Jupiter Law, CAM on JTEKT Corp’s acquisition of stake in Sona Koyo for 420 crore

Release Time：16 Feb,2017

JTEKT Corporation, an existing shareholder of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited (SKSSL), has entered into an agreement to acquire the 25.12% stake presently held by Sona Group in SKSSL for a total consideration of Rs. 419.28 crore. Deal JTEKT acquires Sona Group’s 25.12% stake in SKSSL Value 419.28 crore Sector Automobile Manufacturing Deal Type M&A Law Firms Jupiter Law Partners – JTEKT, Nishumura & Asahi – JTEKT (foreign counsel); Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas – Sona Group Partners/Heads Jupiter Law Partners – Jagvir Singh, Debashish Sankhari and Madhular Tomar; Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas – Gautam Gandotra, Bharat Budholia Jupiter Law Partners acted for JTEKT through a team led by Partners Jagvir Singh, Debashish Sankhari and Madhular Tomar, along with Senior Associate Smeeksha Bhola, and Associates Aratrika Nandi, Rajwant Bamel, Siddharth Bhargava and Shikha Singh. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas represented Sona Group with a team led by Partner Gautam Gandotra, with Partner Bharat Budholia handling the Competition Law aspects. Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi advised JTEKT as foreign counsel.