AZB & Partners was the busiest private equity legal advisor of 2010 ahead of ALMT Legal and Indus Law tied in second place followed by DSK Legal and Tatva Legal. Amarchand Mangaldas and Trilegal came in fourth and fifth places respectively, according to a volume-based league table by data provider Venture Intelligence.

A total of nineteen law firms were included in Venture Intelligence’s compilations based on the number of transactions in the private equity space completed in the 2010 calendar year.

AZB was also the frontrunner in terms of total deal values, where Amarchand Mangaldas, J Sagar Associates (JSA), Lexygen, Luthra & Luthra and Trilegal also featured.

AZB completed 43 transactions worth $2.3bn; Amarchand had a role on thirteen private equity deals totalling $1.3bn while JSA acted on 11 deals valued at $597m.

By volume other top notch private equity firms included ALMT and Indus Law for 19 deals each and DSK and Tatva clocked in 15 transactions, increasing its tally from four recorded deals in the third quarter of 2010.

AZB’s top private equity deals were SBI-Macquarie’s investment into Viom Networks, Temasek’s stake in National Stock Exchange and NSR, KKR, StanChart PE investment in Coffee Day Resorts.

Significant transactions by Indus Law included Sequoia Capital’s buying a stake in Fashion & You, Headland Capital in Microqual Techno and –Ashmore and Alchemy in Siesta Logistics. DSK Legal’s highlighted private equity deals were India Ventures in C&C Constructions and the mammoth Coffee Day Resorts buy.

Amarchand’s also acted on Viom Networks, Olympus Capital’s stake buy in Tata Ultra Mega and the Actis investment in IDFC.

Click here for the 2010 Q3 private equity deals rankings.

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^ One Fully Qualified Deal (as per Venture Intelligence definitions) = 2 Points

Source: Venture Intelligence