Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as legal counsel to V Guard Industries Limited in relation to its acquisition of additional stake in Gegadyne Energy Labs Private Limited (“Gegadyne“) in its Pre-Series B Funding Round. Post-acquisition, VGuard’s shareholding in Gegadyne is 24.32% (on fully diluted basis) pursuant to which Gegadyne has become an associate company of V-Guard.
The General Corporate Practice of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised on the transaction. The Transaction team was led by Navin Kumar, Partner; with support from Ashlesha Mittal, Senior Associate; Robin Singh Rathore, Associate; and Amritesh Anand, Associate.
Tax advisory was provided by S.R. Patnaik, Partner & Head – Taxation; with support from Reema Arya, Consultant.
The in-house legal team of V-Guard was led by Roopak Ahluwalia, Head – Legal.
Other parties and advisors to the transaction included MAVM Angels Network Private Limited (coordinating party on behalf of all other investors).
The transaction was signed on 31st October 2023 and closed on 21st November 2023. ____________________________________________
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