# | Deal | Client | Lawyers
(show associates) | Other
firms | Deal
Value
($m) | Date | Sub category |
|---|
| India leg of USSerent Cap investment in accountancy software BQE
(Foreign deal: US) | Serent Capital | Vaidhyanadhan Iyer, Jitender Tanikella, Jeet Chaudhuri, | | | Mar 2021 | |
| Ares SSG $380m restructuring buy Altico Capital | Varde Partners | | J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Talwar Thakore & Associates
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 380 | Mar 2021 | insolvency |
| Tiger fintech platform Growws $83m Series D unicorn funding | Tiger Global | Ashwath Rau, Srinath Dasari, Bhuvana Veeraragavan, Karishma Dugar, | | 83 | Mar 2021 | |
| Nykaas buy of line jewellery brand Pippa Bella | Nykaa Fashion | Roxanne Anderson, Saloni Bhandari, Rashmee Kumar, Rina Goyal, | | | Mar 2021 | |
| CDC $70m buy of 30% in Ayana Renewables | CDC Group | Roxanne Anderson, | | 70 | Mar 2021 | |
| $18.8m Mawana Sugars sale to Bodal Chemicals | Mawana Sugars | Daksh Trivedi, Ankit Tandon, | | 19 | Feb 2021 | |
| TT&A India leg of Capita sale to Montagu PE
(Foreign deal: UK) | MontaguEquity | Ashwath Rau, John Adwet Raghav, Abhipsita Kundu, | Talwar Thakore & Associates
Linklaters
Kirkland & Ellis | | Feb 2021 | |
| Swedens Stillfront, Tiger Swedish buy of Bgl gaming studio Moonfrog $90m | Tiger Global | Ashwath Rau, Nanditha Gopal, Aditya Singh Chandel, Gautam Rego, | Trilegal
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
DLA Piper | 90 | Feb 2021 | |
| Accenture India leg of California Imaginea cloud engineering player | Accenture | Vaidhyanadhan Iyer, Shreya Rao, Sneha Nagvekar, Malaveeka Chakravarthy, | | | Jan 2021 | |
| Infy co founder Raghavans Indegene $200m healthtech sale to Carlyle, Brighton | Nadathur | Sai Krishna Bharathan, Vivek Bajaj, Samyuktha Santhosh, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Tatva Legal | 200 | Jan 2021 | |
| Do record $4.68bn Dewan takeover bid by | Dewan Housing Finance
administrator | Bahram Vakil, Nilang Desai, Suharsh Sinha, Anindita Roy Chowdhury, Nanditha Gopal, Vivek Shetty, Saloni Thakker, Amrita Sinha, Vatsala Rai, | Trilegal
Piramal Capital & Housing Finance | 4,680 | Jan 2021 | insolvency |
| Ecom Express $11m buy of Bangladeshs Paperfly logistics | Ecom Express | Nandita Govind, Anisha Shridhar, Shreya Basu, | | 11 | Jan 2021 | |
| Sterlite $34.5m buy of Italys Optotec | Sterlite Technologies | Anand Shah, Vishal Achanta, Siddharth Paranjpe, | | 35 | Jan 2021 | |
| India leg of Velocity by USNavisite
(Foreign deal: US) | Navisite | Ashwath Rau, John Adwet Raghav, Abhipsita Kundu, | | | Jan 2021 | |
| Unicorn Pine Labs $100m fundraise KCo | Sequoia | Dushyant Bagga, Swati Chauhan, | Phoenix Legal
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Goodwin Procter
Nishith Desai Associates
Khaitan & Co | 100 | Dec 2020 | |
| Germanys Senvion insolvency sale of India wind turbine biz | Global Renewable Energy Development | | Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
DLA Piper | | Dec 2020 | |
| Retains Zomato in $660m round investors foreigns | Fidelity
Tiger Global | Vipul Jain, Ashwath Rau, Jasmin Karkhanis, Tanya Pahwa, Saras Muzumdar, Rina Goyal, Rashmee Kumar, | IndusLaw
L&L Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Sidley Austin
Gunderson Dettmer | 660 | Dec 2020 | |
| $2.1m Delta Pleasure Cruise buy of Waterways Shipyard | Delta Pleasure Cruise Company
Delta Corp | Ashwath Rau, Kashish Bhatia, Armaan Patkar, Amitabh Robin Singh, | | 2 | Oct 2020 | |
| Raise $6m Treebo Hotels from existing investors | Ward Ferry | Vasudha Asher, Smita Tejaswee, | Rajaram Legal
S&R Associates
Nishith Desai Associates | 6 | Oct 2020 | |
| NVIDIA India leg of global mega takeover of chipmaker Arm
(Foreign deal: US) | NVIDIA Corporation | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Veena Gopalakrishnan, Bharat Budholia, Aishwarya Gopalakrishnan, | | | Sep 2020 | |
| Greenkos $980m mega investment from Japans Orix 3 foreigns | Orix Corporation | | Trilegal
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
King & Spalding
Linklaters
Proskauer | 980 | Sep 2020 | |
| $160m Series J: Zomato, Tiger, MacRitchie | Tiger Global Management | Ashwath Rau, Jasmin Karkhanis, Bharat Budholia, Rina Goyal, Rashmee Kumar, Aishwarya Gopalakrishnan, | IndusLaw
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Gunderson Dettmer | 160 | Sep 2020 | |
| $37m Amazon, Samara investment in More supermarkets chain (Aug ‘20) | Amazon | Hardeep Sachdeva, Ravi Bhasin, Gautam Kumar Bhargava, | | 37 | Aug 2020 | |
| $68m IDBI Fed Life sale of 23% to Ageas | Ageas Insurance | Rajendra Barot, Arvind Ramesh, Rishikesh Desai, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
L&L Partners | 68 | Aug 2020 | |
| PAG invest conglomerate in buy of Chennais Anjan Drug | PAG Asia Capital | Ashwath Rau, Atreya Bhattacharya, Raina Upadhyay, | Desai & Diwanji
Quillon Partners | | Aug 2020 | |
| S $4.5bn Google Jio Big G to write 10bn cheque to India | Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Sidhant Chandalia, Amitabh Robin Singh, Kanika, Mishra, Vyjayanthi Raghu, Chitrangda Singh, Gaurav Bansal, Ravi Gangal, | J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 4,500 | Jul 2020 | |
| 2nd chipmaker, Qualcomm, $100m Jio round (etc) | Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, | Trilegal
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 100 | Jul 2020 | |
| S a Jio : Intel Cap $253.8m Jio Platforms stake (natch) | Jio Platforms | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, | Trilegal
Paul Hastings
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 254 | Jul 2020 | |
| Premji Invest takeover of Barodas Best Value Chem | Premji Invest | Srinath Dasari, Nanditha Gopal, Malaveeka Chakravarthy, | Pioneer Legal | | Jun 2020 | |
| Carlyle win race $490m 20% stake in s Piramal | Carlyle | Sayak Maity, Sneha Nagvekar, | Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 490 | Jun 2020 | |
| Indias Miranda Tools sale to Dormer Pramet | -Miranda Tools | Anand Shah, Shriram Shah, Siddharth Paranjpe, | Khaitan & Co | | Jun 2020 | |
| $750m Jio cheque from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | Reliance Industries
Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas | 750 | Jun 2020 | |
| Rare non Jio investment in $1.2bn Abu Dhabi Mubadala round s, DP | Reliance Industries
Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Gaurav Bansal, | Nishith Desai Associates
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 1,200 | Jun 2020 | |
| Jio Round 4, General Atlantic, $870m goes to... (its not possible to spoiler the rest) | Reliance Industries
Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Sidhant Chandalia, Amitabh Robin Singh, Kanika Mishra, Vyjayanthi Raghu, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Paul Weiss
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 870 | May 2020 | |
| S joins gravytrain in $1.5bn KKR want buy into Jio | Reliance Industries
Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Simpson Thacher Bartlett
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 1,500 | May 2020 | |
| $42m Fullerton/Temasek Series D investment in Lendinkart | Fullerton Financial
Temasek | Ashwath Rau, Anu Tiwari, Rachana Rautray, | | 42 | May 2020 | |
| Accenture buy of Ahmedabad big data tech player Byte Prophecy | Accenture | Srinath Dasari, | | | May 2020 | |
| S animal healthcare player SeQuent bought by s Carlyle $209m | Carlyle | Zia Mody, Darshika Kothari, Sayak Maity, Sneha Nagvekar, Pankhuri Govil, | Nishith Desai Associates
White & Case | 209 | May 2020 | |
| Triple tap K&E: Jio raises another cool $1.5bn from Vista Equity | Reliance Industries
Jio | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Sidhant Chandalia, Amitabh Robin Singh, Kanika Mishra, Vyjayanthi Raghu, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Kirkland & Ellis | 1,500 | May 2020 | |
| Post Facebook, score 2nd bonanza in Jio goldmine via $747m Silver Lake investment s | Reliance Industries | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Sidhant Chandalia, Amitabh Robin Singh, Kanika Mishra, Vyjayanthi Raghu, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Latham & Watkins | 747 | May 2020 | |
| Ceridians buy of Singapore based Excelity Global (May ‘20)
(Foreign deal: Singapore) | Ceridian | Vaidhyanadhan Iyer, Nandan Pendsey, Prerak Ved, Soumit Nikhra, Anshuman Bharadwaj, Apeksha Mattoo, Devika Nayak, | | | May 2020 | |
| Shapoorji Pallonji $204m sale of five solar assets to KKR | KKR | Ashwath Rau, Atreya Bhattarcharya, | Khaitan & Co | 204 | Apr 2020 | |
| Axis Bank buy another 29% in Max Life $210m | Max Life Insurance Company
Max Financial Services | | Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 210 | Apr 2020 | |
| Facebooks mega record setting $5.7bn Jio investment HogLov, DP 3 | Reliance Industries | Ashwath Rau, Nilanjana Singh, Bharat Budholia, Sidhant Chandalia, Amitabh Robin Singh, Kanika Mishra, Vyjayanthi Raghu, Gaurav Bansal, | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Hogan Lovells
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Gibson Dunn
White & Case
Fenwick & West | 5,700 | Apr 2020 | |
| KKR buy Mr BK Modi out of Max Healthcare | KKR
Max Healthcare | | PDS Legal
S&R Associates | | Apr 2020 | |
| Shut in proof: raise $8m Series A line gaming biz Zuphee from Matrix, others | Cashgrail
Zupee | Daksh Trivedi, Harsh Kabra, | Rajaram Legal | 8 | Apr 2020 | |
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