Poovayya & Co

India

Analysis

Overview

Poovayya & Co has a strong reputation for its robust dispute resolution and real estate practices. Its corporate practice has also been active in the mid-market space and in specialist sectors. With the firm being based out of Bangalore, the firm has worked extensively with technology companies, on both the buy-side and the sell-side. The firm’s disputes team, led by partners Manu Kulkarni and Pallavi Smriti, is empanelled with the Election Commission of India and the Export-Import Bank of India. Partners Siddhartha George and Deepak Raj are key partners in the real estate department.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights 

Representing Manjushree Group of Companies on the merger of seven of its companies. 

Advised Asianet News Media and Entertainment with respect to its strategic partial exit from ARG Outlier Asianet News, the company operating India’s largest English news channel.  

Acted for AxisCades on its tranches of investment in Mistral Solutions. The phased acquisition was completed as a step to enhance its capabilities in the embedded electronics space and improve its customer base in India. 

Key clients 

PricewaterhouseCoopers Finance 

Real estate

Work highlights 

Representing, in separate deals, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Cisco Systems India, Commvault Systems India, Google IndiaMcKinsey Global Services India and VMWare Software India on their real estate requirements in the country 

Advising Thomson Reuters India Private Limited with respect to restructuring of existing lease of various business premises across India. 

Key clients 

ANA ARC