Dispute Resolution

Khaitan & Co advised the client-petitioner (standard IX girl) to prefer a writ petition before the High Court at Calcutta against Municipality’s communication dated 05.05.2025 rejecting her application seeking change of her surname from ‘Chatterjee’ to ‘Bhattacharya’. The petitioner was born in 2011 to Mr. Prasenjit Chatterjee and Ms. Kasturi Chatterjee during their wedlock and subsequently a birth certificate was issued in the name of ‘Atreyi Chatterjee’. However, the marriage was dissolved by decree of divorce in the year 2015.

Khaitan & Co advised and successfully represented FICCI – Multiplex Association of India and another before the Bombay High Court in Writ Petition No. 2221 of 2014 (“FICCI Writ”) filed against the State of Maharashtra and others (“Respondents”). The FICCI Writ was tagged with other writ petitions involving the same issue, namely Writ Petition No. 497 of 2014 filed by PVR Limited and Writ Petition No. 1755 of 2013 filed by Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited (collectively, the “said Writ Petitions”). 

Khaitan & Co advised Somic Ishikawa Inc. in finalising agreement for acquisition of balance stake from existing joint venture partner, ZF India Pvt Ltd, making Somic ZF Components Pvt Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of the Somic group. 

The Firm acted as legal counsel to Somic Ishikawa Inc. on all legal aspects of the transaction, including: (i) negotiating, drafting, and reviewing transaction documents; (ii) conducting limited legal due diligence on Somic ZF Components Private Limited; and (iii) assisting with the execution of transaction documents.

Khaitan & Co advised Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Limited (“Nuvoco”) in relation to the acquisition of Vadraj Cement Limited (“Vadraj”) pursuant to the implementation of Nuvoco's resolution plan approved by the committee of creditors of Vadraj and the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai bench by way of its order dated 01 April 2025. Following the same, Nuvoco moved the Special PMLA Court in Mumbai and was able to get a restoration of assets order for the assets of Vadraj attached by the Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai in the ILFS proceedings.

Khaitan & Co advised Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd on its proposed acquisition of a stake in J.B. Pharma from KKR, valuing J.B. Pharma at INR 25,689 crores. The deal includes acquisition of KKR’s 46.39% stake in J.B. Pharma for INR 11,917 crores, an open offer for acquisition of up to 26% stake of J.B. Pharma, a potential 2.80% stake purchase from certain employees and a proposed merger of J.B. Pharma with Torrent. 

Khaitan & Co successfully advised and represented, Concentrix Daksh Services India Pvt Ltd (“Concentrix”) in a commercial suit before the Commercial Court, Gurugram District Court and secured a favourable money decree against Triller Inc. (“Triller”), a US-based technology company, in less than 2 years. The dispute arose from a Customer Agreement and Scope of Work under which Concentrix had been providing content moderation services to Triller and failure of Triller to pay outstanding service charges.

Khaitan & Co advised Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in relation to acquisition of a majority stake in Colombo Dockyard PLC ("CDPLC"), an entity listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange for a total consideration of USD 52.96 million. The majority stake in CDPLC will be acquired by Mazagon, through a combination of primary subscription and secondary acquisitions from the shareholders of CDPLC (including Onomichi Dockyard Co. Ltd., a majority shareholder of CDPLC).