Khaitan & Co advised Anju Modi, promoter of Anjuman Brand Designs (ABD), in selling a 26.66 per cent stake in ABD to retail brand Biba Apparels, which was advised by OP Khaitan & Co. Khaitan Delhi partner Bharat Anand and associate partner Harsh Kumar acted for Anju Modi. OP Khaitan managi...

Khaitan & Co advised automobile multinational FCC Co in buying RICO Auto’s entire shareholding in FCC RICO for $80m (Rs 495 crore). RICO Auto was advised by J Sagar Associates. Khaitan Mumbai corporate partner Zakir Merchant and competition partner Avaantika Kakkar acted for FCC Co. JSA Delhi p...

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...

Khaitan & Co hired independent counsel Hormaz Daruwalla as an equity partner in its indirect tax team, reported Bar & Bench . Daruwalla has over 27 years of experience practicing in the Bombay high court and tax tribunals, after graduating from GLC Mumbai. He began his career with Crawford...

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

Khaitan & Co won a copyright infringement suit in the Bombay high court for once-$7.6bn King.com, the creator of the hugely popular mobile device game Candy Crush Saga .

Khaitan & Co has completed its acquisition of the practice and teams of three co-founding partners of PXV Law Partners.

Khaitan & Co Delhi has advised cinema giant and long-standing client Inox on its Rs 182 crore complete acquisition of Satyam Cineplexes, which drafted in Luthra & Luthra.

“It is not about being perfect, but mostly about being the first,” notes former capital markets lawyer Rajat Sharma on his new 9-3:30 job as CEO of Sana Securities – a financial advisory firm he founded in 2011.

Khaitan & Co and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised Tokyo-based SBS Holdings in buying a 66 per cent stake in Transpole Logistics, which was advised by Trilegal. Khaitan Delhi partner Rajat Mukherjee, associate partner Harsh Kumar, executive director Daksha Baxi and competition partner Manas ...

Khaitan & Co has bagged the mandate to advise Omidyar Network’s investment in Indian start-up news and commentary website Scroll.in, according to a press release from the firm. Omidyar, which is founded by eBay billionaire founder Pierre Omidyar, was advised by Bangalore partner Ganesh Prasad w...

Khaitan & Co partner Siddharth Shah has been included on the Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) advisory group on real estate investment trusts (REIT) alongside 10 representatives of various banks, real estate and financial services companies, according to the PTI . REITs are aimed at attracting lon...

Three co-founding equity partners of PXV Law Partners, Deepto Roy, Mohit Abraham and GT Thomas Phillippe, are set to join Khaitan & Co as associate partners by 1 August.

Khaitan & Co advised Mumbai-based pharma company Elder whose domestic formulation business was acquired by Ahmedabad-based drug major Torrent Pharmaceuticals for Rs 2,004 crore ($324m). Torrent was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. This is the largest domestic M&A in the pharma sector, accor...

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai capital markets partner Abhimanyu Bhattacharya has left the firm on Saturday.

Fox Mandal advised a consortium of three Kolkata-based developers – Sureka Group, Merlin Group and JB Group in buying Singapore-based real estate firm Keppel Magus Development for Rs 140 crore ($23m). Keppel was advised by Khaitan & Co’s Kolkata office. Fox Kolkata partner Debanjan Mandal senio...

After threatening to sue the authors and publishers of the book Gas Wars – Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis in April for Rs 100 crore, Reliance Industries (RIL) yesterday issued a press release to announce the release of a 56-page presentation and promotional video.

Khaitan & Co and Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune advised Japan’s Meiji Seika Pharma in buying Bangalore pharma company Medreich for Rs 1720 crore ($290m). Medreich was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. Khaitan corporate partner Bhavik Narsana, banking and finance partner Kumar Saurabh Singh, comp...

Khaitan & Co Mumbai associate partner Nishant K Singh joined Indus Law in Mumbai as partner in its corporate practice.