Khaitan & Co advised Nexusmalls Whitefield Pvt Ltd, an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. and a SPV of Nexus Select Trust in relation to its proposed acquisition of Super Diamond Enterprises, post its restructuring and hiving of unrelated business. Super Diamond Enterprises owns and operates the popular ‘Diamond Plaza’, mall in Kolkata.
The transaction comprised of complex structuring issues, from conversion of partnership firm to a private limited company, carve out of non-transaction assets and various other commercial structuring aspects.
The Firm role includes conducting comprehensive legal due diligence on the Target including title, land use, regulatory approvals and leasing arrangements, identifying key risks and advising on mitigation strategies, and leading the drafting, review, negotiation, finalisation and execution of transaction documents.
The deal was assisted by:
Real estate aspects: Gaurav Dasgupta, Shreetama Chakraborty and Richaa Mukhopadhyay (Senior Associate)
Employment, Labour & Benefits: Deepak Kumar (Partner) and Varsha Sankara Raman (Senior Associate)
The core team consisted of Shourya Sengupta (Partner), Deepak Jodhani (Partner), Sneh Lata (Counsel), Divyansh Joshi (Principal Associate), Radhika Goenka (Senior Associate), Miheer Jain (Associate), Kriti Jalan (Associate) and Lavanya Agarwal (Associate).