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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Vaish Associates claim the No.2 & No.3 slots AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisors to M&A Transactions during the first six months of 2017. AZB & Partners advised M&A deals worth $14.4 Billion (across 24 qualifying deals) during the period. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas ($13 Billion across 10 deals) and Vaish Associates ($12.5 Billion across 2 deals) followed next. S&R Associates ($12.4 Billion across 5 deals) occupied the fourth spot while Bharucha & Partners and Slaughter May shared the fifth spot for H1 2017. All the top five firms were involved in the Vodafone-Idea merger deal. The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms. AZB advised deals during the period included the sale of Ti...

Kotak, UBS Securities take no.2 and no.3 slots; EY tops inclusive of due diligence services Axis Capital topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables for Transaction Advisor to M&A deals for H1 2017 advising M&A deals worth $12.7 billion (across three qualifying deals) followed by Kotak ($12.6 billion across three deals) and UBS Securities ($12.5 billion across two deals). The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms. The biggest M&A deal in 2017, the Idea Cellular – Vodafone merger involved the top 3 firms as well as firms such as Morgan Stanley , Robey Warshaw and Rothschild who occupy the fourth slot. Axis Capital advised M&A deals also included the buyout of Aegis BPO by Capital Square Partners . Kotak advised deals also included the acquisition of auto comp...