J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Reliance Capital (RCAP) on the Rs 1200 crore ($180m) sale of 14 per cent stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) to Japan’s largest life insurance company Nippon Life Insurance (NLI). NLI was advised by Khaitan & Co and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.

JSA Mumbai partners Dina Wadia and Gautam Gandotra, senior associate Gagan Sharma and associate Upamanyu Talukdar acted for RCAP

Khaitan partner Niren Patel, senior associates Aravind Venugopal and Ritwik Kulkarni and associate Vidur Sinha and Anderson partner Ryo Kotoura and associate Masahiko Yasui acted for NLI

According to the press release, the stake sale would lead to change in controlling interest in RCAM according to mutual fund rules of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as NLI already had 35 per cent stake in RCAM This deal will trigger the exit option for various unit holders of various mutual fund schemes of Reliance Mutual Fund.

According to the report by TOI, this is the largest foreign investment in the mutual fund industry in India. Post the stake sale, Reliance MF will be renamed as Reliance Nippon MF