Vaish Associates advised Jaiprakash Power Ventures (JPVL) in selling its BASPA Hydro Electric Project and its Karcham Wangtoo project to JSW Energy for Rs 9,700 crore. JSW Energy was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai partners L Viswanathan, Tushar Mavani and Ramanuj Kumar and senior associates P...

Senior counsel Iqbal Chagla told the Bombay high court in his closing remarks that his client Cyril Shroff would be filing an affidavit showing the “deep involvement” of his brother in the will.

Live from Bombay high court court room number 10 today, before Justice RD Dhanuka.

Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff has filed legal action in the Bombay high court against his brother and Mumbai-region managing partner Cyril Shroff.

Amarchand Mangaldas partner Abhimanyu Bhattacharya, who resigned in July, has now joined Khaitan & Co as expected and as first reported by Legally India at the time.

In an interview to UK legal magazine Legal Week, headlined as “Amarchand sizes up options for first international base as India’s unlevel playing field continues to frustrate”, Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff said that the firm was thinking about opening an office abroad. H...

Amarchand Mangaldas together with Japanese firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune advised Sumitomo Corporation Japan, with Amarchand also advising SMAS Auto Leasing India on acquiring the auto leasing business of New Delhi-based Carzonrent, which was advised by Kochhar & Co. The acquisition was fo...

SEBI has banned real estate giant DLF and six managers from the capital markets for three years after a finding of fraud.

Amarchand Mangaldas maintained its top spot in intelligence provider mergermarket’s M&A league rankings this quarter.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs in the sale of its 73 per cent stake in City View Bangalore Properties to a joint venture floated by Blackstone and realty player Embassy Group. Blackstone and Embassy were advised by Amarchand Mangaldas and Simpson Thacher & Bartl...

ICICI Bank issued $500m of 3.50% 2020-due notes under 144A/Reg-S in its $7.5bn Global Medium Term Note (MTN) programme, through its Dubai branch, as reported by PTI . ICICI instructed Amarchand Mangaldas partner Niloufer Lam with senior associate Madhav Kanoria and associate Aayushi Anand on Indian ...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Nepali law firm Abhinawa Law Chambers advised the Investment Board of the Government of Nepal on its project development agreement (PDA) with a consortium led by Indian infrastructure company GMR, to develop the 900 megawatt, $1.4bn hydroelectric Upper Karnali Hydro...

Read on for the hottest M&As, fundraisings and financings of the fortnight.

Amarchand Mangaldas principal associate Ajay Joseph has joined Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan as a corporate partner in Mumbai. After graduating from Symbiosis Pune and a postgraduate at the University of Durham, Joseph worked at FoxMandal Little for around two years, Khaitan & Co for four yea...

Amarchand Mangaldas has opened a new office in Gurgaon with four Delhi partners

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined 14 car manufacturers Rs 2,554 crore for having “imposed absolute restrictive covenants” with authorised dealers and local original equipment suppliers (OES), and “completely foreclosed the aftermarket for supply of spare parts and other diagnostic ...

Bharati Shroff, the largest single equity holder in Amarchand Mangaldas and mother of managing partners Cyril and Shardul Shroff, passed away earlier today. Bharati Shroff was the wife of Suresh Shroff who died in 1994, and she continued playing an important role in the management of the firm and wa...

India’s largest wind turbine supplier Suzlon Energy has restructured four series of convertible bonds, involving the existing bonds being substituted by $547m of new step-up convertible bonds due in 2019, pursuant to a consent solicitation and voluntary substitution, reported Mint . Amarchand Mangal...

Some of the deals lawyers have been working on this month that we didn’t manage to cover separately.

P&A Associates has won yet again in the Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) for its clients MCX against Amarchand representing the National Stock Exchange (NSE), after NSE appealed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) 2011 order against it . The Compat agreed with the CCI that the NS...