Quad/Graphics buys Periscope
American printing company Quad/Graphics acquired Minnesota-based advertising agency Periscope and its subsidiaries in Hong Kong and India in an all-cash deal reportedly worth US$132 million.
Khaitan & Co was the India legal counsel to Quad/Graphics and DMD Advocates was the India adviser for Periscope on the sale. Khaitan provided assistance on the Indian law aspects of the transaction by way of legal due diligence, transactional documentation and negotiation and monitoring the closing processes
The Khaitan & Co team was led by partner Rabindra Jhunjhunwala, counsel Stuti Galiya, senior associate Avantika Govil, associates Yamini Kumar and Subramanian Ramaswamy. Partner Ritu Shaktawat and associate Sneh Shah provided assistance on the direct tax aspects of the deal.
DMD Advocates’ team comprised partner Sumit Sinha, principal associate Raja Kishore, and associate Kaushal Prabhat.
US law firm Moss & Barnett advised Periscope, supported by Guantao & Chow on Hong Kong matters. Quad/Graphics was represented by US law firm Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Eversheds Sutherland was the international deal counsel and Molitor Avocats à la Cour SARL. was the Netherlands counsel
Fractal stake sale to apax
London-based private equity company Apax Partners picked up a more than 40% stake for US$200 million in Indian data analytics firm Fractal Analytics.
The deal was a mix of primary and secondary transactions, which saw its largest shareholder Khazanah Nasional, the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, exit its shareholding. Other shareholders such as TA Associates, AIMIA Proprietary Loyalty Singapore also sold their stake to Apax in the deal.
Apax will hold more than 40% of the voting share capital of Fractal Analytics, which has now been valued at about US$500 million.
Fractal Analytics, which was founded in 2000, provides big data-based analytics solutions to sectors such as consumer and packaged goods, retail, financial services, healthcare, insurance and technology, media and telecoms.
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