IndusLaw advised the founders of Redbus and its early investors Helion, Inventus and Seed Fund, in selling out the online bus-ticketing service for $100m (Rs 597 crore) to the Ibibo Group, which is a joint venture of South African Media giant Naspers and Chinese internet company Tencent.

Amarchand Mumbai partners Vandana Shroff and Ajay Joseph acted for the Ibibo Group, which owns online travel aggregators Goibibo and TravelBoutiqueOnline.

IndusLaw Bangalore partner Suneeth Katarki with associates Basava Rao, Rashi Saraf, and Sherill Pal acted for the Bangalore-based Pilani Softlabs’ founders Phanindra Sama and Charan Padmaraju and the other investors in the buy-out of the seven-year old company.

In 2012 RedBus earned Rs 350 crore selling tickets over Rs 600 crore on more than 10,000 bus routes, according to Mint.