Construction giant Megha Engineering's PV Krishna Reddy taps $700 million private credit to buy out uncle's share

A key shareholder of India’s Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. is seeking to raise about $700 million from global private credit investors to buy out his uncle’s stake in the company, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be one of the nation’s biggest deals this year.

A consortium of lenders including Davidson Kempner Capital Management, Elham Credit Partners and Varde Partners has begun preliminary work on the structure of the financing, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Terms haven’t been finalized and discussions could still change, they said.

Billionaire PV Krishna Reddy, the managing director of Megha Engineering who now owns 57% of the company is raising the money to help finance his acquisition of the remaining 43% stake held by his uncle Pamireddy Pitchi Reddy, the executive chairman, according to one of the people.


Representatives for Megha Engineering, Elham Credit Partners and Varde Partners didn’t respond to Bloomberg’s requests for comment. Davidson Kempner declined to comment.

If completed, it would be among India’s largest private credit deals this year, and just under half of the equivalent $1.6 billion raised by conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji Group last month. The planned deal highlights the growing role of private credit in financing large shareholder and corporate transactions in India, where traditional lenders could be constrained in offering flexibility on funding certain types of acquisitions.

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Investments in the country’s private credit market reached $3.5 billion in the first half of 2026, less than half of the $9 billion in deals a year earlier which included the record $3.1 billion raised by Shapoorji Pallonji Group for refinancing, a report from consulting firm EY shows.

India’s private credit sector has doubled in size over the past five years to about $25 billion in assets under management at the end of 2025, according to Moody’s Ratings. Although that pales in comparison with the US market, which manages more than $1 trillion in assets.

Founded in 1989 as a small fabrication unit in Hyderabad, Megha Engineering has projects in more than 20 countries spanning tunnels, ports, highways, water systems and power assets, according to its website.

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The company has been seeking to sell some of its road assets. KKR & Co.-backed Vertis Infrastructure Trust has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire eight roads from Megha, Bloomberg reported in July.

Megha was the top donor to Bharatiya Janata Party over the past five years, according to a 2024 election commission data, purchasing about Rs 670 crore ($70 million) of electoral bonds.