Trilegal, Khaitan & Co advise on partnership b/w Sona Comstar and Japan's DENSO Corp

Sona Comstar is entering into a landmark strategic partnership with DENSO Corporation, Japan, to establish two joint ventures focused on developing and manufacturing advanced electric and hybrid powertrain systems for two, three and four wheelers as well as larger vehicle applications.

Trilegal advised Sona Comstar on this partnership.

The transaction team was led by Sneha Vardhan (Partner) and comprised of Shubhaang Sinha (Counsel), Archit Gupta (Senior Associate), Roopam Dadhich (Senior Associate), Sakshi Rajawat (Associate) and Tanay Saluja (Associate). The following provided support:

Competition team: Led by Gauri Chhabra (Partner) and comprised of Ujwala K Adikey (Senior Associate), Shobhit Shukla (Associate) and Bhabya Mahapatra (Associate).

Intellectual Property team: Led by Kirti Balasubramanian (Partner), and comprised of Paarth Samdani (Senior Associate).

Real Estate team: Led by Mridul Kumbalath (Partner), and comprised of Ganashruthi M U (Counsel), Veda Nair (Associate).

Khaitan & Co advised Denso Corporation on this partnership as their Indian counsel. The Firm was involved in advising on all legal aspects of the transaction including legal due diligence, structuring and documentation.

The core transaction team consisted of Zakir Merchant (Partner), Yashashree Mahajan (Partner), Divakar Gupta (Counsel), Tanuj Modi (Senior Associate), Associates Apeksha Chauhan and Vidhi Srivastava. The following provided assistance:

Indirect tax law related aspects: Ayush A. Mehrotra (Partner), Upkar Agrawal (Principal Associate) and Varsha Goel (Senior Associate);

Intellectual property law related: Nishad Nadkarni (Partner) and Vaishali Adhikari (Senior Associate);

Direct tax law related aspects: Rahul Jain (Partner) and Bharat Jain (Principal Associate);

Real estate related aspects: Arva Merchant (Partner) and Vaishnavi Subrahmanyam (Principal Associate);

Competition law related aspects: Anshuman Sakle (Partner) and Alisha Mehra (Principal Associate);

Employment law related aspects: Deepak Kumar (Partner).

The partnership combines DENSO’s global technology leadership and Sona Comstar’s engineering and manufacturing excellence to accelerate the future of electrified mobility.

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