“Global consulting firm Mercer, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., has acquired online assessment platform Mettl for an undisclosed amount, the Gurugram-based company said in a statement on Monday,” reported Mint . J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Mercer Consulting India , with a ...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based principal associate Darshika Singh has joined Link Legal India Law Services as an associate partner.

Reliance Industries is buying 66% of Den Networks via a primary investment via preferential issue of Rs 2,045 crore and a secondary purchase of Rs 245 crore from the company’s promoters, according to reports . Link Legal India Law Services acted for Den Networks and its promoters, led by partner Anu...

Black River Food 2 Pte Limited has bought a minority stake in Hyderabad-based edible oils and fats making and marketing company Gemini Edibles & Fats, through a combination of primary and secondary acquisition, with a deal value of RS 640 crores, according to a press release from Shardul Amarch...

Indian food-tech startup Faasos has raised Rs 86.2 crores ($12m) in its Series C round of funding from an investor consortium including Singapore based venture capital fund Sistema Asia Fund, Ru-Net, an international fund led by Russian venture magnate Leonid Boguslavsky, as well as Sequoia Capital ...

Online lender Kissht has raised a Series C round of $30m from Singapore’s Vertex Ventures and Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund, as well as from existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, Ventureast and Endiya Partners, reported Mint . Rajaram Legal acted for Kissht led by principal associate Prasad Subramanyan ...

HT Media has invested Rs 10 crore to buy 10 per cent of equity in Editorji Technologies, a company promoted by Vikramaditya Chandra that owns and operates a platform for creation and distribution of personalised video, news and related content through electronic means, as reported by Television Post...

Delhi-based Sunshine Teahouse’s cafe chain, Chaayos, has raised Rs 81 crores ($12m) in a Series B round of funding led by marquee venture capital firm SAIF Partners, Hong Kong based Integrated Capital and Singapore based growth stage investment firm Pactolus, reported VC Circle and Economic Times . ...

Link Legal India Law Services has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based principal associate Anuj Trivedi as a partner in its corporate practice.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has relaxed its earlier controversial policy under which it could claw back up to three months’ remuneration from fee-earners, clarifying that only the difference between standard remuneration and “enhanced” remuneration over three months would be “returnable” (and only if lawyers join a rival law firm).

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi disputes principal associate Omar Ahmad is joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as a salaried partner with a team of three associates.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has instituted a novel HR policy: fee-earners who leave the firm within the next seven months will have to repay the firm three months’ of their retainer fees.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas associate and NLSIU Bangalore 2015 graduate Tarun Krishnakumar has been selected as one of Mozilla’s latest batch of 26 global fellows in “openness, science and tech policy”, spending up to a year “creating a more secure, inclusive and decentralised internet”, according to an announcement from the non-profit organisation most famous for open source initiatives such as the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) corporate communications senior manager, Rahul Gossain, has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as its Delhi-based national marketing communications head.

Billionaire ‘oracle’ Warren Buffett’s US-based investment fund Berkshire Hathaway is due to buy a $300-350m stake in One97 Communications, which owns Indian payment gateway Paytm, reported Mint . This would be Buffett’s first India investment, valuing the company at around $10-12bn. According to sou...

HDFC has bought a 25% stake in student housing venture Good Host Spaces from Manipal Integrated Services, for Rs 69.5 crore, reported Deal Street and others. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acted for Goldman Sachs and Good Host Spaces , according to its press release, advising on shareholders agreement,...

“Hyundai Motor Company has invested in Indian self-drive car rental startup Revv, joining a raft of global carmakers backing new tech-enabled ventures that are transforming the auto industry worldwide,” reported VC Circle . Indian Law Partners (ILP) partners Gopika Pant and Vineet Gupta , senior ass...

Entertainment and cinema giant PVR has bought a 71.7% stake for Rs 633 crores in South India’s largest cinema exhibitor SPI Cinemas, making PVR the world’s seventh largest cinema exhibitor, according to Mint . Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acted as legal counsel to SPI Cinemas and its promoters Ki...

“Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, today announced that its board has approved the sale of its defence business to Tata Advance Systems Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons at an enterprise value of Rs2,230 crore,” Mint reported in March.

After a three-and-a-half month wait, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based corporate equity partner Akila Agrawal has now joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as the head of its M&A practice, according to its press release.