Law Firm League Tables

Financial Year (March-end)

Desai & Diwanji

Total
Partners

25
(headcounts dated 10 June 2019)

M&A + PE/VC table 2018-19

Deal
Count

Deal
Values
($m)

$1bn+
count

$200m+
count

$50m+
count

$10m+
count

<$10m
count

Unknown
values

Foreign
deals

221,09924367

#

Deal

Client

Lawyers
(show associates)

Other
firms

Deal
Value
($m)

Date

Sub category

$4m Omnivore, PI investment in farming marketplace Green AgrevolutionOmnivore PartnersSiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari, Priyanshi Lodha,Economic Laws Practice (ELP)
Vertices Partners
4Mar 2019
$4m investment in LightboxLightboxSiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari, Satvik Kulshrestha, Priyanshi Lodha,Themis Associates4Mar 2019
Siemens Project Ventures investment in Greenko Tamil Nadu wind power farmsSiemens Project VenturesAneesh Gupte, Shireen Langrana, Shreya Iyer, Abhay Singh, Satvik Kulshrestha,Mar 2019
& D, Morgan Stanley $50.7m investment in Pune developer KSH InfraKSH InfraShreevardhan Sinha, Shreya Iyer, Harshita Ginodia, Ashutosh Merchant,AZB & Partners51Feb 2019
& D got milk: Tirumala buys Prabhat Dairy in $237.7m slump saleTirumala Milk Products
Lactalis
Rachna Jain, Aneesh Gupte, Megha Sharma, Shireen Langrana, Sweta Rao, Shreya Iyer,Veritas Legal238Jan 2019
$4.2m buy of Perma Construction Aids by Kansai NerolacPerma Construction AidsShreevardhan Sinha, Ashutosh Merchant,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas4Dec 2018
& D, raise $14m Series B LetsTransport from Fosun, BertelsmannFosun RZ CapitalSiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Ashutosh Merchant,S&R Associates
Trilegal
Wadhwa Law Offices
14Dec 2018
$1.5m Kalaari pre Series A in AgNextKalaari Capital Partners IIISiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari,2Dec 2018
Fosun RZ investment in Perk FinanceFosun RZ CapitalSiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari,Anoma LegalDec 2018
NIIF first strategic investment, buying IDFC debt fundIDFCNatasha Treasurywala, Harshita Ginodia, Abhay Singh,Cyril Amarchand MangaldasOct 2018
Fosun Kredily investmentFosunSiddharth Mody,Ashlar LawOct 2018
Avenue Capital 27% buy of ArcilGICSonal Rangnekar, Shreya Iyer,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
Oct 2018
Singapores Blue Planet buy of Mumbais Yasasu waste processing companyYasasu EMSAneesh Gupte, Shreya Iyer, Harshita Ginodia,Khaitan & CoOct 2018
$1m Mylo fundraiseFosunSiddharth Mody,Joycelaw1Oct 2018
$156m Archean Chemical fundraise from India Resurgence Piramal Bain JVArchean Chemical IndustriesJai Diwanji, Sonal Rangnekar, Smriti Mehta, Pushkar Bavare,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas156Sep 2018
Guides digital lender Kissht $30m Series CFosun RZ Capital
Ventureast
Endiya
Siddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari,Rajaram Legal
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
IndusLaw
30Sep 2018
& D winning BR Shettys insolvency buy of SevenHills Healthcare $147mBRS VenturesRachna Jain, Joebin Devassy, Samiron Borkataky, Nitya Chadha, Jatin Mittal, Kritika Angirish,147Aug 2018insolvency
K Samara $78.5m buy of IEPs Spoton LogisticsXponentia Fund PartnersAZB & Partners
Economic Laws Practice (ELP)
K Law
79Jul 2018
$5.9m Future Retail buy of FoodworldFuture RetailSiddharth Mody, Rahul Deodhar, Prerana Chaudhari, Pritali Patil, Suhani Sharma, Varun Ohri,Trilegal6May 2018
JM P White Owl beer brewer IIFL Asset Management fundingWhite Owl BreweryAneesh Gupte, Ashutosh Merchant,Jerome Merchant + PartnersMay 2018
$14.5m Samena Cap investment in Bloom HotelsSamena CapitalAneesh Gupte, Shreya Iyer, Harshita Ginodia,15Apr 2018
KCo d $350m ChrysCap, GIC investment in Mankind PharmaGICShreevardhan Sinha, Shreya Iyer,Platinum Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
350Apr 2018