Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised J.P. Morgan India Private Limited (J.P. Morgan), the broker, in relation to the share sale of 4.4% equity stake by Sojitz Corporation in Samvardhana Motherson International Limited (Motherson) by Sojitz Corporation, over two tranches in October 2022 and January 2023, with an aggregate value of INR 1,602 crore.
The Transaction involved the sale of equity shares of Motherson by way of a share sale on the screen-based trading platform of the stock exchanges. In the first tranche, Sojitz Corporation divested 2.83% stake in Motherson, for a reported aggregate amount of INR 825.98 crore. The second tranche comprised a sale of 1.57% stake by Sojitz Corporation in Motherson for a reported aggregate amount of INR 776.3 crore.
The Capital Markets Practice of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised J.P. Morgan on the transaction. The transaction team was led by Abhinav Kumar, Partner & Regional Head Markets Practice (Western Region); with support from Anuj Pethia, Consultant; and Aashima Johur, Principal Associate.
Other Parties and Advisors to the transaction included Ashurst LLP, U.S. (acted as international legal counsel for broker).
The transaction was signed on 16th January 2023; and closed on 18th January 2023.
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The Firm recently received “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022 Awards and the “National Law Firm of the Year: India” award at the IFLR Asia Pacific 2022 awards ceremony. The Firm had won “India Deal Firm of the Year” at the ALB India Awards and “Firm of the Year” at the IFLR1000 India Awards in 2021.
