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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advises Main Capital Partners and BizzDesign on acquisition of Alfabet business assets in India
December 16, 2025
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. (SAM) advised Main Capital Partners and its portfolio company, BizzDesign, on Indian law aspects for the aacquisition of business assets relating to the Alfabet Business in India from subsidiaries of Software GmbH (formerly Software AG) (“SAG”), as part of the global acquisition of the software business Alfabet (market leader in the fields of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM)) (“Alfabet Business”) from SAG by Bizzdesign.
The transaction involved the acquisition of business assets of the Alfabet business in India from Software AG Bangalore Technologies Private Limited, Software AG Chennai Development Centre India Private Limited and Software AG India Sales Private Limited, subsidiaries of Software GmbH (formerly Software AG) (“Transaction”). The acquisition was undertaken through Alfit Private Limited (“Alfit India”), the India subsidiary of BizzDesign. SAM was involved in: (a) conducting a limited due diligence on the Indian subsidiaries of SAG; (b) advising on the structure of the Transaction; (c) incorporation of Alfit India, post-incorporation compliance and fund infusion by rights issue in Alfit India; (d) reviewing, negotiating and finalising all India documents in relation to the Transaction; and (e) advising on the process of employee transfers from SAG India subsidiaries to Alfit India.
The SAM transaction team was led by Danish Kazi (Partner) and Dipayan Bhattacherjee (Partner), with support from Vishu Surana, Adwaita Bhattacharyya, Abhigya Singh and Sriroopa Neogi (Associates).
The SAM diligence team was led by Sakshi Mehra (Partner) and Dipayan Bhattacherjee (Partner), with support from Vishu Surana, Adwaita Bhattacharyya, Abhigya Singh and Sriroopa Neogi Anshika Chadha and Dhwani Baxi (Associates).
The Tax team included Rahul Yadav (Partner), Nimish Malpani (Principal Associate), Ritvij Tiwari and Tushar Kumar (Associates).
The Employment Team includes Pooja Ramchandani (Partner), Suryansh Gupta (Principal Associate) and Sanskriti Nigam (Associate).
McDermott Will & Schulte acted as global legal counsel to Main Capital Partners, Clifford Chance acted as global legal counsel to Software GmbH, and AZB & Partners advised Software GmbH on India law aspects.