“UPL Corporation Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of agrochemical solutions provider UPL Ltd, has signed a definitive agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation to acquire Arysta LifeScience Inc, a global provider of innovative crop protection solutions, and its subsidiaries for approximat...

“Pipe and adhesive maker Astral Poly Technik Ltd has agreed to acquire Rex Polyextrusion Pvt. Ltd for Rs 147.50 crore ($21.4 million) in a cash-and-stock deal to expand its product offerings,” reported VCCircle . Astral said in a stock exchange disclosure it will pick up a 51% stake in Rex Polyextru...

“Indiabulls Real Estate (IBREL) on Friday announced sale of its office project in Chennai to global investor Blackstone for Rs 850 crore as part of its strategy to monetise commercial asset,” reported Mint . Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas partner Mithun V Thanks , principal associate Anjali Menon , sen...

“Symphony Ltd, one of the country’s leading air-cooler manufacturers, on Friday announced that it aims to acquire Australia’s Climate Technologies Pty Limited. The Ahmedabad-based company has signed an agreement to buy 95% equity stake in Climate Technologies, Australia’s leading manufacturer of cooling and heating appliances, it said,” reported Mint.

“PolicyBazaar, along with PaisaBazaar, has secured $238 million (Rs 1,600 crore) in equity financing led by SoftBank, the world’s largest technology investor, in the process joining a rapid succession of Indian enterprises being catapulted into the once-elusive Unicorn club”, reported the Economic T...

Germany-based chemical distributor, Brenntag AG has acquired a majority stake of 65% stake in Raj Petro Specialities, retailers of own-blended petroleum related products, as a move to expand its footprint in the Indian chemical distribution market, reported Business Standard and Times of India . The...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) regulatory disputes retained partner Apoorva Misra has resigned effective 30 June 2018 to join “India’s leading power transmission company” as head of claims management for its global infrastructure business, according to a press release from JSA.

Global leader in mobility safety, US-based Key Safety Systems has completed the global acquisition of the bankrupt Japanese car safety systems maker Takata Corp. for $1.58 billion through a combination of equity and debt, to merge and form a combined entity re-branded as Joyson Safety Systems and is headquartered in Michigan, US, reported Economic Times. The deal earlier announced on June 25, 2017, was funded by a consortium led by Joyson Electronics and Asia-based PE firm PAG Asia capital and did not involve liabilities related to the recall of Takata’s ammonium nitrate airbag inflators.

Four Indian law firms are advising in world-record breaking sale of Indian unicorn Flipkart, the biggest domestic Amazon competitor, to Walmart.

Noida-based listed publishing technology and services company, MPS has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the e-learning business of Tata Industries, Tata Interactive Systems India along with its wholly-owned Swiss and German subsidiaries, Tata Interactive Systems AG and Tata Interactive...

Cab hailing major Ola has acquired Mumbai based ticketing and commuting app, Ridlr for an estimated Rs 163 crores (around $25m) as a move to digitize public transportation, reported The Economic Times . This would also mark as the second major acquisition by Ola, after the buy of Foodpanda for an ap...

“ITC Ltd on Monday agreed to remove all references to PepsiCo’s Tropicana brand from an advertisement campaign for its juice brand BNatural,” reported Mint . The suit was filed by PepsiCo India against consumer goods major ITC on the ground that its recent advertisement campaign which specifically t...

Online payment and e-commerce platform, Paytm has made a strategic investment in the resultant joint entity of hyper local deals discovery platforms Nearbuy and Little Internet by infusing fresh funds of over Rs 162 crores ($25m) and acquiring a majority stake of 51%, reported The Economic Times and Mint. The merged entity expected to be valued over $100m and hold a market share of 88%, is said to have been arranged by Paytm as a strategic move to provide their merchant partners an opportunity to offer deals to acquire new customers and grow their business.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted 3 to salaried partner level, following its promotion of four new equity partners in February.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Bangalore equity partner Murali Ananthasivan has gone independent to become an independent counsel again.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) equity partner Mansoor Ali Shoket and ex-JSA salaried partner-turned-in-houser Nitin Kala have started Delhi-based regulatory boutique RegLaw Chambers.

“Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) has executed definitive transaction documents with global private equity investor Blackstone Group LP to divest 50% stake in subsidiaries Indiabulls Properties Private Ltd and Indiabulls Real Estate Co. Pvt. Ltd at an aggregate enterprise value of $1.46bn or Rs9,5...

Global leader in loyalty and customer engagement, Affinion Group has acquired Pune-headquearted Tavisca Solutions, one of Affinion’s top technology partners and a leading provider of innovative technology to the travel industry, as per the press release by Affinion . AZB & Partners acted as the...

Private equity giant KKR-backed investment platform Emerald Media has picked up a significant minority stake in Global Sports Commerce and its global affiliate Techfront for Rs 520 crores ($80m), through a combination of primary and secondary investments, as reported by Yourstory and The Economic Ti...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) senior associate Puja Priyadarshini, is set to join HSA Advocates in mid-April as associate partner.