The line of investors patiently queuing outside Reliance Industries’ frontdoors has only been getting longer, though the lines of law firms has remained a by-now routine short list of AZB, SAM plus a new international firm. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ national head of corporate, Raghubir Menon, com...

For the fourth consecutive record-busting investment in everyone’s darling, all of which have had AZB and SAM on it (see Facebook , Silver Lake , Vista ), no prizes for guessing who got this round in law firm land. However, international law firms seem to all be getting a good stab at representation...

Lendingkart Technologies Pvt. Ltd said … it has raised Rs 212 crore ($30 million) in its Series D round of funding. — VCCircle S&R Associates advised Bertelsmann India Investments led by a team of The S&R team was led by partners Rachael Israel and Prachi Goel . In February 2018, Shardul A...

[Pennsylvania] Sagent Lending Technologies (“Sagent”), a leading mortgage servicing technology provider, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire ISGN Corporation (“ISGN”). The acquisition will expand Sagent’s loan servicing solutions and further demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the bro...

Scoop: The firm continues on its recent expansion with its third lateral partner addition in only two months

It will surprise no one anymore that as Reliance’s 200-pound telecoms behemoth Jio has taken the third round of mega funding in as many weeks, two Indian law firms have been there every billable hour of the way: no doubt much welcome in these tough times. Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners sa...

Following the two firms (plus five others) bagging what is quite likely to be the biggest Indian inbound M&A of the year with Facebook’s $5.7bn investment in Reliance Jio, near identical teams at the two firms have scored a second very similar (if slightly smaller) mandate in a follow-up round:...

KMPG partner and former KPMG Management Consultancy chief operating officer (COO) Jaideep Ghosh has taken over at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in the COO position from Delhi.

Alina Arora, who had resigned from L&L Partners in late November 2019, has now joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Bar & Bench has first reported.

Link Legal India Law Services has hired former Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas lawyer Vijay Sureka as a partner in its Mumbai-based corporate practice.

One97 Communications Ltd, the parent company of Paytm, plans to invest ₹5 crore in sports fan engagement platform, Rooter Sports Technologies, as part of its pre-Series A round, according to two people aware of the deal. — Mint Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co advised One97 Communications Limit...

SAM bagged the mandate for Facebook and AZB for Reliance on India’s largest ever foreign-direct investment in a tech company, which values Reliance’s Jio Platform subsidiary at Rs 4.62 lakh crore (or nearly $66bn), with Mark Zuckerberg’s US technology giant buying itself a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms Limited.

NEW DELHI : Hakuhodo Inc, Japan’s second largest advertising company has acquired AdGlobal360 for an undisclosed sum. Adglobal360 was ranked as the fastest growing MarTech Company in 2019 by Deloitte. — Mint Pioneer Legal advised AdGlobal360 India Private Limited led by a team of partner Pritha Jha ...

SMEcorner, which lends to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), has raised $30 million through a mix of equity and debt, a senior company executive said. — Mint Jerome Merchant + Partners advised Digikredit Finance Private Limited , operating as SMECorner led by a team of partner Sameer Sibal...

Bengaluru: Ummeed Housing Finance Pvt. Ltd has raised ₹164 crore in a Series D equity round led by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia. — Mint Trilegal advised Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia led by a team of partner Kunal Chandra , counsel Harshil Dalal , senior associate Akshat...

Online baby care brand Mamaearth has raised ₹130 crore (about $18.14 million) in a round led by Sequoia Capital India, the company said on Wednesday. Existing investors Fireside Ventures, Stellaris Venture Partners and Sharp Ventures also participated in the round. — Mint Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Bangalore salaried partner Arjun Perikal has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in the city earlier this month.

Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has agreed to invest in a residential project of Mumbai-based developer Wadhwa Group, marking its maiden deal in India’s real estate sector. Tokkyo-based Marubeni said in a statement it is investing in the Atmosphere housing project via non-convertible debe...

Pidilite Industries, the makers of popular homegrown adhesive brand Fevicol, has led a $40 million funding round in online furniture retailer Pepperfry, as it looks to make strategic bets in new-age companies to complement its core product offering. In December, Pidilite co-invested $30 million in o...

MUMBAI: Centrum Housing Finance Ltd … said a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia has agreed to invest ₹190 crore to acquire a significant minority stake in the affordable housing finance company. — Mint Trilegal advised NHPEA Kamet Holding B.V., a private equity fund managed by Morgan...