HSA Advocates replaced AZB & Partners in advising infrastructure company Lanco Infratech on India’s largest acquisition in the thermal power space in 2014 - the Rs 6,300 crores ($1bn) sale of Udupi Power Corporation to the Adani group which was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. HSA partners Navin...

Amarchand Mangaldas’ Mumbai region has advised the Aditya Birla Group on merging Aditya Birla Nuvo’s premium apparel business, Madura Garments Lifestyle Retail, with Pantaloons Fashion and Retail India. Mumbai-based managing partner Cyril Shroff, Bangalore partner Nivedita Rao and Mumbai-based partn...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised the shareholders of Lilac Medicare on selling it off to Japan’s Tosoh Corporation and Singapore’s Tosoh Asia which were advised by Rajani Singhania & Partners. JSA partner Sidharrth Shankar, senior associate Shantanu Jindel and associates Prakriti Jaiswal and Pr...

Khaitan & Co is acting for Nasdaq-listed iGate Corp, which is being acquired by French IT consultancy Cap Gemini for $4bn. Khaitan Mumbai partner Rabindra Jhunjhunwala confirmed that Khaitan had been instructed by iGate but declined to comment further. UPDATE: Luthra senior partner Mohit Saraf ...

Amarchand Mangaldas, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and its Singaporean merger partner Morgan Lewis Stamford advised India’s second largest software firm Infosys, on its $120m buy of US-based digital and mobile commerce solutions provider Kallidus. Kallidus was advised by AZB & Partners and Fenwic...

In what will possibly have been its last quarter of existing as a single firm, Amarchand Mangaldas again acted on the most valuable M&A deals though AZB & Partners emerged as the firm with the largest number of recorded transactions.

Khaitan & Company advised Snapdeal on India’s biggest acquisition in the e-commerce space yet – the $450m (Rs 2,800 crore) buy of mobile commerce platform Freecharge which was advised by AZB & Partners, reported Bar & Bench . Khaitan Bangalore Partner Abhilekh Verma acted for Snapdeal...

The firm of former AZB & Partners CEO Abhijit Joshi, Veritas Legal, has advised German specialty chemicals company Evonik on its acquisition of Mumbai-based catalyst supplier Monarch Catalyst, which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Sandeep Mehta. The value of the purchase of the ...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Suzlon Energy on the Rs 1,800 crore acquisition of 23 per cent stake in it by Sun Pharmaceuticals promoter Dilip Shanghvi and family who were advised by PH Bathiya & Associates. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff and partner Yash Asher acted for Suzlon. S...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Reliance Infra on its Rs 819 crore ($130m) acquisition of 18 per cent stake in Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering which was advised by K Law and Crawford Bayley.

Induslaw represented Olacabs, which must fast be turning into one of its most high-profile and valuable clients, in a $200m takeover of TaxiForSure.

Amarchand maintained its standing as India’s clear M&A leader topping the annual chart for the third year in a row.

Trilegal and Simpson Thacher Bartlett advised Chinese online financial services company Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, on its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in One97 Communications, which runs Indian payment gateway Paytm. One97 was advised by Ama...

Crawford Bayley, AZB & Partners and Covington Burling advised Mumbai-based Famy Care on the $800m (Rs 4,944 crore) acquisition of its female contraceptives business by the world’s second largest drug maker Mylan. Mylan was advised by Luthra & Luthra and Cravath Swaine & Moore. Platinu...

Bharucha & Partners advised social media giant Twitter on its first acquisition in India, in its $30m buy of missed-call marketing platform ZipDial Mobile Solutions, which was advised by AZB & Partners.

Amarchand Mangaldas, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Osborne Clark and Anand Gujadhur advised Silicon Valley Bank on its Rs 280 crore acquisition by Temasek Holdings, which was advised by AZB & Partners and Linklaters. Amarchand Mumbai corporate partners Ashwath Rau and Shishir Vayttaden...

Amarchand Mangaldas and K&L Gates advised US-based Par Pharmaceuticals and its wholly-owned Indian subsidiary Par Formulations on its acquisition of Chennai-based Ethics Biolabs, which was advised by HSB Partners. Amarchand Delhi partners Amit Kumar and Arvind Sharma, principal associate design...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised FIL Capital Investments (Mauritius) II on its Rs 51 crore purchase of equity and Economic Laws Practice (ELP) advised Somerset Indus Healthcare Fund I on its Rs 6 crore investment in Cygnus Medicare which was advised by DSK Legal. JSA Delhi partner Manvinder Singh, s...

J Sagar Associates advised Geraldton Finance, Real India Invest Aktiengesellschaft and the promoters of IT park owner Nirlon on selling 39.2 per cent equity in Nirlon to Singapore’s sovereign fund GIC. Amarchand Mangaldas and Wadia Ghandy advised GIC. JSA Mumbai partners Somasekhar Sundaresan, Vikra...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised UltraTech cement on its Rs 5400 crore acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates’ cement plants. JP was advised by Vaish Associates. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff, corporate partner Tushar Mavani and competition partner Nisha Kaur Uberoi acted for UltraTech. Va...