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Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (Kotak), in relation to the acquisition of Sonata Finance Private Limited (Sonata), a Non-Banking Finance Company - Micro Finance Institution registered with the Reserve Bank of India for an aggregate amount of Rs 537 crore (approx.). The General Corporate, Finance, and Financial Regulatory Practices of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Kotak for the transaction. The transaction team was led by L. Viswanathan, Partner (Chair - Finance, Projects & Insolvency); Indranath Bishnu, Partner; Pranjita Barman, Partner; with support from Anirud Sudarsan R, Senior Associate; and Ayushi Agrawal, Associate. The Due Diligence team was led by Pranjita Barman, Partner; with support from Anirud Sudarsan R, Senior Associate; Niyati Dholakia, Senior Associate; Soumyaditya Dasgupta, Associate; Ayushi Agrawal, Associate. The employment team for the Due Diligence was
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (Kotak), in relation to the acquisition of Sonata Finance Private Limited (Sonata), a Non-Banking Finance Company – Micro Finance Institution registered with the Reserve Bank of India for an aggregate amount of Rs 537 crore (approx.).