Amarchand Mangaldas topped the 2012 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) India rankings released by data provider mergermarket, in terms of advising on the biggest value M&As in 2012. In terms of the total number of M&A deals advised on, Amarchand was runners up to third-time leader Desai & Diwanji.

Amarchand’s 39 M&As were worth $20bn while Desai & Diwanji’s 43 M&As were worth $1.4bn.

Amarchand was on most of the biggest Indian transactions of the year, although the $10.5bn Sterlite-Sesa Goa merger in February contributed significantly in its value-table victory, also clinching second-spot on that table for Luthra & Luthra which did not manage to feature in the volume rankings, with its 5 deals worth $10.4bn.

A detailed analysis of the mergermarket rankings and M&A activity will follow in Mint on Friday.

Legal Adviser League Table by Value - 2012

      
           

Rank

 

 

 

 

% Value

2011

2012

House

Value ($m)

Deal Count

Change

10

1

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

20,207

39

347.6%

72

2

Luthra & Luthra Law Offices

10,416

5

11,221.7%

-

3

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

10,289

1

-

3

4

Allen & Overy

6,141

4

-29.4%

17

5

Ashurst

5,644

1

258.1%

9

6

Slaughter and May

4,886

3

-10.5%

1

7

AZB & Partners

4,693

26

-58.9%

-

8

Herbert Smith Freehills

4,487

8

-

43

9

Platinum Partners

4,032

2

1,035.8%

-

10

Kanga & Co

3,354

2

-

11

11

Khaitan & Co

2,304

34

-43.7%

20

12

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

1,954

4

61.1%

98

13

Jones Day

1,546

6

8,036.8%

37

14

DSK Legal

1,537

17

183.1%

13

15

Desai & Diwanji

1,406

43

-59.2%

 

Legal Adviser League Table by Volume - 2012

      
           

Rank

 

 

 

 

Deal count

2011

2012

House

Value ($m)

Deal Count

Change

1

1

Desai & Diwanji

1,406

43

-5

4

2

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

20,207

39

16

3

3

Khaitan & Co

2,304

34

2

2

4

AZB & Partners

4,693

26

-6

9

5

DSK Legal

1,537

17

8

5

6

Trilegal

748

17

-3

6

7

J Sagar Associates

658

14

-

124

8

K Law

57

14

13

12

9

Tatva Legal

180

11

4

13

10

Rajani Associates

458

10

4

-

11

Herbert Smith Freehills

4,487

8

8

8

12

Nishith Desai Associates

1,068

8

-1

21

13

PH Bathiya & Associates

231

7

3

22

14

ALMT Legal

93

7

3

47

15

Jones Day

1,546

6

4
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 Anon 2013-01-17 16:41
Kian, Can you do a write up about PH Bathiya and Co. Not heard of them and they are obviously a large M&A player given the deals. Some contact info would also be helpful if they have a New Delhi office. Thanks
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 MX 2013-01-17 17:45
Sorry to say, but JSA and Trilegal seem to be doing rather small deals. Platinum has truly aced the quality game!!
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Recommend! +2 Objection! -0 Yup 2013-01-18 14:55
Skadden makes half of Amarchand's revenue by doing 1/39th the amount of deals. Its a volume game in India (Legal Adviser League Table by Value). While Skadden is up there in value table, they couldn't (and also wouldn't want to) make it to the volume table.
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 Question 2013-01-17 18:27
Kian when you say M&A ranking does this include any stake purchased in a company or does it have to be of a particular percentage or amount to qualify ?
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 Blee 2013-01-17 22:13
If volume is a combined measure of value & count, K Law occupying 8th position doesn't seem to add up.
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Recommend! +8 Objection! -0 Law Firm Observer 2013-01-18 00:42  interesting
Well the Amarchand deals are all about the Shroffs. Shweta Shroff gets nominated for outstanding lawyer under 40 whilst Gunjan Shah, Kalpataru Tripathy, Raghubir Menon, Jatin Aneja are the unsung deserving heroes! It's all about loving the family.

JSA at least does more for its deserving - Amit Kapur, Sumanto, Nitin, Som, Dina, Akshay.

Platinum is a mix of the promoter model with strong international law firm backing. Nihar has made a huge impact on the Indian legal market. S& R is the other firm to look out for. Niche quality outfit.
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Recommend! +6 Objection! -0 wondering 2013-01-18 12:36  interesting
L.Viswanathan, Ashwath Rau, Santosh Janakiram, Yash Ashar are all under 40, and the nomination is for Shweta Shroff! Lol.
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Recommend! +7 Objection! -0 cannotsing 2013-01-18 15:51  interesting
Re. Law Firm Observer. In the case of Raghubir Menon, it is perhaps best that he is left as an unsung hero. I dont think the legal fraternity is ready or prepared for him to turn into a singing hero...
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 Dynasty 2013-01-21 23:16
Quoting Law Firm Observer:
Well the Amarchand deals are all about the Shroffs. Shweta Shroff gets nominated for outstanding lawyer under 40 whilst Gunjan Shah, Kalpataru Tripathy, Raghubir Menon, Jatin Aneja are the unsung deserving heroes! It's all about loving the family.

JSA at least does more for its deserving - Amit Kapur, Sumanto, Nitin, Som, Dina, Akshay.

Platinum is a mix of the promoter model with strong international law firm backing. Nihar has made a huge impact on the Indian legal market. S& R is the other firm to look out for. Niche quality outfit.


From Baby Shweta to Baba Rahul. Welcome to hamara Bharat desh mahaan.
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Recommend! +1 Objection! -0 chocolate worm 2013-01-18 00:58
vendata was an in-group restructuring among related parties was it not?
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 godfly 2013-01-18 22:01
whatever it was, chocolate worm commenter- were you part of the vedanta deal? -your comment has malice, and incorrect facts.
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Recommend! +0 Objection! -0 lawyer 2013-02-02 12:01
Three Cheers for D&D!!
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