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Desai & Diwanji partner Siddharth Mody acted for Aster DM Healthcare, which invested Rs 41 crore ($6.8m) in Sri Sainatha MultiSpeciality Hospital, which owns and manages the Prime brand of hospitals in Hyderabad.

Chennai-based VNS Legal partner Shiva Shankar acted for Sri Sainath.

The Desai & Diwanji team also included senior associate Ashraf Lala, and associates Rumma Panchmatia and Ankesh Jain.

HSB Partners advised US firm Bayada in buying a 26 per cent stake in Chennai’s India Home Health Care (IHHC), which was advised by Chennai law firm VNS Legal.

HSB Partners partner TK Bhaskar, principal associate Varun Sriram and associates Aishwarya Krishnamurthy and Sahana Chandrika acted for Bayada which expects to earn $1bn (Rs 6,300 crore) in revenue next year, reported the Economic Times.

VNS Legal founder VN Shiva Shankar and senior associate Rakesh Cherukuri acted for IHHC which operates in Chennai and Bangalore.