JSA, Trilegal act on Apax Partners investing ₹1,500 crore in iD Fresh Food

Apax Partners has acquired approximately 35% stake in iD Fresh Food (India) Private Limited through a combination of secondary share purchases from Premji Invest and TPG NewQuest and a primary investment, for approximately ₹1,500 crore.

JSA Advocates & Solicitors advised iD Fresh Food on this transaction.

The transaction team consisted of Sidharrth Shankar (Partner), Prakriti Jaiswal (Partner), Aditya Vardhan Dayal (Principal Associate), Rupaly Middha (Senior Associate), Pranav Rao N (Senior Associate), Associates Sukanya Subramanian, Vivek Vishwanathan, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Rahul Nayyar.

Trilegal advised Premji Invest and TPG NewQuest on their sale of share and partial exit from id Fresh Food. The Firm provided comprehensive legal support on the deal, including conducting a vendor due diligence on the Company, and advising the sellers across all aspects of the transaction, including transaction structuring and the drafting, review, negotiation and finalisation of the transaction documents.

The transaction team was led by Ankit Kejriwal (Partner), and comprised Rutvij Naik (Senior Associate) and Associates Aakanksha Ranjan and Dhanush Thonaparthi.

The Due Diligence team on the deal was led Ankit Kejriwal, Kirti Balasubramanian (Partner) and Kanishka Maggon (Partner), and comprised Rutvij Naik and Associates Atishay Jain, Shalika, Dhanush Thonaparthi, Hitarth Parikh and Jakeer Hussain.  

iD Fresh Food is a Bangalore-based company founded in 2005 by five cousins with the vision of providing fresh, nutritious, and delicious food products. The company specializes in manufacturing a variety of fresh Indian foods such as idli and dosa batter, parathas, and curd, all made without preservatives and emphasizing natural, wholesome ingredients.

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