{"id":347527,"date":"2025-05-10T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=347527"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T10:43:12","slug":"jsa-advises-sumitomo-mitsui-yes-bank-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/10\/jsa-advises-sumitomo-mitsui-yes-bank-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"JSA advises Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in acquiring 20% stake in YES Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">JSA advised <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation<\/span> in acquiring 20% stake in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">YES Bank Limited<\/span>. The transaction will result in SMBC becoming the Bank&#8217;s largest shareholder. SMBC will acquire the 20% stake in YES Bank through a secondary purchase of 13.19% from SBI and 6.81% from other shareholders including Axis Bank Limited, Bandhan Bank Limited, Federal Bank Limited, HDFC Bank Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, IDFC First Bank Limited and Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited. SBI and the other selling shareholders had invested in the Bank as part of the YES Bank Reconstruction Scheme in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">This transaction is the largest cross-border investment in the Indian banking sector. The transaction is subject to the necessary regulatory and statutory approvals including from the Reserve Bank of India and Competition Commission of India and will be subject to customary closing conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">SMBC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. SMFG is the second largest banking group in Japan with Total Assets of ~US$2tn as of December 2024 with strong global presence. SMFG is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange and SMFG&#8217;s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. SMFG is rated A1 \/ A- (Stable) by Moody&#8217;s and S&amp;P respectively (long-term outlook).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">SMBC is among the leading foreign banks in India and SMFG&#8217;s wholly owned subsidiary, SMFG India Credit Company Limited, is among the largest diversified NBFCs in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The transaction is a significant milestone to drive YES Bank&#8217;s next phase of growth, profitability and value creation and we expect to leverage SMBC&#8217;s global expertise in this phase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The JSA Team was led by Lead Partner <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vikram Raghani<\/span> along with Partner <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Birbahadur Sachar<\/span>, Principal Associate <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vwastav Ghosh<\/span>, Senior Associates <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vaishnavi Vyas<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Aleesha Jadhav<\/span> &amp; Associates <span 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