The four firms advised on the National Stock Exchange’s acquisition of Computer Age Management Services, which is valued at up to Rs 1,500 crore.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised the world’s largest dairy player Groupe Lactalis in buying Hyderabad-based Tirumala Milk Products for Rs 1,750 crore ($275m), including buying out private equity major Carlyle Group’s stake. Carlyle was advised by JSA.

Sharma: From Shardul to Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi finance and insolvency practice head and partner Pranav Sharma, who returned to the firm in August 2012 after a six year stint at Linklaters, will relocate to the firm’s Mumbai office as a partner in the banking and finance practice on 1 Februa...

As year-end approaches and law firms send out a flood of press releases for the annual deals league tables, Legally India has wrapped up the most interesting ones in one tidy package.

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai corporate partners Ashwath Rau and Aysswarya Murthi acted for the Macquarie Group in the sale of its 50 per cent holding in Religare Macquarie Wealth Management to joint venture partner Religare Enterprises, which was advised by Vaish Associates corporate and banking partn...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised private equity major KKR on its Rs 1,300 crore ($200m) investment into pharma products company Gland Pharma, advised by AZB & Partners, with existing investors represented by Wadia Ghandy and Tatva Legal. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff and Bangalore c...

Suhaan Mukerji, who left Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi in June to advise the prime minister’s office, has started up a law firm with part of his former Amarchand team and three other lawyers as partners, which will offer legal and public policy and legitimate lobbying services to clients and NGOs. The f...

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired former IIFL Wealth Management director Mugdha Sahal as director in its private client practice in Mumbai.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Singapore Airlines in its 49 per cent Rs 615 crore ($100m) joint venture (JV) with Tata Sons, which was advised by AZB & Partners. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff and corporate partner Indranath Bishnu acted for Singapore Airlines on this first-ever tr...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised IDFC Alternatives – the alternate investment arm of infrastructure financier IDFC Private Equity Fund - in its Rs 125 crore investment ($20m) in Bangalore-based health insurer Medi Assist Healthcare. Medi Assist was advised by Nishith Desai Associates. Amarchand Mumbai pa...

The proposed takeover by Gurgaon-based Apollo Tyres of Ohio-based Cooper Tire & Rubber remained on tenterhooks, as the US company’s bid in a Delaware court to force the deal to close continued unresolved. Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi and Sullivan Cromwell represented Apollo on the M&A deal, a...

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai has been instructed by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the record $1bn (Rs 6100 crore) offshore Rupee bond programme, which is hoped to shore up the Rupee capital markets and foreign investment. Mumbai region managing partner Cyril Shroff and de...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Jindal Power in buying a Nellore thermal power plant from Bangalore-based Kineta Power, which was advised in-house. Amarchand Delhi partner Amit Kumar with principal associates Varun Sehgal and Sunando Mukherjee and senior associate Ananda Malhotra acted for Jindal which,...

Amarchand Mangaldas has reported the most M&A activity among Indian law firms this year, according to data provider mergermarket’s Q1-Q3 rankings.

NLSIU Bangalore, Delhi University (DU), GLC Mumbai and ILS Pune have given India’s biggest law firms more than three times as many partners than most other younger law schools since 2009.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised UltraTech Cement in acquiring Jaypee Cement Corporation’s Gujarat unit for Rs 3,800 crore ($602m). Jaypee was advised by Vaish Associates. Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff, corporate partners Tushar Mavani and Alice George, competition partner Nish...

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai office scoops Luthra lawyer who’s been associated with the firm for 13 years.

India Today Group’s Business Today magazine has chosen Madhurima Mukherjee, who left Luthra & Luthra last week , and Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi partner Pallavi Shroff, as two of India’s 25 “most powerful women in business”. AZB & Partners Mumbai-based co-founder Zia Mody has won the award s...

DSK Legal advised software firm Datamatics Global Services in partnering with multimedia solutions company PreMedia Global in data publishing and e-retail. Amarchand Mangaldas advised PreMedia’s parent Lexicon Publishing Services, and BMR Legal and IndusLaw advised its existing investors, which were...

Desai & Diwanji advised ICICI Securities and a number of acquirers in the open offer of Delhi-based non-banking financial institution Intec Capital. India Business Excellence Fund, which is taking a preferential allotment of Intec shares, was represented by Amarchand Mangaldas on the initial st...