Leonardo Helicopters has appointed Universal Vulkaan Aviation Pte. Limited as its distributor for the Indian civil helicopter market.

Khaitan & Co advised Leonardo Helicopters in relation to this appointment. The Firm’s role included structuring the arrangement from an Indian law perspective.

The core team consisted of Atul Pandey (Partner), Arjun Bhagi (Principal Associate), Shivansh Mehta (Associate) and Mehul Mehta (Associate).

Vinita Krishnan (Executive Director), Sneh Shah (Principal Associate) and Husain Bohra (Senior Associate) assisted on the direct taxation aspects.

Mayank Jain (Partner) and Pranay Sahay (Principal Associate) assisted on the indirect taxation aspects.

Pranjal Prateek (Partner) and Yatharth V Singh (Associate) assisted on the competition law aspects.

Leonardo Helicopters is a global leader in the research, design, development, production and customer support of rotary aircraft for commercial, public service, and security and defence applications.

If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.