Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

UK insurance company Legal & General Group Plc sold its 26% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance to private equity giant Warburg Pincus for Rs 710.54 crore, reported moneycontrol.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi partner Harsh Kumar, who had resigned in September, has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.

“GIC is ramping up its exposure to Indian real estate, with an investment firm managed by the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund buying a stake in Mumbai-based developer Godrej Properties Ltd for about Rs 1,000 crore ($150 million),” according to Mingtiandi, giving it a 5% stake in the company, which issued fresh shares for the acquisition.

“PremjiInvest, the family office of Wipro chair Azim Premji, has picked up 6% stake in Future Retail Ltd, the company said. PremjiInvest bought the stake in a bulk deal from Cedar Support Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Bharti Ventures Ltd,” according to Mint.

“Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and part of the Adani Group, announced that it has executed a Share Purchase Agreement between Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Marine Infrastructure Developer Pvt. Ltd (MIDPL), L&T Shipbuilding Ltd and Adani Kattupalli Port Pvt. Ltd to acquire 97 per cent shares of MIDPL. MIDPL is the developer and operator of Kattupalli Port,” according to Steelguru.