Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

“Procter & Gamble has agreed to acquire Merck KGaA’s consumer health unit for 3.4 billion euros ($4.2 billion), giving it vitamin brands such as Seven Seas and greater exposure to Latin American and Asian markets,” reported CNBC. The transaction involved the acquisition of Merck Limited, a listed Indian company, through Procter & Gamble Overseas India B.V, including 3,300 Merck employees. A mandatory tender offer to minority shareholders will be made for the Indian entity.

“Mumbai-based enterprise technology firm Seclore Technology Pvt. Ltd has raised $12 million (around Rs 80 crore) in Series B funding from Sistema Asia Fund, Helion Venture, VentureEast and India Alternatives,” VCCircle.

“The Federal Bank board has approved 26% strategic investment by private equity player True North in its wholly owned subsidiary - FedBank Financial Services (FedFina), a move that will help the company to grow its loans,” according to reports.

“Education services provider Nspira Management Services Pvt. Ltd has raised $75 million in a round led by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia and Banyan Tree Growth Capital II, the company said,” reported Mint.

“Greenko Group has agreed to buy Orange Renewable from Singapore’s AT Capital Group at an enterprise value of $1 billion, Greenko Group founder Mahesh Kolli said,” reported Mint in June.

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.