NEW DELHI : Hakuhodo Inc, Japan’s second largest advertising company has acquired AdGlobal360 for an undisclosed sum. Adglobal360 was ranked as the fastest growing MarTech Company in 2019 by Deloitte. — Mint Pioneer Legal advised AdGlobal360 India Private Limited led by a team of partner Pritha Jha ...

NLU-educated lawyer Vivekananda Neelakantan has been promoted as partner at top Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhill, which the former Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) deputy registrar from India had joined as international counsel in 2014.

Fortis Healthcare Limited was aquired by Malaysian-Singaporean healthcare group IHH Healthcare Berhad (through its wholly owned subsidiary, Northern TK Venture Pte Ltd), through a preferential issue of equity shares of Fortis for a consideration of Rs 4,000 crores at a price of Rs 170 per Equity Share amounting to 31.1% of Fortis’ share capital, as reported by Mint and others.

Bangalore-based online B2B e-commerce platform, Udaan has secured $50m in a Series B funding round led by Russian billionaire and DST Global founder Yuri Milner’s personal investment vehicle Apoletto, along with partcipation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners US and Lightspeed India...

“With his extensive experience in corporate law at the head of Singapore’s largest law firm, Mr Lucien Wong will provide a fresh perspective when he takes over as Attorney-General in January, lawyers said yesterday,” reported The Straits Times about the country’s “first A-G who has not spent time on the Bench or at the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC)”.

Shearman & Sterling, DLA Piper, White & Case and Allen & Overy had the largest number of recorded Indian M&A deals in the first six months of 2016, according to data intelligence provider mergermarket, each with five or four transactions.

Latham & Watkins and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised travel logistics firm IBS Software on the $172m sale of its minority stake to global private equity firm Blackstone which was advised by Allen & Gledhill and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM). Latham partners Rajiv Gupta and Sin ...

Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan joins top Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill.

Luthra & Luthra advised Indian private equity and real estate firm Everstone Capital in its joint venture with international fast food giant Burger King.