Tide Water was founded almost 90 years ago by an eponymous US company in partnership with Andrew Yule. The US parent went through several takeovers until it ceased to exist by that name in the 1950’s. Hostile...
Prabhat Dairy IPO – On a Firm Footing
Initial Public Offer (IPO) is a landmark activity for any company, as it can pave the way for tremendous success in the future. It requires extensive planning like structuring, capital reorganisation, management...
Piramal Abbott Story : Deal Impact
In 2010, Ajay Piramal promoted Piramal Healthcare sold off its main formulation business to Abbott India for over INR 17,000 crore and announced a buy-back of up to 20% of outstanding share capital of the company at INR...
DELL – EMC M & A
In a biggest-ever technology acquisition, PC maker Dell and private-equity player Silver Lake Partners have acquired data storage provider EMC for $67 billion in a cash-and-shares deal. The $33.15 per share deal works...
Legal Aspects of ECommerce – Part I
ECommerce There is no standard definition of the word ‘E-commerce’. It generally means a method of conducting business through electronic means rather than through physical means. Or in other words, buying and selling...
M&A Happenings: October 2015
Industry-wise breakup of the schemes filed is as follows: Industry No. of Deals November 2015 September 2015 Agriculture – – Financial Services 1 2 Investments – – Information Technology 2 1...
Inbound M&A Deals on I-T Department’s Radar
The Tax department has fixed its eagle eye on yet another target — this time it’s inbound mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Forty companies are said to have received notices and the total tax demand...
Ashish Kashyap on “start from the ground”
Leadership & Quotes: Ashish Kashyap “Wherever there is a big problem there is an opportunity” “build+invest+acquire” Ashish Kashyap, founder and chief executive officer of ibibo Group is a quintessential start-up...