Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised the Ingredion Group on its investment and long-term strategic partnership with Sanstar Limited. The strategic partnership between Ingredion and Sanstar involves: (a) Ingredion subscribing to 9% of Sanstar’s share capital as a strategic investor; and (b) Ingredion and Sanstar entering into a 70:30 joint venture for manufacture, sale and distribution of specialty pharmaceutical excipients and other high-value ingredient solutions.
CAM advised Ingredion on all Indian law aspects of the aforesaid transactions.
Ingredion is a leading MNC specialising in manufacture of value-added ingredient solutions for the food, beverage, brewing, pharmaceuticals, and industrial markets). Sanstar is a listed Indian manufacturer of corn-based specialty products and ingredient solutions.
Anand Jayachandran and Megha Krishnamurthi, Partners; with assistance from Rohit Maheshwary, Senior Associate; Kumari Saloni, and Ayush Katyayana, Associates. advised Ingredion on the overall transaction.
Siddharth Singh, Partner; with assistance from Rushi Panchal, Associate; advised on the real estate aspects of the transaction.
Avaantika Kakkar, Partner (Head – Competition); with assistance from Anand Sree, Of Counsel; advised on competition law aspects of the transaction.

