SBI Funds is a joint venture between State Bank of India (India’s largest commercial bank) and Amundi (Amundi SA is Europe’s largest asset manager headquartered in Paris and listed on Euronext Paris).

The IPO drew substantial investor interest, attracting overall bids worth US$31.14 billion (approximately INR 3 trillion), making it the country's fourth most-bid IPO and the largest Indian IPO in 2026.

The Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Capital Markets team was led by Biswajit Chatterjee, Head of the India Practice and Dubai Office Managing Partner, with support from counsels Varun Jetly and Kaustubh George, and senior associate Aditya Rajput. US-based partners, Nancy O’Neil and Parikshit Dasgupta advised on US Tax and US Investment Funds issues respectively.

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