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Meta Platforms, Inc. in connection with its USD 900 mn investment in Cred (Dreamplug Technologies Private Limited).

AZB & Partners represented Meta Platforms, Inc. in connection with its USD 900 mn investment in Cred (Dreamplug Technologies Private Limited). CRED operates technology-driven platforms that enable users to access a range of financial and digital services, including lending, investments, insurance, payments, e-commerce and travel-related services. The transaction involved a combination of primary and secondary investments and also coincides with the appointment of Kunal Shah as the global CEO of WhatsApp.

AZB acted on all aspects of the transaction, including legal due diligence, structuring, anti-trust aspects, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, regulatory analysis and transaction closing.

Our deal team was led by Senior Partner Nandish Vyas and comprised Senior Associates Karun Jhangiani, Anish Patel and Shreshth Bhartia, and Associates Shraddha Sethia, Freya Irani, Aditya A., Shefali Deshmukh and Ayush Tripathi.

The competition law aspects were led by Senior Partner Ram Kumar Poornachandran; Partner Dinoo Muthappa, supported by Senior Associates Vayshnavi Ganesh and Anjali Kumar; and Associates Rishabh Jain, Aryan Naagar and Pavan Kalyan.

The tax aspects were led by Partners Aditya Singh Chandel and Shruti K.P., supported by Senior Associates Suhail Bansal and Akshat Jain.

The transaction was supported on regulatory, diligence and compliance aspects by Senior Partners Rushabh Maniar; Partners Prerak Ved, Bhargavy Ramesh, Nandan Pendsey, Nishanth Ravindran; Counsel, Anusha Jacob; Senior Associates Sanghamitra Sengupta, Riddhi Tulshian, Vartika Sharma, and Ambareen Mujawar; and Associates Abhinav Shankarraman, Rishav Sen, Gaurav Jayakumar, Anargya | Ashok, Ankit Dutta, Hardik Batra, Deepti Prabhu, Payaswini Rai, Saumya Jha, Simran Jalan and Vibhuti Kaushik.

Congratulations to all the teams involved in this transaction.

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