Birla Corporation bought the Eastern cement plants of Lafarge for Rs 5000 crore from Lafarge India following the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order for the French company to divest itself of the units after its Rs $44bn merger with Holcim.

Bertelsmann India Investments did a follow-on investment with Goldman Sachs, Zodius Capital and Norwest Venture Partners in the operator of Indian furniture online shop Pepperfry.com, which saw a $100m financing round, reported Mint and others. Pepperfry was advised by BMR Legal Bangalore partner Si...

There’s a crisis in the packaged food market after Hindustan Unilever Ltd followed Nestle India Ltd in pulling its instant noodles off the shelves. Tata Starbucks Ltd, too, has withdrawn some of its products.

Nishith Desai Associates advised Caspian Impact Investments (CII) on its $20m debt financing from the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), which was advised by Trilegal. NDA Mumbai partner Nishchal Joshipura and associates Sahil Shah and Nik...

Vandana Pai Bharucha, former Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai corporate partner who left in July 2014 reportedly for health reasons, will join Bharucha & Partners as a partner.

Samvad Partners advised Bengaluru gaming firm Moonfrog Labs in raising $15m (Rs 94 crore) from Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital. Tiger Global was advised by ARA law, Nishith Desai Associates and US firm Gunderson Dettmer. Sequoia was advised by Themis Associates and in house. Samvad partner Harish N...

IC Legal has hired Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) senior associate Sambhav Ranka as an equity partner in its Andheri office.

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

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

Ashlar Law, the firm founded by former PXV & Partners partners Pingal Khan in Mumbai and Bangalore and Souvik Bhadra in Kolkata, has completed its first deal, advising “big data” company Indus Insights on its Series A funding by Unilazer and Hive India. Khan, together with Kolkata-based associa...

Nishith Desai Associates has launched a mobile app for Android, Apple and Blackberry devices in a bid at “knowledge democratisation”.

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) advised India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart on buying out online fashion retailer Myntra which was advised by Indus Law. One of the existing investors IDG Ventures India I LLC which was advised by Samvad Partners

Nishith Desai Associates acted as Indian legal and tax counsel for Cognizant, which bought Atlanta-based digital video solutions company itaas, which was represented by P&A Associates. Nishith Desai’s Munich-based European operations head Ruchi Biyani , with partner Nishchal Joshipura and Singa...

Litigation, corporate, M&A, capital markets and private equity deals in brief from a cross-section of India’s top law firms.

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) advised the world’s largest palm oil maker, Singapore-based Wilmar International, in buying a controlling stake in Renuka Sugars for $200m (Rs 1,242 crore). Renuka Sugars was advised by Crawford Bayley while AZB & Partners advised the promoters the Murkumbi family...

J Sagar Asssociates (JSA), Nishith Desai Associates and Trilegal acted on Goldman Sachs’ and Mitsui Global Investment’s Rs 315 crore ($50m) investment in Global Beverages & Foods.

14 Indian law firm partners and senior associates will be named as “up and comers” and “associates to watch” in legal directory Chambers and Partners’ yet-to-be released Asia Pacific 2014 guide.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised IDFC Alternatives – the alternate investment arm of infrastructure financier IDFC Private Equity Fund - in its Rs 125 crore investment ($20m) in Bangalore-based health insurer Medi Assist Healthcare. Medi Assist was advised by Nishith Desai Associates. Amarchand Mumbai pa...

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is set to open an office in Munich, moving one lawyer there full-time this month.

DSK Legal advised Fortune 500 companies’ analytics provider Fractal Analytics in the Rs 150 crore ($25m) cash injection by private equity (PE) firm TA Associates, which was advised by Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) and Goodwin Procter. DSK Legal Mumbai partner Tushar Ajinkya acted for Fractal. NDA B...