India’s largest affordable housing finance companies, IIFL Home Finance Limited has entered into definitive agreement for raising ₹2,200 crore for a 20% stake from a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas acted for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the deal
The transaction team was led by Raghubir Menon (Regional Practice Head – Mumbai, M&A and Private Equity), Sakshi Mehra (Partner) and Shiladitya Banerjee (Partner).
The Due Diligence Team was led by Raghubir Menon, Sakshi Mehra and Shiladitya Banerjee, and was assisted by Tanya Choudhary (Senior Associate), Akshay Jose (Senior Associate), Parth Sharma (Associate), Shubhangi Maheshwari (Associate), Prarthana Patnaik (Associate) and Madhurika Durge (Associate).
The Competition Law Advice was led by Aparna Mehra (Partner) with the support of Rahul Shukla (Senior Associate), Ritesh Puri (Associate) and Kshitij Sharma (Associate).
Khaitan & Co acted as legal counsel for IIFL Home Finance Limited on the deal.
The core team consisted of Aakash Choubey (Partner), Shantanu Gupta (Partner), Vidushi Gupta (Partner), Devaditya Chakravarti (Principal Associate), Soumil Garg (Principal Associate) and Shriya Kamat (Associate) with assistance from the following:
Antitrust Law aspects: Anisha Chand (Partner), Soham Banerjee (Principal Associate), Yatharth V. Singh (Associate) and Satvik Mohanty (Associate)
Banking & Finance aspects: Siddharth Srivastava (Partner), Henna Vadhera (Principal Associate), Udita Singh (Senior Associate) and Yash Patel (Associate)
Employment Law aspects: Anshul Prakash (Partner), Abhimanyu Pal (Principal Associate), Kruthi Murthy (Senior Associate) and Divya Kumar (Associate)
Intellectual Property Law aspects: Shailendra Bhandare (Partner), Sourav Dan (Principal Associate) and Vaishali Adhikari (Associate)
Data Privacy Law aspects: Supratim Chakraborty (Partner), Sumantra Bose (Principal Associate), Ankit Chhaparia (Associate) and Deepjoyika Ghosh Dastidar(Associate)
Ancillary aspects: Abhishek Dadoo (Partner), Shashank Patil (Principal Associate), Gautam Suseel (Principal Associate), Sushmita Ravi (Senior Associate), Vismita Gahlot (Associate), Bhavika Sanghvi (Associate) and Shilpa Shankar (Associate)
This would be one of the largest equity investments in the affordable housing finance segment in India by a financial investor