AZB
& Partners topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most
Active Legal Advisor for Private Equity deals during the six months ended June
2013. With 74 qualifying League Table points across 19 PE deals, AZB’s score
was more than double than that of the next highest firm. Khaitan & Co. (with
50 qualifying League Table points) was the tied with AZB for the Most Active
Legal Advisor for M&A transactions in the same period.
The
Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively
tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on volume of
PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms.
Private Equity Deals
The
PE deals advised by AZB during H1’13 included KKR’s investment in Alliance Tire
Group and Baring Asia’s investment in Lafarge India. Other legal advisors who
advised a significant number of PE transactions during the period include IndusLaw, Tatva Legal and Samvad
Partners with eight deals each and K
Law with seven deals.
M&A deals
AZB
advised 14 M&A deals (fetching 50 qualifying points) during H1’13 including
Aliaxis Group’s acquisition of Ashirvad Pipes and Bharti Airtel’s acquisition
of Warid Telecom. Khaitan & Co.’s list of 13 M&A deals (which also
qualified for 50 points) included Hassad Foods’ acquisition of Bush Foods and
Coromandel International’s acquisition of Liberty Phosphate. Other legal
advisors who advised a significant number of M&A transactions during the
six months ended June ‘13 include Amarchand
& Mangaldas (11 deals), J Sagar
Associates and HSA Advocates (five
deals each) and Trilegal, Tatva Legal and Samvad Partners (with four deals each).
The
full league tables can be viewed online at
http://ventureintelligence.in/leagues.php
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Venture Intelligence, a division of TSJ Media Pvt. Ltd., is the leading source of information on private company financials, transactions and valuations in India. For more information, please visit http://www.ventureintelligence.in