Articles tagged with: AZB & Partners

AZB boosts Mumbai M&A with Rishi Gautam joining as partner from Clifford Chance, Amazon

Rishi Gautam: Returns after 8 years
Rishi Gautam: Returns after 8 years
Former Clifford Chance senior associate Rishi Gautam will join AZB & Partners in Mumbai as a corporate partner in January.

JSA, AZB, Khaitan, Themis on Curatio's Rs 95 crore sale to Sequoia

J Sagar Associates (JSA) and AZB & Partners advised the promoters of Curatio Health Care on the Rs 95 crore sale of 33.36 per cent of its stake to Sequoia, which was advised by Khaitan & Co and Themis Law Associates. JSA Chennai partner Aarthi Sivanandh, senior associate Tamara Devanandan ...

AZB abandons beloved Express Towers home for ‘spectacular’ new Parel office (will last firm in SoBo please turn off the lights?)

Express Towers
Express Towers
AZB & Partners Mumbai office, except for the litigation team, will be moving from its South-Mumbai Express Towers office into Lower Parel by next year.

Amarchand Bom-Del-Chennai advise Warburg on record $200m jewelry investment oppos AZB

All that glitters does not bill (but it helps)
All that glitters does not bill (but it helps)
“)Amarchand Mangaldas together with Al Tamimi advised Warburg Pincus, which invested around Rs 1,200 crore for a 10 per cent stake in Kalyan Jewellers, advised by AZB & Partners.

Another Induslaw tech start-up, PropTiger, grows up with $30m injection from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, again opposite AZB

Induslaw advised Elara Technologies – the start-up that runs real estate portal PropTiger - on US media behemoth News Corp’s first investment in India with an infusion of $30m for picking up a 25 per cent stake in Elara. News Corp was advised by AZB & Partners. Induslaw Bangalore partner Sriniv...

One lawyer’s secret to making start-ups pay: Indus drives Olacabs to $210m SoftBank fundraising opposite AZB, MoFo

Olacabs: Another Indus start-up client starting to pay for itself?
Olacabs: Another Indus start-up client starting to pay for itself?
Induslaw advised online and app-based taxi booking service Olacabs in raising Rs 1281 crore ($210m) from SoftBank, which was advised by AZB & Partners and Morrison Foerster.

Breaking: Amarchand Mumbai brokers Kotak merger with ING Vysya Bank with AZB

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai office, which is in the midst of a potential split from the Delhi region offices , has acted for long-standing client Kotak Mahindra Bank, which has merged with ING Vysya Bank, according to a tweet from CEO Uday Kotak : I am excited to announce the merger of Kotak Mahindra...

AZB Bangalore snares Majmudar infra head Prashanth Sabeshan

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Majmudar & Partners equity partner and infrastructure and projects practice head Prashanth Sabeshan left the firm today to join AZB & Partners as a partner next week.

Tata Steel’s $3.05bn loan financing draws in Links with TTA, JSA with slaughters

Linklaters and Talwar Thakore Associates (TTA) advised the lending and underwriting banks on Tata Steel UK Holdings, which took a term loan and revolving credit facilities of $3.05bn to refinance its bank debt. Linklaters London partner Narayan Iyer, who had rejoined Linklaters a year ago from TTA, ...

AZB latest firm to hire foreign competition lawyer for ‘global perspective’: Lands Australian Fadi Metanios

Feda Metanios
Feda Metanios
AZB & Partners has hired the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) former assistant director Fadi Metanios as a senior consultant in its Delhi competition team.

Breaking: Abhijit Joshi, AZB Mumbai’s first partner & CEO, quits for entrepreneurship

Abhijit Joshi
Abhijit Joshi
AZB & Partners senior partner and chief executive officer (CEO) Abhijit Joshi will leave by 15 November.

Wadia Ghandy partner Vijay Sureka joins AZB corporate as SA

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Surek
Wadia Ghandy partner Vijay Sureka joined AZB & Partners as a senior associate in Mumbai on 1 October.

JSA, AZB act on Dascher’s buy of Dascher India from Indian JV partner AFL

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised German shipping and logistics provider Dachser in acquiring 50 per cent shares of Dachser India from its local joint venture partner the AFL Group which was advised by AZB & Partners. JSA Bombay M&A partner Sandeep Mehta, senior associate Arup Pereira and a...

AZB, ELP act on DaVita’s buy in Express clinics

AZB & Partners advised dialysis service provider DaVita Healthcare Partners in buying 49 per cent stake in Express Clinics which was advised by Economic Laws Practice (ELP). AZB Mumbai partner Alka Nalavadi and senior associates Percis Anklesaria, Vijay Manjrekar and Arvind Ramesh acted for Dav...

SEBI pummels DLF & directors, rep’d by Dwarkadas, Shroff, Sundaresan, after mendacious IPO under 5 top law firms

DLF: No More CM
DLF: No More CM
SEBI has banned real estate giant DLF and six managers from the capital markets for three years after a finding of fraud.

JSA, AZB act on Sterling’s $142m sale to Thomas Cook

J Sagar Associates advised Bay Capital Investment Managers and the promoters of Sterling Holiday Resorts India on selling Sterling for Rs 870 crore to the Prem Watsa-backed Thomas Cook India, which was advised by AZB & Partners. JSA Mumbai partners Sandeep Mehta and Rajesh Pal and senior associ...

AZB, Khaitan act on Japan-Pune Viscas-Sterlite JV

AZB & Partners advised Japanese power giant Viscas Corporation on its joint venture with Pune–based optical fibre maker Sterlite Technologies which was advised by Khaitan & Co. AZB Delhi partner Yashwant Mathur, senior associates Namrata Vishwanath and Esha Pruthi and associates Abhyudai S...

AZB catches up to Amarchand, Luthra in Q3 M&A rankings as US firms lead over UK abroad

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

AZB promotes Vaidhyanadhan Iyer to Mumbai partnership

Iyer: Thrilled
Iyer: Thrilled
AZB & Partners in Mumbai has promoted Vaidhyanadhan Iyer to its partnership.

AZB with Adani in-house do Lanco’s $1bn Udupi Power station sale

AZB & Partners advised the Lanco Infratech on selling, for over Rs 6,000 crore ($995m), its stake in Udupi Power Corporation to Adani Power, which was advised in-house. AZB partner Yashwant Mathur, senior associates Namrata Vishwanath, Esha Pruthi and associates Abhyudai Singh and Shridha Malho...