Amarchand has advised PVR Ltd in its proposed acquisition of a 69 percent stake in rival Cinemax India, creating the country’s biggest operator of multiscreen movie theatres.

Amarchand & Mangaldas and Allen & Overy have advised State Bank of India on its successful overseas offering of $1.25 billion of senior unsecured bonds due 2017, the largest offering by an Indian bank after the Lehman Brothers collapse.

Amarchand & Mangaldas and Ropes & Gray have advised Bain Capital on the $1 billion purchase of a 30-percent stake in Indian business processing and technology management firm Genpact, which was advised by Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co has opened its seventh office, and its third in South India, by establishing a presence in the city of Chennai.

Pranav Sharma, who spent four years with Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A. Shroff and Co near the start of his career, has returned as a banking and finance and insolvency partner at the firm’s New Delhi office after spending six years with Linklaters in London.

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co has promoted 13 new partners across three Indian cities and a variety of practice areas as part of its “Version 3” strategy of becoming a 1000-lawyer firm by 2017.

Khaitan & Co and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have advised Japan's Nippon Life Insurance on its acquisition of a 26 percent stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management Company for 14.5 billion rupees ($290 million), the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) deal in any Indian asset management company till date.