AZB & Partners is advising Schaeffler AG and Schaeffler India (a listed company) on Schaeffler India’s proposed acquisition of 100% shareholding of KRSV Innovative Auto Solutions Private Limited (‘Koovers’) from its founders and existing investors for a consideration of approximately INR 1.42 billion. Koovers offers spare parts solutions to Indian automotive aftermarket workshops via a B-to-B e-commerce platform and supplies to over 7,000 plus workshops and has a portfolio of around 1.8 million parts from various manufacturers.
Our M&A deal team comprises our Senior Partner Ashwath Rau, Partners John Raghav and Ramya Suresh, Associates Kunal Pradhan, Deepjoyika Dastidar, and S B Aditi. They were assisted on corporate diligence aspects by our Associates Saumil Mangaokar and Varun Khandelwal; on antitrust aspects by our Partner Bharat Budholia, Associates Vayshnavi Ganesh and Shivangi Pradhan; on employment aspects by our Partners Ajay Singh Solanki, Nishanth Ravindran, Associates Madhur Khandelwal and Prachi Kulkarni; on IP aspects by our Partner Nandan Pendsey and Senior Associate Rashmee Kumar; and on the real estate diligence by our Senior Associate Vanya Umranikar.