Firm Matters
BackKhaitan & Co advised VINCI Highways, a subsidiary of VINCI Concessions, in relation to 100% acquisition of the Safeway Concessions by Concessoc 41 (part of VINCI Concessions) from Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2, managed by Macquarie Asset Management. Safeway Concessions platform comprises of nine toll road assets across Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, totalling nearly 700 km along with an integrated O&M entity. Completion is subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.
VINCI Highways is a leading global road concessions company operating and maintaining highways, urban road networks, bridges and tunnels across 3,750 km in 14 (fourteen) countries.
Deal Team
The core team consisted of Aditi Singhvi (Partner), Shishir Vayttaden (Partner), Suyashi Mishra (Senior Associate), Harishankar Raghunath (Associate), Sandli Pawar (Associate) and Jahnavi Yalavarthi (Associate).
Strategic Guidance
Corporate & Commercial: Shishir Vayttaden (Partner)
The deal was assisted by:
Projects and Project Finance: Akhil Bhatnagar (Partner), Prateek Bhandari (Counsel), Projects and Project Finance, Ishita Gupta (Principal Associate), Ashish Jain (Senior Associate), Abhishek Sharma (Associate), Shivam Gour (Associate)
Corporate & Commercial: Harsh Khemka (Partner), Mehul Shah (Partner), Bhagirath Ashiya (Principal Associate), Rushabh Gala (Principal Associate), Avishek Banerjee (Senior Associate), Ayushi Gupta (Associate), Mayank Barman (Associate)
Energy; Infrastructure & Resources: Snigdha Ande (Associate)
Dispute resolution: Abhisaar Bairagi (Partner), Milind Sharma (Principal Associate), Suhel Qureshi (Senior Associate)
Funds: Vivek Mimani (Partner), Divaspati Singh (Partner), Khusboo Agarwal (Principal Associate), Athul Kumar (Associate), Payal Saraogi (Associate)
Capital Markets: Aayush Mohata (Partner)
Intellectual Property: Nirupam Lodha (Partner), Gautam Wadhwa (Senior Associate), Malika Nandkeolyar (Senior Associate), Palak Dwivedi (Associate)
Banking & Finance: Manisha Shroff (Partner), Mohit Nad (Principal Associate), Anushka Sinha (Senior Associate), Gyana Pathak (Associate), Priyam Indurkhya (Associate), Satyawati Sinha (Associate)
Competition / Antitrust: Anisha Chand (Partner), Siddharth Pravin Bagul (Principal Associate), Vrinda Bhardwaj (Associate)
Employment Labour & Benefits: Vinay Joy (Partner), Simran Sharma (Senior Associate), Shaaryl Dsouza (Associate), Tanvi Uday Shetty (Associate)
Real Estate: Sudheer Madamaiah (Partner), Nandita Mathihalli (Consultant)
Privacy and Data Protection: Supratim Chakraborty (Partner), Shramana Dwibedi (Senior Associate)
