Corporate M&A
AZB acts on India leg of Cisco buy of Customer Analytics Tech (Aug ‘19)
Based in Salt Lake City, CloudCherry is focused on developing tools for brands to enhance customer experience on their websites. Among other functions, it offers products that predictively understand how changes to customer experience changes sales outcomes and impacts financial metrics of companies...
AZB acts on Saudi Agri 29% buy of Daawat Foods (Feb ‘20)
LT Foods… said that it has entered into a shareholder’s agreement with United Farmers Investment Company in connection with a proposed acquisition of the stake currently held by India Agri Business Fund Ltd and Real Trust by the Investor in Daawat Foods. — Indiainfoline LT Foods announced that Saudi...
Trilegal, JSA do India leg of General Electric buy of Danaher with DLA (Mar ‘20)
Danaher finishes procurement of GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences division — Microbiozindia U.S. antitrust regulators cleared General Electric’s biopharma division sale to Danaher … The deal, which will bring $20 billion into GE’s coffers, is now slated to close March 31, in line with management’s expec...
JSA, Algo act on Chennai’s Syrma Tech buy of Gurgaon’s SGS Tekniks with PE support
Chennai-based electronics manufacturer Syrma Technology has signed a cash plus stock agreement with Gurgaon-based SGS Tekniks for a takeover. PE investor GEF Capital has supported this transaction with an undisclosed investment. — The Times of India J Sagar Associates advised SGS Tekniks Manufacturi...
Khaitan acts on $299m Edelweiss buy of Pacific Alliance Group
Edelweiss Financial Services … said that its board has approved sale of 51 per cent stake in wealth management business to Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) — Business Today Khaitan & Co advised Edelweiss Financial Services Limited led by a core team that was jointly led by partner Niren Patel and p...
Khaitan acts on $12m Caesarstone buy of Gujarati countertop maker
Quartz countertop firm Caesarstone Ltd is all set to acquire a majority stake in a Gujarat-based countertop manufacturer… — VCCircle Khaitan & Co advised Caesarstone Ltd led by a team of partner Kartick Maheshwari , partner Deepak Jodhani , principal associate Kapish Mandhyan and associate Arju...
$1bn Piramal Glass buy: Trilegal for Piramal, CAM for Blackstone
Private equity major Blackstone has signed a deal to acquire Piramal Group’s Piramal Glass for around $1 billion. The deal contour includes an upfront payment of $850 million while Piramal Group will get approximately $150 million on achieving certain milestones, to be paid over 2 years. — Cnbctv18 ...
AZB acted on $2.4bn IndusInd merger with Bharat Financial Inclusion (Jul ‘19)
The board of IndusInd Bank Ltd has approved the merger between the bank and microfinance firm Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL), IndusInd informed the stock exchanges on Saturday. The share exchange ratio for the merger shall be 639 equity shares of the bank for every 1000 equity shares of BFIL....
AZB for NVIDIA on India leg of global mega-takeover of chipmaker Arm
SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it has agreed to sell chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as $40 billion in a deal set to reshape the semiconductor landscape. — Thehindu AZB & Partners advised NVIDIA Corporation led by a team of partners Ashwath Rau , Nilanjana Singh , Veena Gopalak...
Khaitan acts as co-counsel on $5.3bn Jio Fibre InvIT majority investment by Abu Dhabi, Saudi funds
Reliance Industries … said that Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have invested ₹3,779 crore each in Jio Fibre’s network. The sovereign wealth funds from Gulf will acquire a total 51% in the infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) — Digital Fibre Infrastr...
KT, SRGR, Ramanil Ankur guide Metro Hospitals on Lal buy-out through SH disputes, litigations
Dr. Purshotam Lal (and his affiliates) bought out the other shareholder group of Metro Speciality Hospitals Private Limited, Dr. SS Bansal and his affiliates. Metro Speciality Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. owns and operates Metro Heart Institute with Multispeciality, Faridabad. The parties were engaged in a l...
DSK, Avyuktaa, JSA act on $33m Sonu Infotech-SchoolNet JV
Temasek-backed job matching platform, GoodWorker, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood and vocational skill provider Schoolnet have formed a joint venture with an initial investment of Rs 250 crore to assist blue-collar workers with employment and skilling. — Yourstory DSK Legal advised Mr. Sonu Sood and Sonu ...
HSF, Cravath, Weil, Milbank on $1bn Bharti-UK buy of Chapter 11’d OneWeb
With Bharti Enterprises-led low earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellite communications company OneWeb emerging from US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and achieving all relevant regulatory approvals, chair man Sunil Bharti Mittal said that beginning mid-December till October 2021, the company will la...
AZB acts on LGT Group buy of WGC Wealth (Jun ‘19)
WGC Wealth, the erstwhile wealth management arm of the debt-laden DHFL group, has been taken over by LGT, a private banking and asset management group owned by the princely family of Liechtenstein. The company will be renamed as Validus Wealth after this buyout with employees holding some minority s...
Universal acts on $5m + takeover of Winjit Tech by RIB
RIB Group acquires a controlling interest in Winjit, according to reports (in German).
Universal Legal advised
2020-11-18
Deal value: More than $5m
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Indus, ELP act on NSE Academy’s buy of deep tech edu co TalentSprint
NSE Academy on Tuesday announced the acquisition of majority stake in deep tech education firm TalentSprint. NSE Academy is wholly-owned subsidiary of National Stock Exchange Ltd… Hyderabad-based TalentSprint offers advanced certification programmes in emerging and deep technologies to professionals...
Ex-Platinum Delhi Touchstone acts on $282m Fevicol buy of Huntsman India
New Delhi: Pidilite Industries, the manufacturers of the popular Fevicol brand of adhesives, on Wednesday said it has completed acquisition of the US-based Huntsman Group’s Indian subsidiary for Rs 2,100 crore. — The Economic Times Touchstone Partners , formerly the Delhi-headquartered part of Plati...
IndusLaw acts for Urban Ladder on $24.4m sale to Reliance Retail with Cyril Amarchand (+Algo)
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries’ retail arm Reliance Retail Ventures has bought a 96 per cent stake in online furniture retailer Urban Ladder for Rs 182.12 crore ($24.4 million), in an attempt to expand its presence in India’s online retail market. — Ndtv IndusLaw advised Urban Lad...
Khaitan acts for National Engineering on buy of Abok Spring (Jan ‘20)
National Engineering Industries Ltd is buying two companies, one at home and the other in Europe, to expand its product portfolio and increase its geographical presence… It has also sealed a deal to buy to acquire industrial component manufacturer Abok Spring Pvt. Ltd. — VCCircle Khaitan & Co a...
Alpha, SAM navigate HT buy of VCCircle in $1m likely-FDI-driven Newscorp exit
HT Media has acquired Mosaic Media Ventures, the company which operates business news platform VCCircle and tech news platform TechCircle, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday. HT Media said that this was a “strategic acquisition”. As part of the deal, HT Media will invest upto Rs 6 crore, ...