{"id":44116,"date":"2024-09-03T06:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T06:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=44116"},"modified":"2024-09-03T06:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T06:58:44","slug":"transaction-summary-16","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/transaction-summary-16\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSACTION SUMMARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DSK Legal advised Mandala Capital with respect to its full exit from Edward Food Research and Analysis Centre (\u201cEFRAC\u201d).<\/strong> <!--more-->Mandala Capital\u2019s exit from EFRAC was implemented through primary and secondary investments by <strong>QIMA (UK) Limited <\/strong>(\u201c<strong>QIMA<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Mandala Capital is a private equity firm specializing in\u00a0investments across the food and agriculture value chain in South\u00a0and South-East Asia.\u00a0Mandala Capital works closely with its portfolio companies to enhance their operational value, drive growth, and build industry leaders to transform existing food systems.<\/p>\n<p>EFRAC is one of the largest integrated laboratory testing providers in India, and is engaged in the business of providing testing services for over 500 commodities, serving a wide range of verticals including food, agri, drugs and cosmetics.<\/p>\n<p>DSK Legal assisted Mandala Capital in\u00a0inter alia: (i) reviewing, revising and finalizing the share purchase and subscription agreement (\u201c<strong>SPSA<\/strong>\u201d); (iii) drafting, reviewing, revising and finalizing of documents ancillary to the SPSA, including closing documents;\u00a0and\u00a0(iii) assisting in the closing of the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The DSK Legal team which represented Mandala Capital\u00a0comprised of <strong>Mr. Hemang Parekh<\/strong>\u00a0(Partner), <strong>Ms. Saumya Malviya <\/strong>(Senior Associate) and <strong>Ms. Sharmishtha Bharde<\/strong>\u00a0(Senior Associate).<\/p>\n<p><strong>JSA<\/strong> acted as the legal advisor for QIMA. <strong>Fox Mandal <\/strong>acted as the legal advisors for EFRAC and the promoters of EFRAC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh.png 2444w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh-863x1024.png 863w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh-768x911.png 768w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh-1295x1536.png 1295w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/Hemang-Parekh-1727x2048.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo.png 8268w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo-1536x370.png 1536w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/09\/DSK-Legal-Logo-2048x493.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-44116","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/44116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}