Khaitan & Co Advised Consortium On Acquisition Of Royal Challengers Sport Private Limited
Khaitan & Co advised consortium on acquisition of Royal Challengers Sport Private Limited
The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co advised a consortium comprising Aditya Birla Group, Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures and Blackstone on the acquisition of Royal Challengers Sport Private Limited from United Spirits Limited for approximately USD 1.8 billion. The transaction involves the acquisition of both franchise teams of the Indian Premier League and the Women’s Premier League.
Khaitan & Co advised and assisted the clients on structuring, finalisation of transaction documents, and legal due diligence.
The Khaitan & Co team was led by Shishir Vayttaden (Partner), Aashutosh Sampat (Partner), Kartikeya Prakash (Partner), and Rohan Shrivastava (Partner), with support from Surbhi Ajitsaria (Principal Associate), Saloni Mehta Bhandawat (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), and Ravi Shankar (Associate).
Intellectual property aspects were advised by Nirupam Lodha (Partner), supported by Malika Nandkeolyar (Senior Associate), Rebecca Cardoso (Associate), and Swadheena Joardar (Associate). Corporate diligence and execution support were handled by Bimbita Kateel (Senior Associate), Amogh Pareek (Associate), Jay Shah (Associate), Modit Mendiratta (Associate), Radhika Naik (Associate), and Ambreen Rahman (Associate).
Litigation-related advice was provided by Manavendra Mishra (Partner), supported by Parimal Kaushik (Associate). Labour law aspects were advised by Vinay Joy (Partner), with support from Srishti Ramakrishnan (Counsel) and Aditya J Nair (Senior Associate). Data privacy aspects were handled by Supratim Chakraborty (Partner) and Shramana Dwibedi (Senior Associate). Antitrust aspects were advised by Anisha Chand (Partner) and Armaan Gupta (Senior Associate).
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