Duane Morris & Selvam LLP acted as international legal counsel to Elara Capital (India) Private Limited, IIFL Securities Limited, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited, and YES Securities (India) Limited on the recent sale of approximately INR 14.5 billion (US$200 million) of equity shares in Union Bank of India in a QIP, including a concurrent U.S. private.
Union Bank, incorporated in 1919, is the fourth largest public sector bank in India as at December 31, 2020 in terms of branch network. As at April 30, 2021, Union Bank had more than 120 million customers, which were served by 9,312 branches and 12,789 automated teller machines.
Duane Morris & Selvam’s team was led by Jamie Benson, the head of the firm’s US capital markets and India practices, and also included Hope Krebs, Ken Tan, Jacob Low and Yeo Ming Ze.
L&L Partners acted as Indian counsel to Union Bank and Crawford Bayley & Co. acted as Indian counsel to the book running lead managers.
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