Indian Poultry Alliance Private Limited, a subsidiary of Allana Group, has formed a joint venture entity with Infifresh Foods Limited ("Captain Fresh") – Indian Retail Alliance Private Limited ("IRAPL").

As part of the transaction, Captain Fresh’s domestic business was transferred to IRAPL to form an integrated platform for scaling organised fresh protein retail in India.

Trilegal advised Allana Group on the formation of this strategic joint venture.

The Trilegal Corporate Team advising on the matter was led by Kabeer Mathur (Partner), with support from Dhaval Mehta (Senior Associate), Shachi Kalani (Senior Associate) and Rajdeep Mukherjee. (Associate).

The Trilegal Tax Team advising on the matter was led by Komal Dani (Partner), with support from Ketki Redkar (Senior Associate) and Shyam Mangukiya (Associate).

The joint venture aims to build India's first at-scale retail ecosystem in this segment by combining Allana Group's expertise in chicken, ready-to-cook products, and protein processing with Captain Fresh's seafood supply chain capabilities, omni-channel technology stack, under its retail brand ‘ChopServe’. The platform will integrate supply-side depth with an entrepreneur-led distribution model, targeting a 4,000-store retail network across India within four years, offering a basket of animal protein products.

This transaction also marks a significant step in Allana Group's domestic expansion strategy leveraging IPA's fully integrated poultry operations to build a dominant position in India's organised fresh protein retail market.

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