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14 August 2013
Corporate M&A

S&R Associates and Kirkland & Ellis advised the UK-based Kewill group and its backers Francisco Partners, in buying Hyderabad-based software solutions provider Four Soft for Rs 265 crore ($43.4m). Four Soft was advised by BMR Legal.

12 August 2013
Corporate M&A

RBSAZB, Luthra, Links & Slaughters sell off Indian RBS assets to Ratnakar bank.

07 August 2013
Corporate M&A

RDA Legal advised pickles and jams manufacturer Desai Brothers in buying out Savannah Hotels from Sinclairs Hotels, which operates the Savannah-Sinclairs Hotel in Bangalore, and from Savannah’s other shareholders.

RDA managing partner Rohit Das and associates Ushasi Das and Robin Quadros advised on the transaction, while partner Avik Biswas led the due diligence with senior associate Naren BS and associate Soumik Das.

Sinclairs Hotels, which Das advised in its November 2011 acquisition of Savannah, was advised in-house.

30 July 2013
Corporate M&A

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the terms of the agreement between Ambuja Cements and Holcim.

17 July 2013
Corporate M&A

PVR CinemasLuthra & Luthra advised India’s largest multiplex operator PVR in its Rs 1,000 crore contract with BMR-advised Big Tree.

11 July 2013
Corporate M&A

M&A: Biggest slice, or rest of the pie?AZB & Partners dropped off data provider Merger Market’s half-yearly (H1) M&A league table despite reporting 21 deals – the highest among India’s top ten law firms.

01 July 2013
Corporate M&A

Desai & Diwanji advised auto parts maker Amtek Auto, which bought 51.2 per cent in the Jamshedpur-based JMT Auto for Rs 110 crore ($18.4m), according to VCCircle. JMT Auto was advised by Amicus.

Desai & Diwanji Gurgaon-based partner Raghav Mathur assisted by senior associates Nikhil Sachdeva and Jinni Sinha with associates Amanjot Malhi, Nakul Batra and Nitya Chadha acted for Amtek. The company made an open offer to purchase an additional 26 per cent equity in JMT for Rs 55.6 crore.

Amicus co-founding partner Shivi Agarwal acted for JMT, which had revenues of over Rs 300 crore on 31 March, according to the Economic Times. Amtek is backed by funds ChrysCapital and Warburg Pincus, and ChrysCapital also holds 30.5 per cent in JMT, according to VCCircle.

27 June 2013
Corporate M&A

Vaish Associates advised pre-school network Brainworks Learning Systems and its investor Kusumbala Investments in selling out for Rs 5 crore ($824,810) to pre-school network Tree House Education & Accessories. Tree House was advised by Wadia Ghandy.

Vaish Associates Mumbai corporate and banking partner Sandhya Iyer with senior associate Yatin Narang and associate Ishita Roy acted for Brainworks which, according to Business Standard, has 13 self-operated and 51 franchisee centres all over India.

Wadia Ghandy Ahmedabad partner Tanvish Bhatt with senior associate Shreya Desai acted for Tree House which will now have 450 centres across India, reported the paper.

26 June 2013
Corporate M&A

HydrocarbonAmarchand Mangaldas advised Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings (VHHL) on the Indian leg of the $2.475bn (Rs 14,827 crore) sale of its 10 per cent stake in a Mozambique gas field in Brazil.