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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advised Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 on its strategic joint venture with The Walt Disney Company
March 12, 2024
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advised Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom 18 Private Limited on the strategic joint venture with Disney, combining the businesses of Viacom18 Private Limited and Star India Private Limited, including an investment of INR 11,500 Crores by Reliance Industries Limited. The transaction was valued at USD 8.5 billion.
The joint venture will seek to lead the digital transformation of the media and entertainment industry in India and offer consumers high-quality and comprehensive content offerings.
The Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Core transaction team included Pallavi Shroff – Managing Partner; Iqbal Khan – Partner; Puja Sondhi – Partner; Shivangi Sharma Talwar – Partner; Shashank Mishra – Partner; Pooja Thomas – Principal Associate; Ashid Basheer – Principal Associate; and Akshi Rastogi – Senior Associate.
The Competition law team included Pallavi Shroff – Managing Partner; Shweta Shroff Chopra – Partner; Harman Singh Sandhu – Partner; Aman Singh Sethi – Partner; Atreyee Sarkar – Principal Associate; Rahul Shukla – Senior Associate; Sanjana L.B. – Associate, Anik Bhaduri – Associate; Aryika Dadhwal – Associate; Mohsin Rahim – Associate; and Janhavi Singh – Associate.
The transaction team was also supported by General Corporate team including Eshika Maji – Senior Associate; Prerna Saroha – Associate; Aishwarya Srivastava – Associate; Chirag Mangal – Associate; Nidhi Gupta – Associate; Pratim Majumder – Associate; Kanika Mittal – Associate; Akshita Jain – Associate; Jayesh Borele – Associate; Shreya Mukherjee – Associate; and Subham Biswal – Associate.
The Regulatory aspects was taken care of by Parv Kaushik – Associate, Ritika Bansal – Associate; and Vedika Rathore – Associate.
The Litigation team included Vaibhav Singh – Partner; Shreya Jain – Principal Associate; Jyotsna Vilva – Associate; Manas Kotak – Associate; and Ojasvi Shankar – Associate.
The Real Estate team included Rohit Bajaj – Partner and Shridha Malhotra – Principal Associate.
The Employment team consisted of Kriti Kaushik – Partner; Istuti Kapoor – Associate; Lijin Varughese – Associate; and Shalini Prem – Associate.
The Insurance team was led by Ashish Teni – Partner and Riddhi Misra – Senior Associate.
The Intellectual Property aspects were looked at by Mukul Baveja – Partner; Garima Tripathi – Associate; Abhineet Kalia – Associate; and Dhruv Grover – Associate.
The Data Protection team included Shahana Chatterji – Partner; Punya Varma – Principal Associate; Veda Handa – Senior Associate; and Rahul Rajasekar – Associate.
