The General Corporate Practice of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised on the transaction. The transaction team was supervised by Reeba Chacko, Partner & Head – Corporate, whereas the transaction was led by Vishak Abraham, Partner; and Sharada Ramachandra, Partner, and by Arun Prabhu, Partner & Head -Technology, Telecom on the IP and technology aspects; with support from Jesika Babel, Senior Associate; Arpita Sengupta, Senior Associate; Gopika Nambiar, Associate; Mukesh Seju, Associate; and Sabreen Hussain, Associate.

Aakriti Singh, Arushi Bindal, Harshita Tripathi, and Manav Sanghvi, Associates; assisted on the legal due diligence.

Abhilash Pillai, Partner, and Jinal Mehta, Principal Associate; assisted in the real estate related due diligence.

As a part of the transaction, S.J.S. Enterprises Limited proposes to acquire 90.1% stake in Walter Pack India, by way of a secondary purchase from Walter Pack S.L. and the founder of their India operations, Mr. Roy Mathew.

Other parties and advisors to the transaction included PwC (acted as tax advisor for S.J.S. Enterprises)

The transaction was signed on 27^th April 2023.

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Varsity, a middle-market private equity firm with offices in Los Angeles and Stamford, Conn., is focused on making tactical investments in the healthcare sector. Beghou, based in Evanston, Ill., helps pharmaceutical companies manage their commercial operations.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity partners Eric Issadore and Bianca Levin-Soler, tax partner Benjamin Rogers, and finance partner Greg Bauer.

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PMI is a leading international tobacco company working to deliver a smoke-free future and evolving its portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. The company’s current product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products. Since 2008, PMI has invested more than USD 10.5 billion to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke, with the goal of completely ending the sale of cigarettes.

“We are pleased to have supported our long-time client PMI on completing this note issuance and look forward to continuing to assist them in their vision of a smoke-free future,” said Sanjay Shirodkar, the DLA Piper partner who led the deal team.

In addition to Shirodkar, the DLA Piper team included partners Stasia Kelly (both in Washington, DC) and Anna Spence (New York) and associates Kim McKenzie (Raleigh), Danielle Cortez (New York) and Michael Slovak (Miami).

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The landmark 15-year PPA is expected to provide renewable power to some of the UK’s biggest corporates occupying office space in Canary Wharf’s 150 acres, effectively cutting their greenhouse gas emissions and reducing their energy costs.

Natasha Luther-Jones, Global Co-Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Sector and International Head of Sustainability and ESG at DLA Piper added: “We are proud to have advised CWG (which manages the 60-hectare estate in east London) on this landmark UK wind corporate power purchase agreement. CWG’s corporate PPA will help its customers on their climate and sustainability journeys, creating additionality and providing a reliable energy source.”

The DLA Piper team was led by Natasha Luther-Jones (Partner, London/Leeds) with Andreas Gunst (Partner, London/Vienna) and Tom Metcalfe (Senior Associate, Leeds).

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The Kirkland team was led by capital markets partner Michael Kim, corporate partner Matthew O’Brien and debt finance partner Thomas Dobleman; and included antitrust and competition partners Michael Thorpe, Peter McCormack and Mark Gardner and associate Catherine Kordestani; capital markets partners Josh Korff and Zoey Hitzert and associates Kaangrok Yoo and Anna Ren; corporate partner Ziyad Ziyadzade and associate Brian Arnfelt; debt finance partners Austin Witt and Jocelyn Hirsch; employment and labor partner Sydney Jones and associate Wes Benter; international trade partner Ivan Schlager; investment funds partners Norm Champ, Alpa Patel and Xiao-Hong Jing; litigation partner Josh Greenblatt; tax partners Mike Carew and Meg Dewar; and technology and IP transactions partner Vlad Khodosh and associate Alex Barata.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Chris Burwell and Leo Greenberg and associates Michael Nester and Guy Green; debt finance partner Jud Oswald and associate Justin Greer; tax partner David Kung and associate Zak Morozov; and antitrust partners Mike Thorpe and Alasdair Balfour.

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Latham & Watkins LLP advises H2B2 in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson and Houston counsel Thomas Verity, with associates Jane Ehinmoro, Monika Kluziak, Zainab Hashmi, and Jacob Kempf. Madrid partner Ignacio Gómez-Sancha and Madrid counsel Luis Manuel Lozano, with associate María Domingo advised on Spanish corporate matters. New York associates Shawn Quinn and Nick Gonzalez advised on capital markets matters.

Advice was also provided on US tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Jim Cole, with associate Christine Mainguy; on Spanish tax matters by Madrid partner Iván Rabanillo, with associates Juan Rodríguez and Ana Serrano; on Spanish public law matters by Madrid partner José María Alonso; on US employment matters by Los Angeles counsel Julie Crisp, with associate Jordan Barnes and Viva Jerónimo; on Spanish employment matters by Madrid partner Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero, with associate María Goñi; on intellectual property matters by New York partner Jeffrey Tochner, with associate Sebastian Moss; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and Frankfurt partner Max Hauser; on HSR Act matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Joseph Simei; on compliance matters by London partner Nathan Seltzer, with associate Jay Winkelman; on CFIUS matters by Washington, D.C. partner James Barker; on sanction matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Lindsay Kenney; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz; on data privacy/cybersecurity matters by Houston counsel Robert Brown; and on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler.

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Latham & Watkins LLP represents Solo Brands in the offering with a capital markets team led by partners Ian Schuman and Adam Gelardi, with associates Adam Johnson, Katie Byun, and Amanda Farrish. Advice was also provided on tax matters by partner Andrea Ramezan-Jackson, with associate Michael Syku.

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Latham & Watkins LLP advised Sixth Street in the creation of the portfolio company and negotiations surrounding the tour with an Entertainment, Sports & Media team led by New York partner Frank Saviano, London partner Patrick Mitchell, and London counsel Rachael Astin, with associates Alastair Mackichan, Adam Rosenthal, and Katie Henshall. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Bay Area partner Katharine Moir, with Bay Area associate Greg Conyers and London associate Sam Duncan; on IP/data matters by London partner Christian McDermott and Orange County counsel Allison Blanco, with London associate Lorenzo Meusburger; and on antitrust matters by London associate Daniel Baker.

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Latham & Watkins LLP represents Bloom Energy Corporation in the offering, with a corporate team led by Bay Area partners Tad Freese and Richard Kim, and Los Angeles partner Arash Aminian Baghai, with New York associate Ryan Gold, Los Angeles associate Andrew Bentz, and Bay Area associates Josh Landis and Kayleigh Kuyon. Advice was also provided on equity derivatives by New York partner Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani, with associates Christopher Yu and Hera Liao; on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Natasha Gianvecchio, with associate Carlos Clemente; and on tax matters by New York partner Elena Romanova, with associate Michael Yu.

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