Everstone Capital has invested approximately $270 million in the Apothecon Group, which comprises Apothecon Pharmaceuticals Private Limited (India) and Navinta III Inc. (USA).
JSA Advocates & Solicitors advised Apothecon Pharmaceuticals Private Limited and its founders, Dr. Mahendra Patel and Joe Renner, on this transaction.
The transaction team was led by Sidharrth Shankar (Partner), which included Nandini Seth (Partner), Aditya Vardhan Dayal (Partner), Nabarun Ray (Principal Associate), Pranav Rao N (Senior Associate), Associates Aditya Sinha, Rahul Nayyar and Aaryan Pandit.
Dheeraj Nair (Partner), with support from Vibhor Jain (Principal Associate) and Simarpreet Kaur Matharoo (Associate), advised on regulatory aspects.
Khaitan & Co advised Everstone Capital on their investment in Apothecon. The Firm advised on complex cross-border transaction structuring, documentation and due diligence.
The core team consisted of Bharat Anand (Senior Partner), Pashupati Nath (Partner), Tanima Tandon (Counsel), Harshita Saraf (Principal Associate), Pranshu Gupta (Senior Associate) and Aastha Agarwallaa (Senior Associate) with assistance from the following:
Due diligence and other related matters:Partners Tanvi Kumar, Pranjal Prateek, Avnish Sharma, Abhinav Rastogi, Nirupam Lodha, Amit Wadhwani, Mudit Shah, Shaily Gupta; Siddharth Godha (Counsel); Principal Associates Nikita Bhuwania, Armaan Gupta, Shivangi Narang, Shivam Sachdeva; Senior Associates Himanshu Gupta, Nipun Laroia, Ransher Singh, Khushal Juneja, Toshani Mukherjee; Associates Hanumant Chauhan, Nidhi Kantibhai Marakana, Gitika Mahawar, Devika Garg and Ruchika Kumar Menghani;
Regulatory aspects: Moin Ladha (Partner), Charu Singh (Principal Associate) and Hayden Dsouza (Associate).
The Apothecon Group is a specialty formulations business focused on regulated markets, featuring in-house formulation expertise and captive manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). It maintains a diversified commercial footprint across the US, Europe, and other international regions.
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