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R K Dewan & Co, founded in 1942, a leading name in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law, and SNG & Partners, founded in 1962, a full-service law firm with a strong foundation in Banking & Financial Services and Corporate Laws, have entered into an Exclusive Collaboration to establish a relationship to exclusively work with each other on their respective practice areas. Both firms hold a strong legacy in their respective fields – R K Dewan & Co in Intellectual Property and SNG & Partners in Banking&Financial Services, and Corporate Laws – are built over decades with high standards of ethics and trust amongst domestic and international clients alike. This collaboration marks a definitive step forward in expanding their ability to offer seamless, specialised legal services across diverse practice areas. Under the collaboration, both firms will use each other’s expertise to extend the same to their respective clients in India and overseas. Firms have also agreed to extend their infrastructure in various cities in India and their global relationships with each other. The initiative comes in response to a growing need from clients for integrated legal solutions that address both innovation-driven and transaction-oriented requirements. Recognising this, both firms have joined hands to better serve their clientele who stand to benefit significantly from the combined service network and cross-practice collaboration. Speaking about the association, Dr. Mohan Dewan and Dr. Niti Dewan, Core leadership of R. K, Dewan & Co., said: “For over eight decades, RK Dewan & Co. has upheld the belief that collaboration fuels excellence. Our partnership with SNG & Partners represents an evolution in how we can serve clients – with greater breadth, technical depth, and a shared vision for innovation. This synergy will help both firms meet the expanding expectations of practice/services in India and abroad. Our combined focus will be on sustained growth through shared values, mutual respect, and a unified focus on delivering high-quality legal advice across industries, paving the way for greater synergy in the future” Mr. Rajesh S. Narain Gupta, Founder & Chairman, along with Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Managing Partner (Corporate & NonContentious Practice) of SNG & Partners, jointly added: “Both firms have long-standing legacies and a unyielding commitment to client service and professional integrity. Our collaboration with RK Dewan & Co. will not only allow us to offer our clients exceptional IPR expertise but will also strengthen the ecosystem of legal support that both our firms provide. We see this as the beginning of a deeper relationship that will foster growth, knowledge exchange, and service excellence. We are keen to unlock new avenues for client service and professional cooperation. Our key intent is to give the benefit of our combined expertise to our clients, aiming that they receive comprehensive and strategic legal support in a more holistic and bespoke way.” About RK Dewan & Co. Founded by Raj Kumar Dewan in 1942, the RK Dewan & Co. is known as a global IP powerhouse, offering a comprehensive array of services across the full spectrum of IP rights. The firm is an ISO 9001:2015 certified law firm, with offices located in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, and Kolkata. The firm boasts a team of more than 180 professionals, including painstakingly trained lawyers, patent and trademark attorneys/ agents, analysts, engineers and scientists with advanced degrees, along with paralegals specialising in identification, registration, maintenance, commercialisation and enforcement of patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights and other IP rights About SNG & Partners Established in 1962, by the Late Mr. S. N. Gupta, an acclaimed banking lawyer, jurist and writer, SNG & Partners is a secondgeneration full-service law Firm which has acquired an enviable reputation for sophisticated legal work in India, in the national capital, New Delhi, the business capital, Mumbai, and the IT capital, Bengaluru. In 2024, the Firm established a dedicated Japanese Desk to offer specialised legal and advisory services to Japanese and Indian companies seeking cross-border investment and business opportunities

R K Dewan & Co, founded in 1942, a leading name in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law, and SNG & Partners, founded in 1962, a full-service law firm with a strong foundation in Banking & Financial Services and Corporate Laws, have entered into an Exclusive Collaboration to establish a relationship to exclusively work with each other on their respective practice areas. Both firms hold a strong legacy in their respective fields – R K Dewan & Co in Intellectual Property and SNG & Partners in Banking&Financial Services, and Corporate Laws – are built over decades with high standards of ethics and trust amongst domestic and international clients alike. This collaboration marks a definitive step forward in expanding their ability to offer seamless, specialised legal services across diverse practice areas. Under the collaboration, both firms will use each other’s expertise to extend the same to their respective clients in India and overseas. Firms have also agreed to extend their infrastructure in various cities in India and their global relationships with each other. The initiative comes in response to a growing need from clients for integrated legal solutions that address both innovation-driven and transaction-oriented requirements. Recognising this, both firms have joined hands to better serve their clientele who stand to benefit significantly from the combined service network and cross-practice collaboration. Speaking about the association, Dr. Mohan Dewan and Dr. Niti Dewan, Core leadership of R. K, Dewan & Co., said: “For over eight decades, RK Dewan & Co. has upheld the belief that collaboration fuels excellence. Our partnership with SNG & Partners represents an evolution in how we can serve clients – with greater breadth, technical depth, and a shared vision for innovation. This synergy will help both firms meet the expanding expectations of practice/services in India and abroad. Our combined focus will be on sustained growth through shared values, mutual respect, and a unified focus on delivering high-quality legal advice across industries, paving the way for greater synergy in the future” Mr. Rajesh S. Narain Gupta, Founder & Chairman, along with Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Managing Partner (Corporate & NonContentious Practice) of SNG & Partners, jointly added: “Both firms have long-standing legacies and a unyielding commitment to client service and professional integrity. Our collaboration with RK Dewan & Co. will not only allow us to offer our clients exceptional IPR expertise but will also strengthen the ecosystem of legal support that both our firms provide. We see this as the beginning of a deeper relationship that will foster growth, knowledge exchange, and service excellence. We are keen to unlock new avenues for client service and professional cooperation. Our key intent is to give the benefit of our combined expertise to our clients, aiming that they receive comprehensive and strategic legal support in a more holistic and bespoke way.” About RK Dewan & Co. Founded by Raj Kumar Dewan in 1942, the RK Dewan & Co. is known as a global IP powerhouse, offering a comprehensive array of services across the full spectrum of IP rights. The firm is an ISO 9001:2015 certified law firm, with offices located in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, and Kolkata. The firm boasts a team of more than 180 professionals, including painstakingly trained lawyers, patent and trademark attorneys/ agents, analysts, engineers and scientists with advanced degrees, along with paralegals specialising in identification, registration, maintenance, commercialisation and enforcement of patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights and other IP rights About SNG & Partners Established in 1962, by the Late Mr. S. N. Gupta, an acclaimed banking lawyer, jurist and writer, SNG & Partners is a secondgeneration full-service law Firm which has acquired an enviable reputation for sophisticated legal work in India, in the national capital, New Delhi, the business capital, Mumbai, and the IT capital, Bengaluru. In 2024, the Firm established a dedicated Japanese Desk to offer specialised legal and advisory services to Japanese and Indian companies seeking cross-border investment and business opportunities

DMD Advocates acted as legal counsel to Noble Seeds Private Limited in connection with the proposed acquisition of 100% of its equity share capital by Nunhems India Private Limited, a BASF group company. The transaction will be implemented through a share purchase agreement entered into by Nunhems with the shareholders of Noble Seeds. Nunhems, which houses BASF’s vegetable seeds business in India, will, pursuant to the acquisition, further strengthen its market leadership in the Indian vegetable seeds segment. Noble Seeds Private Limited is a vegetable seed company headquartered in New Delhi, India. With a team of over 150 employees and a pan-India presence, Noble Seeds is among India’s fastest-growing vegetable seed companies and is a leading seller of cauliflower hybrid seeds in the country.   DMD has been engaged to provide end-to-end legal support to Noble Seeds and its shareholders on this transaction, including structuring, negotiation of the share purchase agreement and ancillary documents, and assistance on closing-related matters.   The transaction is being led by Vihang Virkar (Lead Partner, Mumbai Corporate Practice Group), along with Monika Deshmukh (Partner), Vanshikha Choraria (Associate), and Nardeep Chawla (Associate).   Vihang Virkar Monika Deshmukh

We are pleased to announce that Argus Partners advised Exfinity Technology Fund Series II (a scheme of Exfinity Technology Fund) on its exit from Kinara AI Private Limited and Kinara Inc., pursuant to the merger of Kinara Inc. with NXP USA Inc., a global semiconductor company headquartered in the Netherlands. The transaction was valued at an aggregate consideration of USD 307 million. Kinara is a leading developer of high-performance, energy-efficient and programmable discrete neural processing units. The acquisition strengthens and expands NXP’s portfolio of AI solutions for edge computing, particularly across industrial, IoT and automotive end markets.   Commenting on the exit, Chinnu Senthilkumar, Managing Partner at Exfinity, stated, “With this exit, we are returning 40% of our fund, and we will be touching a DPI of one, meaning we will have returned our entire fund. This validates our thesis in deeptech,”.   This acquisition marks one of the largest deep-tech mergers and acquisitions from India, reinforcing the country’s growing prominence in the AI and semiconductor sectors.   The team at Argus Partners advising Exfinity Technology Fund Series II consisted of Pallavi Kanakagiri, Ashwin Krishnan (Partners) and Siddharth Malakar (Senior Associate).   Read more at: CNBC-TV18, YourStory, NXP Press Release.