Firm Matters
BackKhaitan & Co acted as legal advisors to Softbank Vision Fund in relation to redomiciling of Meesho Inc. from US (i.e., Delaware incorporated entity) to India by way of merger of Meesho Inc. into and with Meesho under the NCLT route.
The role of Firm included:
a) Advising on the regulatory aspects in relation to redomiciling to India
b) Review, negotiation and finalization of the composite scheme of merger and demerger
c) Review, negotiation and finalisation of the transaction documents (including but not limited to the shareholders’ agreement for the India entity) in relation to redomiciling; and
d) Assisted with execution and closing of the transaction.
Deal Team
The core team consisted of Bharat Anand (Senior Partner), Nidhi Killawala (Partner), Ishaan Chopra (Senior Associate) and Sakshi Garg (Associate). Pranjal Prateek (Partner) advised on the competition law aspects of the transaction.
