Law Firm League Tables

Financial Year (March-end)

L&L Partners

Offices
New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad

Total
Partners

Female Partners

Total
Fee-earners

Partner to Fee-earner Leverage Ratio

73133223.4
(headcounts dated 30 May 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

6543,03212572121812

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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 LaptevLaptev FinanceBikash Jhawar, Abdullah Hussain, Avinash Subramanian, Pranav Tolani, Aivan Raj,Khaitan & Co124Mar 2019
Sell Fastfox $14.5m to ElaraElara TechnologiesSamir Dudhoria, Damini Bhalla, Jitender Singh Shekhawat, Arsh Khan,Joycelaw
Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS)
15Mar 2019
Amansa Cap in $31m investment in s Jana Small Finance BankAmansa CapitalSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Snigdhaneel Satpathy, Rudresh Singh, Debarpan Ghosh,AZB & Partners31Mar 2019
LL, Tata GIC SSG consortium $1.16bn buy into GMR AirportsGMR AirportsAbdullah Hussain, Kanika C Nayar, Divye Sharma, Aniket Ghosh,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates (JSA)
Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS)
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Vaish Associates
Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal
1,160Mar 2019
RIL $21m John Players retail buyReliance IndustriesDeepak THM, Nirupam Lodha, Vivek Pareek, Reshma Vaidya, Ayushi Harsh,21Mar 2019
In $2.1bn PSU sale of Rural Elec Corp by Power Fin CorpPower Finance CorporationDamini Bhalla, Abdullah Hussain, Karan Mitroo, Akshay Jain, Arsh Khan, Aditya Gupta, Anuradha Godrey, Ankita Parasar, Navroop Bhatia, Rudresh Singh, Purvi Dabbiru,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
J Sagar Associates (JSA)
2,100Mar 2019PSU
conclude $7bn ArcelorMittal, Nippon distressed takeover of Essar SteelArcelorMittal
Nippon Steel Corporation
Rajiv Luthra, Mohit Saraf, Sameen Vyas, Sudhir Sharma, Abhishek Swaroop, Apurva Jayant, Bikash Jhawar,S&R Associates
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
7,000Mar 2019insolvency
Lighthouse in Spains Puig $14m investmentLighthouse FundsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah,14Mar 2019
Haldiram Snacks $4.3m buy of Namkeen brand BabajiHaldiram SnacksNirupam Lodha, Harish Kumar, Reshma Vaidya, Shivangi Narang, Ayushi Harsh,4Mar 2019
$413m Delhivery Series F round from Carlyle, Fosun ropes in CCCarlyleSamir Dudhoria, Arsh Khan,Samvad Partners
AZB & Partners
Clifford Chance
413Mar 2019
$2.8bn JSW Steel insolvency buy of Bhushan PowerJSW SteelBikash Jhawar, Manmeet Singh, Avinash Subramanian, Abdullah Hussain, GR Bhatia, Aivan Raj, Pranav Tolani,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
2,800Feb 2019insolvency
India leg of USRibbon Comms buy of Anova Data
(Foreign deal: US)
Ribbon CommunicationsShinoj Koshy, Gunjan Mishra, Lokesh Shah, Aishwarya Mudgil, Vivek K Agarwal, Mayank Aggarwal, Kumar Prem Anand,Feb 2019
IndoStar $360m buy India Infoline FinanceIndoStar Capital FinanceDeepak THM, Anshuman Mozumdar, Devaditya Chakravarti, Soumil Garg,360Feb 2019
IDFC Alternatives part sale to GIPGlobal Infrastructure PartnersAmit Shetye, Lokesh Shah, Nipun Vaid, Mayank Aggarwal, Abhishek Mour,Khaitan & CoJan 2019
Indian part of Enterprise car rentals buy of Deem Inc
(Foreign deal: US)
EnterpriseWilliam Vivian John, Lokesh Shah, Gunjan Mishra, Sumithra Suresh, Amar Kumar Sinha, Rishabh Shah, Saksham Singhal, Tanaya Sanyal, Gayatri Loomba,Jan 2019
KT RiceTec purchase of paddy seed business of Ganga Kaveri SeedsSamara CapitalBikash Jhawar, Rohan Shah,KT Advisors
Tempus Law
Jan 2019
$653m Fortis buy of Singapores RHT Health TrustFortis HealthcareSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Prashant Shah, Sahil Arora, Debarpan Ghosh, Bhavini Singh, Keshav Pareek,AZB & Partners653Jan 2019
$119m Royale insolvency buy of EPC Constructionsresolution professionalBikash Jhawar Other,119Jan 2019insolvency
Radiant Max merger: collaborate to create 3rd largest hospital chain $293mLife HealthcareAlina Arora,AZB & Partners
Nishith Desai Associates
293Dec 2018
$1bn Radiant Life Max Healthcare mergerLife Healthcare International ProprietaryAlina Arora, Samarth Gupta, Lokesh Shah, Mayank Aggarwal,AZB & Partners1,000Dec 2018merger
Aqualite shoes $35.5m VC investment by LighthouseLighthouse FundsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah,Khaitan & Co36Dec 2018
Swiggy eats $1bn more cash: foreign firms enjoy feastTencentVaibhav Kakkar, Lokesh Shah, Snigdhaneel Satpathy, Sumithra Suresh, Mayank Aggarwal, Rishabh Shah, Tanaya Sanyal,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Goodwin Procter
Cooley
Latham & Watkins
Nishith Desai Associates
Han Kun Law Offices
1,000Dec 2018
Pizza Hut, KFC in $32m Goldman, Edelweiss investmentSapphire Foods
Pizza Hut
KFC
Rohan Shah, Nipun Vaid, Navomi Koshy,AZB & Partners
Economic Laws Practice (ELP)
32Dec 2018
$21m JSW buy of insolvent Vardhman IndustriesJSW SteelBikash Jhawar, Avinash Subramanian, Nakul Sachdeva, Aakarshan Sahay,21Dec 2018Insolvency
India leg of GSK JV Pfizer consumer healthcare
(Foreign deal: US)
GSKWilliam Vivian John, Deepak Kumar, Rishabh Shah, Gayatri Loomba,Khaitan & Co
AZB & Partners
Dec 2018
WG $100m sale of Symbiotec Pharma to consortium of PEsSymbiotec Pharma LabWilliam Vivian John, Deepak Kumar, Tanaya Sanyal,Platinum Partners
Wadia Ghandy
100Dec 2018
India leg of Hitachi buy of Swiss ABB Power assets
(Foreign deal: Switzerland)
HitachiWilliam Vivian John, Deepak Kumar, Sumithra Suresh, Rishabh Shah, Shreya Kundu, Tanaya Sanyal,Dec 2018
TNB Topaz Energy $33m debenture fundraise Himachal power project from GMRGMR GroupVishwanath Pratap Singh, Sundeep Dudeja, Mohit Saraf, Srabanee Ghosh, Niharika Choudhary,Khaitan & Co33Dec 2018
Re India subsidiary Emerson Electric Canada buy of iSolutions
(Foreign deal: US)
Emerson ElectricWilliam Vivian John, Lokesh Shah, Sumithra Suresh, Mayank Agarwal, Tanaya Sanyal, Gayatri Loomba, Shreya Kundu,Dec 2018
Insolvency resolution of $1.16bn Binani Cement sale to Ultratechresolution professionalBikash Jhawar, Avinash Subramanian, Nakul Sachdeva, Aakarshan Sahay, Prateek Mishra, Swetha Shankaran,1,160Nov 2018insolvency
$75m Apollo Hospitals restructuring that sees 74.5% entry of new investorsApollo Hospitals EnterpriseSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Prashant Shah, Avisha Gupta, Sahil Arora, Ritvika Thakur, Keshav Pareek, Bhavini Singh,75Nov 2018
In India USII VI Inc laser maker buy of Apple supplier Finisar
(Foreign deal: US)
II-VI IncorporatedMohit Saraf, Vikrant Kumar,Nov 2018
Adani Transmission $32.9m buy of KEC Rajasthan power transmission bizAdani TransmissionBikash Jhawar, Abhishek Mour, Aivan Raj,33Nov 2018
Lighthouse $23.2m Duroflex investmentLighthouse FundsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah, Aivan Raj,23Oct 2018
$29m investment in Happy Forgings by Motilal OswalHappy ForgingsRohan Shah, Aditya Periwal,29Oct 2018
In Gaja $10m investment into KOOH SportsGaja CapitalDeepak THM, Vivek Pareek, Anshuman Mozumdar, Anshuman Mozumdar, Devaditya Chakravarti, Devaditya Chakravarti, Soumil Garg,Bathiya Legal10Oct 2018
Does India leg of Emerson buy of GE Intelligent Platforms
(Foreign deal: US)
Emerson groupVikrant Kumar Other, Bissheesh Roy,Oct 2018
Top Linux services company Red Hat in India, in global open source mega sale to IBM
(Foreign deal: US)
Red Hat.William Vivian John, Rishabh Shah, Gayatri Loomba,Oct 2018
India leg of US Spanish Inteva / CIE Automotive buy
(Foreign deal: US)
Inteva Products(Inteva)Vikrant Kumar,Sep 2018
Nykaa $15.8m investment by s LighthouseLighthouse FundsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah, Adiya Periwal, Navomi Koshy, Abhishek Mour, Vyshnav Karthik,AZB & Partners16Sep 2018
Advs, do $19m acquisition of Miles Software by EbixZephyr
Lighthouse
Amit Shetye, Rohan Shah,Trilegal
IC Universal Legal
19Sep 2018
Tencent invest $100m in Dream11 fantasy sportsTencentVaibhav Kakkar, Sumithra Suresh, Rishabh Shah,100Aug 2018
Vizury sale to AffleAffleSamvad PartnersAug 2018
$1bn funding in Star HealthMadison CapitalSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar,Nishith Desai Associates
Trilegal
Platinum Partners
AZB & Partners
Phoenix Legal
Samvad Partners
1,000Aug 2018
Medall Healths $212m sale to US SPVMedall Healthcare.:Amit Shetye, Rohan Shah,212Aug 2018
Nippon Steel, Sumitomo India leg of Sanyo steel buy
(Foreign deal: Japan)
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC)Abdullah Hussain, Nidhi Singh Prakash, Divye Sharma,Nishimura & AsahiAug 2018
India bit Verscend Tech buy of Cotiviti
(Foreign deal: US)
Verscend TechnologiesWilliam Vivian John, Rishabh Shah, Gayatri Loomba,Aug 2018
FirstMeridian buy of Affluent Global ServicesFirstMeridian Business ServicesBikash Jhawar, Nipun Vaid, Navomi Koshy,Jul 2018
Singapore Malaysia $1.1bn buy Fortis HealthcareFortis HealthcareSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Rajiv Luthra, Sahil Arora, Debarpan Ghosh,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Khaitan & Co
Allen & Gledhill
Trilegal
S&R Associates
1,100Jul 2018
$3m New Lane buy into of FirstMeridian PE vehicleClient Manpower Solutions
FirstMeridian Business Services
Bikash Jhawar, Nipun Vaid, Navomi Koshy,Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS)3Jul 2018
$13m Apollo Hospitals buy of Lucknow hospitalApollo Hospitals EnterpriseDeepak THM, Vivek Pareek, Soumil Garg,Samvad Partners13Jun 2018
Steadview in $110m equity issue of IIFL Wealth to clutch of investorsSteadview Capital ManagementSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Snigdhaneel Satpathy, Debarpan Ghosh,110Jun 2018
Amansa, Steadview $35m buy of 5% in IIFL Wealth ManagementAmansa
Steadview Capital
Sundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Snigdhaneel Satpathy, Debarpan Ghosh,35Jun 2018
Sell bankrupt Bhushan Steel to Tata Steel $7.3bnresolution professionalSameen Vyas, Sundeep Dudeja, Manmeet Singh, Vishrut Kansal, Harneet Kaur, Avisha Gupta,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
AZB & Partners
7,300May 2018insolvency
True North in Federal Bank 26% PE investment $23.5mFederal BankAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas24May 2018
$21m Tynor Orthotics fundraise from LighthouseLighthouse FundsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah, Nipun Vaid, Abhishek Mour, Avinash Subramanian,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas21May 2018
Steadview $24m early 2018 investment in LenskartSteadview CapitalSundeep Dudeja, Vaibhav Kakkar, Apurva Jayant, Avisha Gupta, Debarpan Ghosh, Isha Narain,24May 2018
$16m TR Advisors investment in Arohan Financial NBFCTR AdvisorsDeepak THM, Vivek Pareek, Anshuman Mozumdar, Soumil Garg, Devaditya Chakravarti,16Apr 2018
USEmerson India leg of Textron buy
(Foreign deal: US)
EmersonWilliam Vivian John, Rishabh Shah, Gayatri Loomba,Apr 2018
FirstMeridian buy of V5 Global ServicesFirstMeridian Business ServicesBikash Jhawar, Nipun Vaid, Navomi Koshy,S&R AssociatesApr 2018
Nippon Steel $28m buyout of its Amtek JVNippon Steel CorporationMohit Saraf, Apurva Jayant, Abhishek Swaroop, Nikhil Variyar, Amritha Kumar, Naman Bagga,28Apr 2018JV
FirstMeridian buy of InnovsourceFirstMeridian Business ServicesBikash Jhawar, Nipun Vaid, Avinash Subramanian, Navomi Koshy,Apr 2018
$53.7m Artal Asia buy of Capital Foods by GACapital FoodsAmit Shetye, Rohan Shah, Abhishek Mour, Vyshnav Karthik,Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas54Apr 2018