Desai & Diwanji advised British media conglomerate Daily Mail & General Trust’s investment arm DMG Information on its Rs 12.7 crore ($2m) infusion in Mumbai-based, non-brokerage, real estate company Liases Foras which was advised by DM Harish & Co.

D&D partner Siddharth Mody, senior associates Ashraf Lala and Rumma Panchmatia and associate Kumar Yashaswi acted for DMG Information.

DMH partner Anil Harish and associate Sohini Banerjee acted for Liases Foras.

DMG Information made its first strategic investment in May, in Chinese property information company Funcent, followed by investment of $3m in Propstack, reported Business Standard.

Last month Legally India reported that Desai & Diwanji had acted for DMG on its Rs 19 crore investment in commercial real estate company Propstack Services.