Khaitan & Co. Advises Komatsu

Khaitan & Co advised Komatsu on the acquisition of GHH Group GmbH (Germany) and inter alia its Indian subsidiary GHH India Mining and Tunnelling Equipment Private Limited, from its current shareholder, Schmidt Kranz Group. Komatsu is a Japanese multinational corporation engaged in the manufacturing of construction, mining, forestry, and industrial heavy equipment. GHH Group GmbH is a manufacturer of underground mining, tunnelling and special civil engineering equipment headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. With this strategic investment in GHH Group GmbH’s leading products, solutions and talent, Komatsu is excited to further strengthen its position in underground mining as it seeks to support new and existing customer operations worldwide.

The core team consisted of Rabindra Jhunjhunwala (Partner), Roshnek Dhalla (Counsel), Sweta Rao (Principal Associate), Harshita Jajodia (Associate) and Yash Bhagwat (Associate) with assistance from the following:

Taxation aspects: Vinita Krishnan (Executive Director), Jimmy Bhatt (Counsel) and Ujjval Gangwal (Principal Associate).

Employment and labour related aspects: Vinay Joy (Partner), Srishti Ramakrishnan (Principal Associate), Mahima Selvakumar (Senior Associate), Aditya Nair (Associate), Simran Sharma (Associate) and Amrutha Alapati (Associate).

Litigation aspects: Raj Panchmatia (Partner) and Niyathi Kalra (Senior Associate).