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On this Women's Day, AZB & Partners brings you a final 2-part episode of our series, "Ladies in the Law." Join our Co- Founder & Managing Partner and Legal Luminary, Zia Mody, as she takes us through her journey of becoming one of the country's finest legal minds. She shares her view about the evolution of the legal industry and the challenges it poses for women, especially their retention in the workforce. She discusses her own successes and failures and shares advice for the future generation.

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SPOTLIGHT > MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


The Combination of Reliance – Viacom 18 and Disney’s Indian Media Business

AZB & Partners acted for Walt Disney and Bodhi Tree on the combination of Reliance-Viacom18 and Disney’s India business, creating a USD 8.5 bn joint venture. Bodhi Tree (an investment platform led by Uday Shankar and James Murdoch with QIA as a key investor) is a joint venture partner in Viacom18.

Our AZB deal team for Walt Disney comprised our Senior Partners Roxanne Anderson and Divya Mundra, Counsel Himanshoo Tembe, Senior Associate Devika Nayak and Associates Darshan Rampuria and Aditya Macedo.

Our deal team for Bodhi Tree comprised our Senior Partners Ashwath Rau and Kashish Bhatia, Senior Associates A. Robin Singh and Chitrangda Singh and Associate Dishti Kaji.

 

Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate transactions are at the core of the firm’s practice. The corporate group is consistently ranked as a league–table leader, in terms of both, deal volume and deal size. The team regularly advises on complex domestic/international arrangements, intricate commercial agreements, hostile corporate situations resulting in settlements/ litigations and restructuring/reorganisations.

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2024), on our Corporate / M&A team

About

Founded in 2004, the Firm’s clear and singular purpose is to provide reliable, practical and full-service advice across sectors. Our greatest strength is an in-depth understanding of legal, regulatory and commercial environments, in India and elsewhere.

We need to reflect on how privileged we are as a profession, on what we believe in as human beings. The fact is, someone else is doing the hard work.

Ajay Bahl, Co-Founder & Managing Partner

We’re about honest conversations and greater collaboration between the partners. We are mandated to share knowledge, and are less proprietorial about our territory. What benefits one, must benefit all.

Zia J. Mody, Co-Founder & Managing Partner