Law Firm League Tables

Financial Year (March-end)

Khaitan & Co

Offices
Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi

Total
Partners

Associate Partners

Female Partners

Total
Fee-earners

Partner to Fee-earner Leverage Ratio

15236135782.8
(headcounts dated 05 April 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

6225,3914107146215

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Deal

Client

Lawyers
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Other
firms

Deal
Value
($m)

Date

Sub category

Sale of $123.7m Welspun assets to LaptevWelspun GroupAnuj Shah, Kartikeya Prakash, Anisha Chand, Gautam Suseel, Pratik Jain,L&L Partners124Mar 2019
Eversource, NIIF $330m investment in Ayana RenewableEverSource Advisors
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
Akhil Bhatnagar, Samridha Neupane, Rahul Rajendra Mishra, Jagata Swaminathan,AZB & Partners330Mar 2019
US ad agency Periscope sale to Quad/Graphics
(Foreign deal: US)
Quad/GraphicsRabindra Jhunjhunwala, Ritu Shaktawat, Stuti Galiya, Avantika Govil, Sneh Shah, Yamini Kumar,DMD Advocates
Suresh Surana & Associates
Moss & Barnett
Guantao & Chow
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Eversheds Sutherland
MOLITOR Avocats
Mar 2019
$109.5m Milltec sale to Canadas Ag GrowthMultiples Alternate Asset ManagementVineet Shingal, Bijal Ajinkya, Kaushalya Shetty, Aditi Sharma, Shailesh Singh, Sneh Shah,J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
110Mar 2019
Northern Arc Capital Limited $132m investment from IIFL, Stanchart, AffirmaNorthern Arc CapitalAkshay Bhargav, Vidushi Gupta, Tanvi Arora,J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
132Mar 2019
Kieraya Furnishing, investors in $6m Series C4 roundLightbox Ventures
Kieraya Furnishing Solutions
Kartick Maheshwari, Kartikeya Prakash, Rohan Shrivastava, Rhea Jha,6Mar 2019
Others Ola $300m buy into electric cars initiative from Hyundai, Kia, DDBhavish Aggarwal
Ankit Bhati
ANI Technologies
Ola
Sharad Moudgal, Rishabh Bharadwaj, Kamlesh Rao, Kamna Kumar,Ashurst
Indian Law Partners (ILP)
Rajaram Legal
Morrison & Foerster
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Goodwin Procter
J Sagar Associates (JSA)
300Mar 2019
Sell $481m VG, Coffee Day shares to L&T part of ‘hostilebid MindtreeLarsen & ToubroCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
481Mar 2019
Samara Capital majority stake buy in Natures EssenceSamara Capital ManagementMayank Singh, Nidhi Killawala, Bhavna Pattanaik, Kairavi Shah,J Sagar Associates (JSA)Mar 2019
Temasek stake buy in Danish company Topsoe and Indian subsidiariesTemasek CapitalRabindra Jhunjhunwala, Anshul Prakash, Stuti Galiya, Kanika Mathew, Shivangi Agarwalla, Abhisek Choudhury, Deeksha Malik,Mar 2019
Californias TIBCO Software buy of India analytics platform SnappyDataTIBCO SoftwareRitu Shaktawat, Anshul Prakash, Stuti Galiya, Sneh Shah, Abhisek Choudhury,Mar 2019
$23.9m Grasim India buy from Soktas TurkeyAditya Birla GroupVineet Shingal, Supratim Chakraborty, Shailendra Bhandare, Niharika Mepani, Sneha Oak Joshi, Prithwijit Gangopadhyay, Shourya Sengupta, Aman Dwivedi, Sourav Dan, Rhea Jha, Sumantra Bose, Aritri Roy Choudhary, Sneh Lata, Nayantara Kutty,Indian Law Partners (ILP)24Mar 2019
Reliance Industries $8.6m buy of C Square Info SolutionsReliance IndustriesSupratim Chakraborty, Kaushalya Shetty, Sumantra Bose, Rhea Jha, Sneh Lata,9Mar 2019
True North in $73.5m acquisition of s Max Bupa Health InsuranceTrue NorthNiren Patel, Saswat Subasit, Aravind Venugopal, Yashashree Mahajan,AZB & Partners74Feb 2019
Ed Ola smaller, $14m February VC round in Ola Electric MobilityOla Electric MobilityArun Scaria, Sharad Moudgal, Rishabh Bharadwaj, Christopher Rao, Anurag Singh, Kamlesh Rao, Chirag Narasimiah,Rajaram Legal
AZB & Partners
14Feb 2019
Merger of auto parts makers Minda, Harita SeatingHarita Seating SystemsHaigreve Khaitan, Mehul Shah, Vivek Sriram, Sanket Shah, Aman Yagnik, Rushabh Gala,Feb 2019
$31.6m L&T Infotech buy of Germanys Nielsen PartnerLarsen & Toubro InfotechNiren Patel, Aayush Misra, Shubhi Pahwa,Eversheds Sutherland
Thomson Geer
Timblick & Partners
32Feb 2019
Zomato in delivering Delivery Hero investment,Delivery HeroSamvad Partners
IndusLaw
Feb 2019
Does India leg of Ingersoll Rand Precision Flow buy
(Foreign deal: US)
Ingersoll RandGanesh Prasad, Rishabh Bharadwaj, Kamna Kumar, Sanjay Krishna,Feb 2019
Blackstone buys $378m: Aadhar Housing Finance d byAadhar Housing FinanceKartick Maheshwari, Aashutosh Sampat, Vidushi Gupta, Abir Sarkar, Madhusmita Deept, Vasundhra Minocha, Rahul Chandramouli, Angeline Benny,378Feb 2019
Minda Industries $3.5m purchase of vehicle automation biz from KPITMinda IndustriesBharat Anand, Nimisha Trehan, Arpita Maheshwari,4Feb 2019
IDFC Alternatives part sale to GIPIDFC AlternativesSiddharth Shah, Sameer Sah, Vinita Choudhury, Mohit Maheshwari, Kanika Mathew,L&L PartnersJan 2019
$30m Zolostays fundraisingIDFC Alternatives
IDFCEquity Fund
Investcorp India Asset Managers
Mirae Asset Global Investments
Vineet Shingal, Nayantara Kutty, Srikanth Mantravadi, Shailesh Singh, Roopali Adlakha, Rimjhim Khandelwal,IndusLaw30Jan 2019
Emami buy in Germanys Creme 21EmamiSurbhi Kejriwal, Bidya Mohanty,Jan 2019
L&T Infotech $7.48m buy of RuletronicsLarsen & Toubro InfotechNiren Patel, Aayush Misra, Shubhi Pahwa, Anumeha Karnatak,7Jan 2019
KT(ripathy), throw $55m lifeline to Hindusthan National Glass via Lotus e SPVHindusthan National Glass & IndustriesBhavik Narsana, Arindam Ghosh, Vinita Krishnan, Saswat Subasit, Anisha Chand, Suditi Surana, Tanish Gupta, Anmol Awasthi, Jimmy Bhatt, Rahul Jain,KT Advisors55Jan 2019
Investcorp entry into India IDFC Alternatives buyNishith Desai AssociatesJan 2019
Aqualite shoes $35.5m VC investment by LighthouseAqualite IndustriesBharat Anand, Pashupati Nath, Sanchit Agarwal, Nikita Bhuwania, Arpita Maheshwari, Ishita Mishra,L&L Partners36Dec 2018
India leg of GSK JV Pfizer consumer healthcare
(Foreign deal: US)
PfizerPaku Khan, Anisha Chand, Radhika Seth, Anmol Awasthi,L&L Partners
AZB & Partners
Dec 2018
Dewan Housing its exit from Pramerica mutal funds JVDewan Housing Finance CorporationAshraya Rao, Manisha Shroff, Suditi Surana, Nandini Paliwal, Juhi Bhat, Oindrila Bhowmik,Dec 2018JV
Intermediates maiden Asia investment, buying USD 1 billion of StanChart PE portfolio
(Foreign deal: Asia)
ICG Strategic Equity AdvisorsSiddharth Shah, Tarunya Krishnan, Shantanu Gupta, Gautam Suseel, Srikanth Mantravadi,Clifford ChanceDec 2018
Enters Japans Nichirei into another quick $25m round meat dot com Licious,Nichirei CorporationVineet Shingal, Tanushree Bhuwalka, Srikanth Mantravadi, Rimjhim Khandelwal, Sourav Dan, Swaraj Singh Narula, Shailendra Bhandare, Sneha Oak Joshi,S&R Associates
Rajaram Legal
25Dec 2018
Ed Ninjacart in December Series B $36m fundraiseTanglinBharucha & Partners
IndusLaw
36Dec 2018
TNB Topaz Energy $33m debenture fundraise Himachal power project from GMRTNB Topaz Energy
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Akhil Bhatnagar, Vivek Mimani, Deepak Jodhani, Sagardeep Rathi, Swathy Ramanath, Jhinook Roy, Harshita Khurana, Jagata Swaminathan, Sathyajith Nair, Swati Bala,L&L Partners33Dec 2018
Irelands Clanwilliam Investments in buy of British Orient Infotel, Dictate ITClanwilliam InvestmentsKalpana Unadkat, Kevin Shah, Balaji Subramanian, Vinita Krishnan,Dec 2018
FarEye buy in Dipper TechFareyeAnand Mehta, Niharika Mepani, Shreya Mukherjee, Kaustubh Rastogi,Alpha PartnersNov 2018
Mercers buy of Gurgaon assessment tech provider MettlKalaari Capital
Blume Ventures
Vineet Shingal,J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Nov 2018
Zydusbuy Heinz India $626mZydus Wellness
Cadila Healthcare
Haigreve Khaitan, Bhavik Narsana, Aravind Venugopal, Minhaz Lokhandwala, Shreya Mukherjee,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Gibson Dunn
626Oct 2018
Reliance Den Networks another $311m Jio paydayReliance Industries
Jio
Haigreve Khaitan, Arindam Ghosh, Rahul Dutt, Sanjeev Kapoor, Gaurav Juneja, Abhishek Sinha, Sudhir Bassi, Arpita Anand, Tarang Shashishekhar, Avantika Govil, Shrey Agarwal, Tushaar Talwar, Tanish Gupta, Akshay Sharma, Anubhuti Sinha, Rhea Jha, Shivani Jha, Varun Yadav, Bharat Gupta Phalguni, Yamini Kumar, Ayush Mehrotra,Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS)
AZB & Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
311Oct 2018
Singapores Blue Planet buy of Mumbais Yasasu waste processing companyShivanshu Thaplyal, Jhinook Roy,Desai & DiwanjiOct 2018
In Advent $326.2m buy of Indias largest PET plastics maker Manjushree TechnopackAdvent InternationalHaigreve Khaitan, Aakash Choubey, Monika Srivastava, Indruj Rai, Aishwarya Nagpal, Shreya Dua, Shailesh Singh, Pallavi Panigrahi, Angeline Benny, Shabnam Sheikh,Platinum Partners326Oct 2018
$22.5m Series A Cred, new scheme by Freecharge founderDreamplug Technologies
Cred
Vineet Shingal, Shreya Dua, Rohan Shrivastava, Aman Dwivedi, Pallavi Panigrahi, Vasundhra Minocha,Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS)23Oct 2018
$14m fund raising Blue Jay FinleaseBlue Jay Finlease
Ziploan
Mayank Singh, Nidhi Killawala, Maitreye Parashar, Kairavi Shah,14Sep 2018
Tata Steel winning bid $633m of distressed Usha Martin steel assets, oppositeUsha MartinHaigreve Khaitan, Anuj Shah, Supratim Chakraborty, Shivanshu Thaplyal, Nawneet Vibhaw, Sagardeep Rathi, Prithwijit Gangopadhyay, Shourya Sengupta, Kinshuk Jhunjhunwala, Rishav Dutt, Anisha Chand, Rohan Shrivastava, Aritri Roy Chowdhury, Sumantra Bose, Sneh Lata, Harshit Anand, Apurv Sharma, Harshita Khurana,Argus Partners
AZB & Partners
633Sep 2018insolvency
NBFC Belstar $28m raise from Muthoot, Maj InvestMaj Invest Financial Inclusion FundJ Sagar Associates (JSA)
AZB & Partners
28Sep 2018
HUL buy of Adityaa Milk from Vijaykant DairyHULNikhilesh Panchal, Malav Shah, Murugaveni Pillai, Anvita Mishra,Aug 2018
Reliance Brands $7m stake increase in Genesis ColorsReliance BrandsEconomic Laws Practice (ELP)7Aug 2018
$11m Astral Poly Technik buy in Rex PolyextrusionAstral Poly TechnikAnand Mehta, Sanjay Sanghvi, Minhaz Lokhandwala, Suraj Kumar Shetty, Aparajita Chakraborty, Nupur Pandit, Sourav Dan, Shailendra Bhandare,J Sagar Associates (JSA)11Jul 2018
Singapore Malaysia $1.1bn buy Fortis HealthcareIHH Healthcare BerhadHaigreve Khaitan, Anand Mehta, Arindam Ghosh, Sudhir Bassi, Sanjeev Kapoor, Ashraya Rao, Sagardeep Rathi, Soumyadri Chattopadhyaya, Saman Ahsan, Aditya Ganju, Pranjal Prateek, Arpita Anand, Niharika Mepani, Shashank Patil, Aayush Jain, Akash Karmarkar, Aman Singh Baroka, Nupur Pandit,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Allen & Gledhill
Trilegal
L&L Partners
S&R Associates
1,100Jul 2018
HIL $84.4m buy of Germanys Parador Holdings, Macs,HILHaigreve Khaitan, Niren Patel, Bijal Ajinkya, Peshwan Jehangir, Ritu Shaktawat, Minhaz Lokhandwala, Yashashree Mahajan, Sneh Shah, Ayush Agarwala,CMS
Baker & McKenzie
84Jul 2018
India leg of Rolls Royce marine biz sale
(Foreign deal: UK)
Rolls-Royce Marine IndiaAtul Pandey, Ritu Shaktawat, Indruj Rai, Ayush A Mehrotra, Avnish Sharma, Hirak Mukherjee, Devesh Pandey, Kshitij Bishnoi,Jul 2018
Softbank in latest $238m investment into s PolicyBazaar,TemasekAakash Choubey,Samvad Partners
Trilegal
J Sagar Associates (JSA)
238Jun 2018
Chinese VCs invest $14m Series C in Cashify,Bessemer Venture PartnersLink Legal India Law Services (LLILS)
Imperia Law
Nishith Desai Associates
14Jun 2018
$34m sale by Michael & Susan Dell of SvatantraMicro Housing Finance CorpAZB & Partners
Veritas Legal
34Jun 2018
Babcock & Wilcox exit from JV ThermaxBabcock & Wilcox IndiaKalpana Unadkat, Avantika Govil, Shayak Sircar,AZB & PartnersMay 2018JV
Comp Ultratech Cement $1.2bn buy of Century Textiles cement bizUltraTech CementHaigreve Khaitan, Mehul Shah, Shivanshu Thaplyal, Saswat Subasit, Sanket Shah, Ritwik Kulkarni, Aman Yagnik, D Preethika, Harshita Khurana,Trilegal
Vaish Associates
Bharucha & Partners
1,200May 2018
Flipkart in record $16bn sale 14 Walmart globalFlipkartGanesh Prasad, Vinay Joy, Arun Scaria, Sanjay Khan Nagra, Mrudul Dadhich, Siddharth Baladevan Nair, Luv Saggi, Bhargav Rao, Chirag Narasimaiah, KA Alakiri, H Muralikrishnan, Tamarra Sequeira,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Trilegal
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Hogan Lovells
Argus Partners
J Sagar Associates (JSA)
16,000May 2018
Bira raise $50m from Sequoia, SofinaBiraThemis Associates50May 2018
$2.1bn Schneider mega sale to Larsen & ToubroTemasekAakash Choubey, Abhishek Sinha, Tarunya Krishnan, Radhika Agrawal, Srikanth Mantravadi, Rohan Srivasatava, Praneetha Vasan,Trilegal
AZB & Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Bredin Prat
Economic Laws Practice (ELP)
2,100May 2018
In Japans Komori entry into India printing $4.7m buy of InsightKomori CorporationDSK Legal5Apr 2018
Nashik based water management firm Kimplas Piping Systems acquisition by Germanys Norma GroupKimplas Piping SystemsNikhilesh Panchal, Malav Shah, Murugaveni Pillai,Apr 2018
KCo d $350m ChrysCap, GIC investment in Mankind PharmaDesai & Diwanji
Platinum Partners
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
350Apr 2018