Desai & Diwanji advised Delhi-based Ozone Ayurvedics and its parent Ozone UK in selling off India’s second largest skin-care brand “Nomarks” to Bajaj Corp, which was advised by Khaitan & Co, for Rs 150 crore ($22.7m) according to the Economic Times . Desai & Diwanji Mumbai partner Vih...

DSK Legal advised software firm Datamatics Global Services in partnering with multimedia solutions company PreMedia Global in data publishing and e-retail. Amarchand Mangaldas advised PreMedia’s parent Lexicon Publishing Services, and BMR Legal and IndusLaw advised its existing investors, which were...

Desai & Diwanji advised ICICI Securities and a number of acquirers in the open offer of Delhi-based non-banking financial institution Intec Capital. India Business Excellence Fund, which is taking a preferential allotment of Intec shares, was represented by Amarchand Mangaldas on the initial st...

S&R Associates and Kirkland & Ellis advised the UK-based Kewill group and its backers Francisco Partners, in buying Hyderabad-based software solutions provider Four Soft for Rs 265 crore ($43.4m). Four Soft was advised by BMR Legal.

AZB, Luthra, Links & Slaughters sell off Indian RBS assets to Ratnakar bank.

RDA Legal advised pickles and jams manufacturer Desai Brothers in buying out Savannah Hotels from Sinclairs Hotels, which operates the Savannah-Sinclairs Hotel in Bangalore, and from Savannah’s other shareholders. RDA managing partner Rohit Das and associates Ushasi Das and Robin Quadros advised on ...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised US-based Prudential International Insurance Holdings in selling a 74 per cent stake of real-estate developer DLF, advised by AZB & Partners Delhi, in its Indian life insurance wing Pramerica, to Mumbai-based home mortgager Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL). DHFL was advis...

P&C Legal advised Mahindra group’s real estate arm Mahindra Lifespace Developers on its Rs 1,000 crore ($164m) joint venture (JV) with Standard Chartered Bank’s investment arm SCM Real Estate. StanChart was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. P&C Legal partner Vishnu Jerome, whose part of Mumb...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the terms of the agreement between Ambuja Cements and Holcim.

Luthra & Luthra advised India’s largest multiplex operator PVR in its Rs 1,000 crore contract with BMR-advised Big Tree.

Amarchand Mangaldas and DLA Piper advised German luxury tableware and ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch (V&B) in forming a 50:50 joint venture with Delhi-based Genesis Luxury Fashion to develop its existing retail network in India. DLA Piper Hamburg corporate partner Dr Benjamin Parameswaran,...

AZB & Partners dropped off data provider Merger Market’s half-yearly (H1) M&A league table despite reporting 21 deals – the highest among India’s top ten law firms.

Correction: We published some erroneous designations in the A&O team. We regret the error, which has now been corrected. S&R Associates and O’ Melveny & Myers advised Swiss asset managers Partners Group in buying 80 per cent equity for Rs 1,620 crore ($270m) in US-based IT services co...

Desai & Diwanji advised auto parts maker Amtek Auto, which bought 51.2 per cent in the Jamshedpur-based JMT Auto for Rs 110 crore ($18.4m), according to VCCircle . JMT Auto was advised by Amicus. Desai & Diwanji Gurgaon-based partner Raghav Mathur assisted by senior associates Nikhil Sachd...

Vaish Associates advised pre-school network Brainworks Learning Systems and its investor Kusumbala Investments in selling out for Rs 5 crore ($824,810) to pre-school network Tree House Education & Accessories. Tree House was advised by Wadia Ghandy. Vaish Associates Mumbai corporate and banking...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings (VHHL) on the Indian leg of the $2.475bn (Rs 14,827 crore) sale of its 10 per cent stake in a Mozambique gas field in Brazil.

IndusLaw advised the founders of Redbus and its early investors Helion, Inventus and Seed Fund, in selling out the online bus-ticketing service for $100m (Rs 597 crore) to the Ibibo Group, which is a joint venture of South African Media giant Naspers and Chinese internet company Tencent. Amarchand M...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised State Bank of India (SBI), SBI Trustee and SBI AMC in buying Japan’s second-largest brokerage group Daiwa Security Group’s Daiwa Mutual Fund. Daiwa was advised by AZB & Partners. SBI will buy the Japanese fund for more than Rs 1.3 crore ($220,000), reports Mint . Ama...

Amarchand Delhi, Jones Day Cleveland and Sullivan Cromwell London acted on Gurgaon’s Apollo Tyres $2.5bn takeover of Ohio-based Cooper.

Desai Diwanji, Freshfields, Linklaters, TTA sold German machining company to India auto maker