Cross Border Transactions
Client | Transaction Details | Value (US$ mn) |
Year |
American Tower | Financial Advisor to ATC for acquisition of Tower Business of Vodafone and Idea | 1,207 | 2017 |
Vodafone Group Plc and Vodafone India | Financial Advisor to Vodafone Group Plc and Vodafone India for the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular | 13,272 | 2017 |
JTEKT Corporation – Sona Koyo Steering Systems | Exclusive Financial Advisors to JTEKT Corporation for acquisition of 25.1% stake in Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited from Sona Group, followed by an Open Offer to acquire additional 26% stake | 126 | 2017 |
Tata Chemicals - Yara International | Sale of the Urea Business of Tata Chemicals to Yara International. Kotak was the lead advisor on the transaction to Tata Chemicals. | 400 | 2016 |
American Tower Corporation | American Tower Corporation to acquire a 51% controlling interest in Viom Networks Limited. Kotak Investment Banking and Evercore are joint financial advisors to American Tower. | 1,170 | 2015 |
Tubacex | Tubacex, the world’s leading Spanish manufacturer of stainless steel tubular solutions, acquired a majority stake in Prakash Steelage’s seamless stainless steel tube division | 42 | 2015 |
Toshiba | Buy-side Advisor for Acquisition of Strategic Stake in UEM India Pvt. Ltd. by Toshiba Corporation | Undisclosed | 2014 |
Mahindra Group – CIE Automotive | Global alliance between Mahindra Group & CIE Automotive, Spain for auto components business and open offers for Mahindra Forgings Limited and Mahindra Composites Limited. Kotak Investment Banking was the exclusive financial advisor to the Mahindra Group and is the manager to the open offers. | 900 | 2013 |
Hitachi Limited | Financial Advisor for acquisition of 100% stake in Prizm Payments Services by Hitachi Ltd. | Undisclosed | 2013 |
Vijai Electricals | Sale of major part of Electricity Transmission and Distribution (T&D) business to Toshiba Corporation | 200 approx | 2013 |
Mitsui – Arch Pharmalabs Limited. | Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has acquired an additional 27.29% of the shares of Arch Pharmalabs Limited for US$ 68 million taking their post transaction shareholding to 31.96%. Kotak Investment Banking and GCA Savvian Corporation were the Exclusive Financial Advisors to Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for the transaction. | 68 | 2013 |
Isuzu-Sumitomo Corporation | Acquisition of 11% stake by Isuzu Motors in SML Isuzu from Sumitomo Corporation | Undisclosed | 2011 |
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. | Exclusive financial advisor to Kokuyo Co., Ltd., a Japanese stationery and furniture products player, for acquisition of majority stake in Camlin | 91 | 2011 |
Sumitomo Corporation | Advisor to Sumitomo Corporation for acquisition of minority stake in VA Tech Wabag | Undisclosed | 2011 |
SBS Holdings | SBS Holdings Inc’s acquisition of 80% stake in Atlas Logistics Limited. Kotak Investment Banking and GCA Savvian jointly advised SBS Holdings on the transaction. | Confidential | 2011 |
Tube Investments of India | Exclusive financial advisor for acquisition of 77% stake in Sedis, a leading European manufacturer of industrial and auto chains based out of France | Confidential | 2010 |
Mahindra & Mahindra | Agreement to acquire 51% stake by M&M in China's 3rd largest tractor company | 54 | 2008 |
CRH | Acquired 50% stake in My Home Industries Limited | 825 | 2008 |
Mahindra Lifespaces | Joint venture between Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. and Ayala Land for a residential development in Chennai | Confidential | 2008 |
Thomas Cook Limited | Acquisition of upto 74.9% stake (including Open Offer) in Thomas Cook (India) Limited and 100% stake in Thomas Cook Egypt and Thomas Cook Lebanon | 383 | 2008 |
Allcargo Logistics | Preferential allotment of up to 10.30% stake to Blackstone | 80 | 2008 |
Goldman Sachs | Majority Buyout of Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp | 170 | 2007 |
CAMS | Sale of part equity stake in CAMS by HDFC Group and other shareholder to Advent International | Confidential | 2007 |
Wal-Mart | Advised Wal-Mart for its India Entry Strategy and JV with Bharti Enterprises for Cash-n-Carry operations in India | Confidential | 2007 |
NCC | Private Placement of 12% stake by Nagarjuna Constructions Company to Blackstone | 154 | 2007 |
Apollo Hospitals | Apax Partners picked up a stake in Apollo Hospitals through a private placement | 108 | 2007 |
Gokaldas Exports | Sale of controlling stake by Gokaldas Exports to Blackstone and Manager to the related Open Offer | 165 | 2007 |
SREI Infrastructure | Joint Venture between SREI and BNP Paribas Leasing Group for a strategic partnership in equipment finance in India | 195 | 2007 |
Anchor Electricals Private Limited | Divestment of 80% stake in Anchor Electricals Private Limited to Matsushita Electrical Works Ltd. | 500 | 2007 |
Bombay Stock Exchange | Investment by Singapore Stock Exchange in BSE by way of preferential issue of shares | 50 | 2007 |
Hutchison Essar | Sale of controlling interest in Hutchison Essar to Vodafone | 12183 | 2007 |
Bombay Stock Exchange | Investment by Deutsche Bourse in BSE by way of preferential issue of shares | 50 | 2007 |
Bank of Baroda | Joint venture in Asset Management in India between Pioneer Investments and Bank of Baroda | Confidential | 2007 |
Mahindra | Acquisition of 90.47% stake in Schoneweiss & Co. GmbH | Confidential | 2006 |
Mahindra | Acquisition of 67.9% stake in JECO Holding AG - largest outbound auto component acquisition | 205 | 2006 |
Bain Capital | Bain Capital made an open offer to the shareholders of FCI (India), consequent to its global acquisition of the FCI Group | 13 | 2006 |
Thomas Cook | Divestment of 60% stake in Thomas Cook India Limited to Dubai International Group | 101 | 2005 |
Huber Group | Huber Group acquired 50.5% stake in Micro Inks from the Promoters and another 20% through the tender offer | Confidential | 2005 |
Standard & Poor's | Standard & Poor's acquired a controlling stake in CRISIL through a voluntary conditional open offer made to shareholders of CRISIL Limited with a conditionality threshold to ensure a minimum of 51% stake, to get a larger footprint in the Indian ratings space | 81 | 2005 |
Hindustan Motors | Actis Capital LLP acquired a financial stake in the components business of Hindustan Motors through a structure involving spin-off of the division into its subsidiary AVTEC Limited | 108 | 2005 |
Krone | ADC Telecommunications made an offer to the shareholders of Krone (India), consequent to its global acquisition of Krone | 2 | 2004 |
Warburg Pincus | Warburg Pincus, currently the largest international private equity investor in India, picked up a stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited through a private placement | Confidential | 2004 |
HCL | HCL Technologies Limited bought out its joint venture partner Deutsche Bank, AG in DSI | Confidential | 2004 |
Patni | Patni acquired the privately held U.S. telecom services provider, Cymbal, which gave Patni an entry into the telecom vertical and an access to a foray of telecom clients to offer its outsourcing and consulting services | 78 | 2004 |
Citigroup | Citigroup consolidated and delisted it's BPO subsidiary, e-Serve to acquire better control over sensitive data and processes | 135 | 2004 |
eBay | eBay acquired Baazee.com Inc. and its subsidiary, Baazee.com India Private Limited, the largest online marketplace in India | 56 | 2004 |