Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has topped the mergermarket value league table of international law firms that advised on M&A deals in the record 2016 calendar year.

“The acquisition is the biggest foreign acquisition ever in India and Russia’s largest outbound deal. Billionaire brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia have agreed to sell 98 per cent of Essar Group flagship firm Essar Oil to Russian oil major Rosneft and a consortium of oil trading firm Trafigura with private investment group United Capital Partners for $13 billion, making it the largest foreign direct investment in India.” reported The Hindu and others.

Shearman & Sterling, DLA Piper, White & Case and Allen & Overy had the largest number of recorded Indian M&A deals in the first six months of 2016, according to data intelligence provider mergermarket, each with five or four transactions.

Linklaters advised Banca Regionale Europea and 14 other Italian banks on Tech Mahindra and Mahindra & Mahindra’s buy of majority stake in Italian automotive brand Pinifarina. Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners advised the Mahindra Group entities and Pavesio and Associates advised...

Former Linklaters Singapore managing associate Pallavi Gopinath Aney is set to join Baker & McKenzie as a partner, an authoritative source has confirmed to Legally India.

Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Baker & McKenzie are the highest profile foreign law firms operating in India, according to the latest analysis of foreign law firms’ India businesses.

White & Case has hired Linklaters managing associate Pradyumna Mysoor as a local partner in its Hong Kong office.

Linklaters has promoted Linklaters London managing associates Sushil Jacob to counsel today. Jacob specialises in banking, finance and corporate, having recently advised, according to a Linklaters press release: Barclays Bank on the sale of the entirety of its banking business in Pakistan to Habib B...

Narayan Iyer, who had left Linklaters Singapore in 2009 to join the magic circle firm’s best friend Talwar Thakore & Associates, has been appointed as head of the India practice.

Amarchand Mangaldas, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Osborne Clark and Anand Gujadhur advised Silicon Valley Bank on its Rs 280 crore acquisition by Temasek Holdings, which was advised by AZB & Partners and Linklaters. Amarchand Mumbai corporate partners Ashwath Rau and Shishir Vayttaden...

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, ...

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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...

Naveen Goel Law Offices (NGLO) and Olswang advised Europe’s largest independent visual film effects provider Double Negative on its merger with Reliance Capital’s global film and media business Prime Focus. Prime Focus was advised by Bharucha & Partners and Linklaters. NGLO partners Rishi Bhatn...

One of the most important things when creating a technology company is “to think about what could go right”, says Ankur Singla, in stark contrast to the typical lawyers’ mindset.

Amarchand Mangaldas and Linklaters advised India’s fourth largest private bank Yes Bank in raising Rs 2,942 crore ($500m) through a qualified institutional placement (QIP). Amarchand Mumbai capital markets partners Yash Ashar and Abhimanyu Bhattacharya and Linklaters Singapore managing associate Pal...

Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has promoted four women and three men to its partnership in London after Linklaters did the same earlier this month for the first time. Women still make up a minority of partners in UK firms but some firms, such as Herbert Smith Freehills, have recently introduced a...

SC wants life sentence for milk-tampering The SC has asked state governments to make laws that punish with life in prison the selling and production of adulterated milk injurious to humans [ TOI ] Kalam faces faulty voting machine Former president APJ Abdul Kalam was yesterday temporarily among the ...

AZB, Luthra, Links & Slaughters sell off Indian RBS assets to Ratnakar bank.

Linklaters India partner set to join Magic Circle rival.