In a setback to the Arvind Kejriwal government, the Delhi high court on Friday quashed the executive decision to get the books of accounts of the three private power distribution companies (discoms) in the city-capital scrutinised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) couldn’t save apparel exporter, the Tavoy Group, from the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) imposing Rs 5 lakh in costs against it.

Mega deal sees five law firms bring investment home.

Khaitan & Co advised computer security software company Quick Heal Technologies on its $38.5m (Rs 250 crore) Initial Public Offering of fresh issue of equity shares and and an offer for sale of 6,814,736 equity shares by existing shareholders, consisting of Kailash Sahebrao Katkar, Sanjay Saheb...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) can now file for clients in the Supreme Court, having registered its own Advocate-on-Record (AOR) firm after the shared AOR firm of the erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas was reconstituted.

Bajaj Finance general counsel (GC) Sapan Gupta will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in December to spearhead a national banking practice from Mumbai.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) acted for First Carlyle Ventures Mauritius, whose affiliate is advised by The Carlyle Group, and the promoters and management shareholders of telecoms software company Elitecore Technologies Limited, in their sale of 100 per cent of Elitecore for Rs 180 crores to optical fib...

Khaitan & Co advised copper products maker Metrod Malaysia and Mettube Malaysia on its Rs 725 crore ($115m) buy of Goa’s iconic hotel The Leela Goa, which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). Khaitan Mumbai partners Savita Singh, Avaantika Kakkar and Shishir Mehta, associate partners...

According to a press release from the Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), yesterday was “an important day for the firm” after it has announced the “newly formed CAM governance structure for the practice areas, the constitution of various committees” which will be effective immediately and “form the framework that will help us move towards the aspirations we have set for ourselves”.

App-based taxi operator Ola’s parent company ANI Technologies has won a favourable majority decision from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which declined to pass any interim order around the allegation that the company was involved in illegal predatory pricing.

In April earlier this year, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acquired three out of four MNK Law Offices partners in Delhi but three authoritative sources have confirmed that the fourth partner, Probal Bhaduri, has now joined PDS Legal offices in Delhi.

IndusLaw advised IFMR Holdings on its $25m (Rs 162.5 crore) fundraising from Accion Africa-Asia Investment Company which was advised by Tatva Legal, Leapfrog Financial Inclusion India (II) which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and impact investment fund Lok Capital which was advised in hous...

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) and Sullivan & Cromwell advised Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs on its $150m (Rs 900 crore) infusion in Piramal Realty which had less than a month ago received Rs 1800 crore from Warburg Pincus. Piramal was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). NDA...

Birla Corporation bought the Eastern cement plants of Lafarge for Rs 5000 crore from Lafarge India following the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order for the French company to divest itself of the units after its Rs $44bn merger with Holcim.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as legal counsel to the US’ LyondellBasell Group in its acquisition of the chemical business of Aurangabad-based company SJS Plastiblends, which was advised by Economic Laws Practice (ELP). The acquisition signed on 7 August involves transfer of the whole business of ...

Erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas, the law firm that split in May into Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, is the only Indian law firm that made it into a top 20 index of Asia Pacific law firm brands published this year.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has unveiled its new logo and high-powered strategic advisory board today.

Pramerica Mutual Fund has agreed to buy out Deutsche Mutual Fund’s India asset management business for around Rs 400 crore, reported Business Standard and others today, which would catapult Pramerica for 31st to 14th place in terms of Indian asset managers’ portfolio size, reported Mint in June. Pra...

Private equity giant KKR invested $150m for a minority share via preferential allotment in Mumbai-based polyester maker JBF Industries, reported the Economic Times . Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted for KKR, with Mumbai based managing partner Cyril Shroff, Bangalore-based corporate partner Nivedita R...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as legal counsel to BNP Paribas in its Rs 2,000 to 2,200 crore acquisition of Sharekhan, with AZB & Partners acting for the sellers. J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partners Somasekhar Sundaresan, Vikram Raghani and Jamshed Bhumgara acted for the management share...