Luthra, S&R, Amarchand, Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins lead on Carlyle Groups’ investment in Medanta

Private Equity firm Carlyle Group has invested in Global Health Pvt. Ltd, which owns, manages and operates the super-specialty hospital ‘Medanta—the Medicity’ in Gurgaon to acquire 28% stake..The investment included buying a significant equity stake held by Avenue Capital Group. Carlyle has invested approximately Rs. 1,000 crore, according to Mint..Luthra & Luthra advised Carlyle Group, one of the first global private equity firms to invest in India with $185 billion of assets under management. Luthra team was led by Mumbai Partner Shishir Vayttaden..Clifford Chance acted as International legal counsel for Carlyle Group while Latham & Watkins advised Carlyle on anti-trust issues. Clifford Chance team was led by Partner Simon Cooke. Latham & Watkins Competition team was led by Partner Susanne Zuehlke..S&R Associates advised the seller, Avenue Capital and the S&R team was led by Partner Rajat Sethi along with Radhika Iyer and Neha Goyal..Amarchand Mangaldas acted for Medanta with a team led by Partner Mrinal Kumar along with Associates Avnish Sharma and Darshika Singh..Including this deal, Carlyle has invested and committed about $1.1 billion in India as of September 30, 2013, reports Mint.