Khaitan & Co advised Denso Corporation in connection with strategic joint venture between Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd and DENSO Corporation to establish two joint ventures for developing, designing, manufacturing and marketing advanced electric and hybrid powertrain systems across multiple vehicle segments.
The firm was the Indian counsel for Denso Corporation and was involved in advising on all legal aspects of the transaction including legal due diligence, structuring and documentation.
The deal was assisted by:
Indirect Tax: Ayush A. Mehrotra (Partner), Upkar Agrawal (Principal Associate) and Varsha Goel (Senior Associate)
Intellectual Property: Nishad Nadkarni (Partner) and Vaishali Adhikari (Senior Associate)
Direct Tax: Rahul Jain (Partner) and Bharat Jain (Principal Associate)
Real Estate: Arva Merchant (Partner) and Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam (Principal Associate)
Competition / Antitrust: Anshuman Sakle (Partner) and Alisha Mehra (Principal Associate)
Employment, Labour & Benefits: Deepak Kumar (Partner)
The core team consisted of Zakir Merchant (Partner), Yashashree Mahajan (Partner), Divakar Gupta (Counsel), Tanuj Modi (Senior Associate), Apeksha Chauhan (Associate) and Vidhi Srivastava (Associate)