E-commerce giant Snapdeal recently announced the acquisition of mobility solution company LetsGoMo Labs for an undisclosed sum, advised by Seth Dua & Associates. Seth Dua TMT partner Salman Waris with corporate associate partner Ray Sharat Prasad and associate Arjun Uppal acted for LetsGoMo. Sn...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as Indian legal counsel to SunEdison Inc, which bought an Indian wind platform of Continuum Wind Energy, advised by BMR Legal, through acquisition of its Singapore holding company. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-based partners Santosh Janakiram and Smruti Shah led f...
Vedanta Resources subsidiaries Vedanta India and Cairn merged , assisted by Khaitan & Co as sole domestic legal adviser, according to its press release, and Ashurst’s India practice. The following Khaitan team advised: Haigreve Khaitan, Partner; Sharad Abhyankar, Partner; Mehul Shah, Associate ...
Bangalore-headquartered firm Universal Legal, which also has offices in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh, has opened up in Ahmedabad under partner in charge Aayush Modi.
S&R Associates promoted associates Lynn Pereira in Delhi and Vivek Kumar in Mumbai to counsel, according to a press release from the firm. GLC Mumbai 1996 graduate Pereira is in the firm’s corporate and commercial disputes practice since he joined in 2013. From 1998 to 2010 he was at the chambe...
Alpha Partners, the corporate and intellectual property boutique started up in 2012 by former SRGR Law Offices lawyer Akshat Pande with Videocon group in-houser Ankit Prakash, opened its second national office and its first outside the Delhi area, in Bangalore.
Orbit Law Services, which was started up last year by Clasis Law project finance breakaway partners Ishtiaq Ali and Damodara Rao, with PV Rao, opened its fourth national office in Chennai, after Delhi, Mumbai and Vijaywada . Orbit associate partner Haridas Sriramulu and one associate from the firm w...
Kochhar & Co advised global clinical research conglomerate the Parexel Group and its Indian group company Parexel India on buying for $100m pharma-covigilance company Quantum Solutions India, which was advised by Platinum Partners. Kochhar senior Delhi-based partner Vijay Ravi, partner Chandras...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) partner Ameya Gokhale, who joined the firm only recently, is representing Nestle India on its judicial review of food safety watchdog FSSAI, which banned its Maggi instant noodles for allegedly containing too much lead and MSG
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised the PVR cinema chain on buying for Rs 500 crore DT Cinemas from DLF Utilities, which was advised by Luthra & Luthra. According to its press release, Shardul Amarchand partners Akila Agrawal and Sourav Kanti De Biswas acted for PVR, with senior associate Megha...
J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Covington Burling advised the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev on its exit from a joint venture with RJ Corp, which was advised by Dua Associates. JSA partner Upendra Nath Sharma, senior Associate Rishabh Gupta and associate Ritunjay Gupta with intermitten str...
PatodiaDua Associates’ second-largest equity holder Shiraz Patodia will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with her team of partners Priyanka Sharma Goswami and Anusuya Sadhu Sinha, and manager Saloni Tuteja and senior associate Amrita Sharma.
S&R Associates acted the Vodafone Group in its sale of $200m Bharti Infotel, representing around 4.2% interest in Bharti Airtel, to Bharti Enterprises, which was represented by AZB & Partners. S&R partner Rajat Sethi and associates Tanya Aggarwal and Lakshmi Pradeep acted for Vodafone...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) advised Himachal Pradesh-based SBS Biotech on selling for Rs 1,651 crore its hair and scalp care businesses Kesh King and Kesh Pari to FMCG player Emami, which was advised by Khaitan & Co. SAM partners Jatin Aneja, Anubhuti Agarwal and Dev Robinson, principal a...
Desai & Diwanji advised British media conglomerate Daily Mail & General Trust’s investment arm DMG Information on its Rs 19 crore ($3m) infusion in Mumbai-based commercial real company Propstack Services which was advised by Hariani & Co. D&D partner Siddharth Mody, senior associ...
S&R Associates has elected two corporate associates, Jabarati Chandra and Rachael Israel, to its partnership.
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) partner Ameya Gokhale, who joined the firm only recently, is representing Nestle India on its judicial review of food safety watchdog FSSAI, which banned its Maggi instant noodles for allegedly containing too much lead and MSG
Platinum Partners partner Nivedita Tiwari will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in Delhi.