Sazerac Company (Sazerac) acquires stake in John Distilleries Private Limited

The largest family-owned spirits company in the United States, Sazerac Company (Sazerac), has acquired an equity stake in a leading Indian spirits company, from Gaja Capital, John Distilleries Private Limited.

DSK Legal acted for Gaja Capital with a team led by Partner Satish Kishanchandani, along with Pritha Jha, Deepti Sarma and Pracheta Redhu.

Cooley LLP and Nishith Desai Associates acted for Sazerac. The Cooley team included Partner Jason L. Kent, Youngdale Micah and Rishab Kumar.

The NDA team was led Partner Vaibhav Parikh along with R. Ramachanderan, Santosh Gangavati and Rishabh Sharma

AZB & Partners advised John Distilleries Private Limited andits promoters. The AZB team was led by Partner Anind Thomas along with Rhea Mathew.