DMD Advocates has promoted 20 lawyers up the ranks, according to a press release from the firm. Co-founders and co-managing partners Anuradha Dutt, Founder & Managing Partner, Delhi, and Fereshte Sethna, Founder & Managing Partner, Mumbai commented: “The promotions are a testament to the f...

MonotaRO Co Ltd, Japan’s largest MRO B2B ecommerce company, on Friday said it has invested $15 million (about Rs 110.5 crore) in a joint venture with Emtex Engineering to grow the latter’s SME (small and medium enterprises) ecommerce business in India. — Ptinews DMD Advocates advised MonotaRO Co Ltd...

Singapore-based AnyMind Group has fully acquired app-developer-focussed mobile video advertising and monetisation platform Pokkt. — VCCircle DMD Advocates advised AnyMind Group Limited. led by a team of partner Sumit Sinha and senior associate Srikant C V . Also involved on due diligence of the Indi...

Engineering firm Greaves Cotton Ltd on Thursday said it has increased its stake in Coimbatore-based Ampere Vehicles making the completion of the acquisition. Greaves Cotton announced the completion of the acquisition of entire shareholding of Ampere Vehicles CEO, Hemalatha Annamalai through secondar...

DMD Advocates has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) principal associate Vivek Agarwal has joined DMD Advocates as its first full-time competition partner.

Singapore-based Baker & McKenzie director of economics and India group member Sanjiv Malhotra has joined DMD Advocates as senior director and chief economist in Delhi.

DMD Advocates has promoted six of its lawyers to more senior levels, according to its press release. Suman Yadav has been promoted to principal associate in Delhi’s litigation and arbitration team. New senior associates are: Aditya Sarin (Delhi), Nikhita Suri (Delhi), Divay Rastogi (Delhi, corporate...

Former Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Anay Banhatti, whom we had reported went independent at the Bombay bar in March, has joined DMD Advocates as a tax partner in its Mumbai office.

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Bluecraft Agro Private Limited bought of the manufacturing and selling of starch and derivatives’ business of EICL Limited along with (a) one of the units of EICL (Unit 1), on a slump-sale basis; and (b) certain identified assets of the other unit of EICL by way of an asset transfer arrangement in F...

“Engineering company Greaves Cotton Ltd said on Wednesday it has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in electric two-wheeler maker Ampere Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai-headquartered Greaves Cotton will initially acquire 67% of Coimbatore-based Ampere for Rs 77 crore. It may buy another 13% for Rs 75.5 crore after three years, it said in a stock-exchange filing.” reported VCCircle.

DMD Advocates has promoted five of its senior associates to principal associate level: Divya Bhalla, Mrunal Parekh, Rahul Sateeja, Raja Kishore and Rohit Garg. Another four associates were promoted to senior associate level. Mumbai-based co-founder and managing partner Fereshte D Sethna said in a pr...

“The Delhi High Court has allowed Daiichi Sankyo to enforce an international arbitration award here so that it can recover Rs 3,500 crore from former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, marking a victory for the Japanese company. A Singapore tribunal had said the brothers needed t...

Premium dining venture Massive Restaurants owned by popular chef Jiggs Kalra and his son Zorawar Kalra has recently raised Rs 160 crores (approximately $25m) through a mix of domestic and foreign direct investment from mid-market PE firm Gaja Capital under a primary round, as reported by The Economi...

Infradigital Technologies, a company promoted by Eros Labs, is reported to have sold its business undertaking engaged in the business of production and distribution of spiritual, devotional and religious audio-visual content and literature to Innertech Media Solutions, a portfolio company of Times Internet Limited. The business division was transferred as a going concern on a slump sale basis.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) newly promoted partner Sumit Sinha left the firm to join DMD Advocates as a partner in its corporate team in Delhi.

DMD Advocates added S&R Associates counsel Jeremy Lynn Chagas Pereira as a partner in its litigation practice, and promoted Amity Delhi 2007 alumnus Sachit Jolly to partner in its direct tax practice.

Automotive insurtech company Roadzen Inc. has acquired the India operations of assistance services company AXA-Assistance India by acquiring 100% equity stake in AXA Assistance India Private Limited from its sole shareholder Inter Partner Assistance SA in a cross border transaction.

According to several sources, S&R Associates partner Rajat Sethi and UK firm Slaughter and May partner Susannah Macknay have been advising Vodafone on its long-awaited Rs 80,000 crore ($12.2bn) merger with Idea, which was formally announced today.

“Fortis Healthcare has completed the acquisition of 51 per cent stake in Fortis Hospotel Ltd and also acquired compulsorily convertible preference shares issued by Escort Heart Institute and Research Centre,” reported the Economic Times.