional Co-Head - Capital Markets - West), Rushab Dhandokia (Principal Associate), Tanushri More (Principal Associate), Associates Aniruddh Saraswat, Khushi Parekh, Chinmay Jumde and Aria Sheth.
The transaction team advising State Bank of India included Anshul Roy (Partner), Vartika Bhatnagar (Senior Associate), Anuj Kumar Gupta (Senior Associate) and Janhavi Deshmukh.
The transaction teams were also assisted by Bharath Reddy (Partner), with support from Abhishek Gabriel (Senior Associate Designate) and Aarav Prasad (Associate) on ESOP-related matters.
The Pre-IPO secondary sales amounting to ₹1,655 crore advising the State Bank of India were assisted by Soumya Srivastava (Partner), with support from Satvik Kulshrestha (Principal Associate) and Viraj Vaidya (Senior Associate).
Linklaters is serving as the international legal counsel to SBI Funds.
The transaction team is being led by Amit Singh (Partner, Head of the India Practice),
The SBI Funds Management in-house legal team is led by Vinaya Datar (Chief Compliance Officer, Company Secretary and Head Legal)
S&R Associates is advising Amundi on this IPO.
Cleary Gottlieb is serving as the international legal counsel to Amundi.
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is advising the book running lead managers: Kotak Mahindra Capital, Axis Capital, BOFA Securities, HSBC Securities & Capital Markets, ICICI Securities, Jefferies, JM Financial, Motilal Oswal Investment and SBI Capital Markets on this IPO.
The transaction team is being led by Prashant Gupta (National Practice Head - Capital Markets) and Krupa Brahmbhatt (Partner), with support from Tarun Srikant (Principal Associate), Associates Shivang Agarwal, Gayathri Krishnan, Rudraksh Karnik, Shabri Bose and Anshika Tyagi.
Hogan Lovells is serving as the international legal counsel to the BRLMs.
The transaction team is led by Biswajit Chatterjee (Head of the India Practice and Managing Partner of the Dubai Office).
SBI Funds Management is a joint venture between the State Bank of India and Amundi, a European asset management company. The Company operates as the asset management arm of SBI Mutual Fund and offers investment advisory and management services.
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