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Trilegal has advised technology investor Prosus Ventures on its $4.7 billion acquisition of Indian payments gateway firm BillDesk, which was represented by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM). AZB & Partners has counselled the selling shareholders.

This is one of the largest acquisitions in India’s digital payments landscape. According to Reuters, BillDesk will complement Prosus’ PayU business, which operates in India, Latin America and Europe.

The Trilegal team included partners Yogesh Singh, Harsh Jain, Nisha Kaur Uberoi, Nikhil Narendran, Atul Gupta, Himanshu Sinha, Jyotsna Jayaram and Gautam Chawla.

Partners Raghubir Menon, Natashaa Shroff and Shiladitya Banerjee led the SAM team, while the AZB team was led by Vaidhyanadhan Iyer and Vipul Jain.

 

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