Gauri Chhabra is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. She is a law graduate from Amity Law School, Delhi and has completed her Masters in Competition Law from New York University School of Law. Gauri has also worked at the Attorney General’s Office, Antitrust Bureau, New York. Gauri has handled and worked on complex competition law matters, involving innovative solution-oriented structuring and advice, on a full range of competition matters, including cartel enforcement, abuse of dominance, merger control, competition audit and compliance trainings. She has represented Indian and multinational clients across sectors, such as financial services, cement, airlines, steel and manufacturing, before the CCI. Gauri has extensive experience in preparing merger filings and has obtained clearances in all the merger notifications filed with the CCI. She was also part of the 2 out of the total of 4 Form II merger notifications filed with the CCI to date. She renders competition compliance services for clients, which include providing customised competition audits, training staff and manager-level officials, preparing customised compliance manuals and providing dawn raid training and manual. She has also worked closely with the CCI on the development of the merger control regime in India as part of the “Law Firm Working Group”, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Gauri has written various publications on competition law, including “India’s New Competition Regime Steadily Gaining Ground”, for Competition Law International (Antitrust Journal of International Bar Association), April 2013; India chapter in the ‘The Cartels and Leniency Review’, 1st Edition, Law Business Research Limited, February 2013; India chapters on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance and merger control for the BRICS book on competition law for International Bar Association, Kluwer Publication, 2012.
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On 6 November 2018, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) found that four manufacturers/traders of flashlights and their trade association (the Opposite Parties) were not involved in cartelisation as, despite an information exchange, there was not enough corroborating evidence to suggest a (...)
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In an order dated 14 June 2018, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved Bayer AG’s (Bayer) acquisition of Monsanto Company (Monsanto) (together, the Parties) subject to certain modifications. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. represented Monsanto and assisted in seeking the CCI’s (...)
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Introduction The Government of India, through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”), by way of a notification, has revised the merger control thresholds under the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”) on March 04, 2016, valid for a period of 5 (five) years, ending on March 04, 2021 (“Notification”). (...)
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Introduction A notification was jointly filed by Mindspace Business Parks Private Limited (“Mindspace”), K. Raheja Corp Private Limited (“KRC”), Trion Properties Private Limited (“Trion”), Gigaplex Estate Private Limited (“Gigaplex”) and Newfound Properties and Leasing Private Limited (“Newfound”), (...)
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Introduction A notification was filed by FAL Corporation (“FAL”) under Section 6(2) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”), pursuant to execution of an agreement amending the Joint Venture Agreement entered between FAL and ICICI Bank Limited (“ICICI”), in relation to its acquisition of additional 9% (...)
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Introduction A notification was filed by FAL Corporation (“FAL”) under Section 6(2) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”), pursuant to execution of an agreement amending the Joint Venture Agreement entered between FAL and ICICI Bank Limited (“ICICI”), in relation to its acquisition of additional 9% (...)
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Introduction A notice was filed by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited (“Sumitomo”) in relation to its acquisition of 2.77% in Reliance Capital Limited (“RCL”), through share subscription. Although the acquisition was for less than 25% and did not entail control, it required a filing with the (...)
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Introduction Caladium Investment Pte. Ltd. (“Caladium”) is a company incorporated in Singapore and an affiliate of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Bandhan Financial Services Limited (“BFSL”) is a company registered with the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) as a non-banking financial (...)
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Introduction The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) directed Piramal Enterprises Limited (“Piramal”) to file a notice pursuant to Section 20(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”), read with Regulation 8 of the Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to transaction of business (...)
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Introduction The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) has approved the acquisition of Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (“ZFCL”); and (b) Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited (“ZACL”), together referred to as the “Acquirers”, in Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited (“MCFL”), pursuant to a (...)
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Introduction The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) for the first time has directed divestitures of assets, before granting its final approval, in a combination relating to merger of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (“Ranbaxy”) into Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (“Sun Pharma”) (referred (...)
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1. Introduction 1.1. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the joint venture entered between Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (...)
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1. Introduction 1.1. The Competition Commission of India (CCI), while approving the acquisition of 17.36% post issue equity share capital of Standard Greases & Specialties Private Limited (SGSPL) by Alpha TC Holdings Pte Limited (Alpha TC Holdings) and Tata Capital Growth Fund I (TCGF I), (...)
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