Firm Matters
BackKhaitan & Co advised consortium comprising of Aditya Birla Group, Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures and Blackstone on the proposed acquisition of Royal Challengers Sport Pvt Ltd from United Spirits Ltd, in a transaction valuing the business at ~USD 1.8 billion.
The transaction involves acquisition of both franchise teams - Indian Premier League and Women's Premier League.
The Firm advised and assisted the Client on structuring, finalization of transaction documents and diligence.
Deal Team
The core deal team comprised of Shishir Vayttaden (Partner), Aashutosh Sampat (Partner), Kartikeya Prakash (Partner), Rohan Shrivastava (Partner), Surbhi Ajitsaria (Principal Associate), Saloni Mehta (Principal Associate), Deepali Menghwani (Principal Associate), Harishankar Raghunath (Associate), Pragyansh Nigam (Associate), Tawishi Beria (Associate), Samkit Jain (Associate), Jahnavi Yalavarthi (Associate), Pavitra Khaitan (Associate), Aman Nayar (Associate), Shrey Chhabra (Associate), Ravi Shankar (Associate).
The deal was assisted by:
Intellectual Property: Nirupam Lodha (Partner), Malika Nandkeolyar (Senior Associate), Rebecca Cardoso (Associate) and Swadheena Joardar (Associate)
Corporate & Commercial: Bimbita Kateel (Senior Associate), Amogh Pareek (Associate), Jay Shah (Associate), Modit Mendiratta (Associate), Radhika Naik (Associate) and Ambreen Rahman (Associate)
Dispute Resolution: Manavendra Mishra (Partner) and Parimal Kaushik (Associate)
Employment Labour & Benefits: Vinay Joy (Partner), Srishti Ramakrishnan (Counsel) and Aditya J Nair (Associate)
Data Privacy and Protection: Supratim Chakraborty (Partner) and Shramana Dwibedi (Senior Associate)
Competition / Antitrust: Anisha Chand (Partner) and Armaan Gupta (Senior Associate)
