Articles tagged with: Morrison & Foerster

Indus helps (shared) unicorn Oyo cash 2019’s $1.5bn Series F runway extension from MoFo’s Softbank, founder

Oravel Stays, the parent company of hospitality chain Oyo Hotels & Homes, has [in March 2020] received a capital infusion of about $807 million (around Rs 5,976 crore) from two of its backers, SVF India Holdings and RA Hospitality, the Ritesh Agarwal-controlled investment entity, as part of its...

JSA, MoFo, TTA, Links, A&O do $200m SGX-listed Lodha notes issue

New Delhi: Realty firm Lodha Group on Friday said its UK subsidiary has raised $200 million (around Rs 1,473 crore) through issuance of bonds in the Singapore market and the amount will be used to repay debt. Lodha Developers International launched $225 million bond-issue on February 27. — The Econo...

Khaitan, ILP, Ashurst, others advise Ola on $300m buy-into electric cars initiative from Hyundai, Kia, with JSA on DD

At least seven law firms advised on the giant deal. “With the shared mobility concept gaining traction in India and other markets, South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday announced an investment of $300 million in India’s biggest cab aggregator Ola Cabs, as part of a stra...

$70m PropTiger, Housing.com merger: Indus, SAM, AZB, Khaitan, NDA + 3 foreigns lead

News Corp-backed real estate portal PropTiger said on Tuesday that Mumbai-based Housing.com will merge with it in an all stock deal, and that it will receive $50 million in fresh funds from News Corp.’s REA Group Ltd and $5 million from SoftBank Group.

MoFo elects DU grad Amit Kataria to partner in Hong Kong

Delhi University 2004 graduate Amit Kataria has been elected to Morrison & Foerster’s partnership in Hong Kong, as part of a round of promotions to new partners.

SAM, CAM, MoFo, Themis, Gunderson on Grofers $120m round

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) advised Singapore based hyperlocal delivery startup Grofers Group in the $120m (Rs 800 crore) investment in it by SoftBank Group, Tiger Global, Apoletto Asia and Sequoia Capital in a series D round of investment. The investors were advised by Morrison & Foerste...

MoFo hires Davis Polk's Amit Kataria as of counsel for Indian corporate push

Davis Polk & Wardwell registered foreign lawyer Amit Kataria has joined Morrison Foerster (MoFo) as an of counsel in Hong Kong. He specialises in cross border M&As and disputes and enforcement in India, according to MoFo’s press release, which added that he will help the firm grow its Indi...

Another month, another Ola cash transfusion (from Russia): Indus, AZB, foreign firms profit

IndusLaw advised India’s largest taxi aggregator Ola Cabs, backed by Japan’s Softbank Corp, in raising $314m (Rs 1,952 crore) from Russian Yuri Milner’s DST Global which was advised by AZB & Partners and Goodwin Procter. Indus Delhi partner Gaurav Dani, senior associate Divya Varghese and assoc...

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.

IndusLaw, Kochhar, MoFo + 8 law firms bag Softbank $627m injection into Snapdeal [UPDATE-1]

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IndusLaw advised Snapdeal again on its largest round of investment to date with 12 other law firm teams.

Khaitan, AZB, MoFo on $128m Japanese buy of scorching Tata subsid

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Hot hot heat
Khaitan & Co, AZB & Partners and international firm Morrison Foerster have advised on India’s largest heat-withstanding materials manufacturer Tata Refractories’ sale of a 51 per cent stake to Japanese conglomerate Krosaki Harima for $128m.