{"id":366771,"date":"2025-11-15T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=366771"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:09:51","slug":"lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#8217; Dealership Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised and represented the Toyota group (&#8220;Toyota&#8221;) in its acquisition of the car dealership business from Ravindu Motors Private Limited (&#8220;Ravindu&#8221;) through a business transfer arrangement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Following the transaction, the dealership operates under the brand name &#8220;Bharat Toyota&#8221; and has paved way for Toyota in the dealership market in Karnataka providing comprehensive market coverage and strong customer base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The firm provided the end-to-end legal and transactional support to Toyota group including structuring, drafting and negotiations of transaction documents, and deal closing. The Firm was instrumental in conducting a comprehensive legal due diligence on the business undertaking of Ravindu Motors Private Limited and advising the Toyota Group on the overall structuring of the transfer of multiple asset classes as part of the business transfer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The team comprised of Srabonee Roy (Partner), Debanik Bid (Principal Associate), Sushmita Sharma (Associate), Mathanki Narayanan (Associate), and Atrijo Banerjee (Associate) from the Corporate and M&amp;A team, and Neelambera Sandeepan (Partner) and Charms Mathews (Senior Associate) from the Competition &amp; Antitrust team. LKS due diligence team also included Kunal Arora (Partner), Mitushi Garg (Senior Associate) and Jeevesh Jain (Associate) who advised on real estate aspects and Dinesh Babu Eedi (Partner) supported by Parth Agrawal (Principal Associate) and Guru Charan Anumula (Associate) on litigation aspect and by Kumar Panda (Principal Associate), Alekhya Kanda (Senior Associate), Aishwarya Narasimhan (Associate) and Netri Agrawal (Associate) on regulatory and employment matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">This transaction highlights the Firm&#8217;s comprehensive capabilities and depth of expertise across diverse areas of law, reinforcing LKS&#8217;s position as a trusted legal advisor in complex business transfers and acquisitions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">In a key automotive sector transaction, Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Attorneys advised the Toyota Group on acquiring the Ravindu Motors dealership business, strengthening Toyota&#8217;s market footprint in Karnataka through the newly rebranded Bharat Toyota network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":366775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45282,2],"tags":[92682,92724,92729,92728,71623,92726,92722,92725,92730,92733],"class_list":["post-366771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-firms-news","category-news","tag-automotive-sector-ma","tag-bharat-toyota-karnataka","tag-competition-law-advisory-toyota","tag-dealership-acquisition-india","tag-lakshmikumaran-sridharan-attorneys","tag-lks-corporate-ma-team","tag-lks-toyota-acquisition","tag-toyota-group-india-ma","tag-toyota-karnataka-market-entry","tag-toyota-ravindu-motors-deal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#039; Dealership Business | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota&#039;s Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#039; Dealership Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota&#039;s Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#039; Dealership Business\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"headline\":\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#8217; Dealership Business\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Automotive sector M&amp;A\",\"Bharat Toyota Karnataka\",\"Competition Law Advisory Toyota\",\"Dealership Acquisition India\",\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Attorneys\",\"LKS Corporate M&amp;A Team\",\"LKS Toyota Acquisition\",\"Toyota Group India M&amp;A\",\"Toyota Karnataka Market Entry\",\"Toyota Ravindu Motors Deal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Law Firms News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors' Dealership Business | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota's Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"LKS Advises Toyota Group Dealership Acquisition\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/15\\\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#8217; Dealership Business\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_4\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors' Dealership Business | SCC Times","description":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota's Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors' Dealership Business","og_description":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota's Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors' Dealership Business","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"headline":"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#8217; Dealership Business","datePublished":"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/"},"wordCount":281,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp","keywords":["Automotive sector M&amp;A","Bharat Toyota Karnataka","Competition Law Advisory Toyota","Dealership Acquisition India","Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan Attorneys","LKS Corporate M&amp;A Team","LKS Toyota Acquisition","Toyota Group India M&amp;A","Toyota Karnataka Market Entry","Toyota Ravindu Motors Deal"],"articleSection":["Law Firms News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/","name":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors' Dealership Business | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp","datePublished":"2025-11-15T04:00:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys (LKS) advised Toyota Group on its acquisition of the car dealership business of Ravindu Motors Private Limited through a business transfer arrangement. The transaction strengthens Toyota's Karnataka presence under the Bharat Toyota brand, with LKS providing end-to-end legal, due diligence, competition, regulatory and employment support.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"LKS Advises Toyota Group Dealership Acquisition"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/15\/lks-advises-toyota-group-dealership-acquisition-ravindu-motors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lakshmikumaran &amp; Sridharan advises Toyota Group on Acquisition of Ravindu Motors&#8217; Dealership Business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LKS-Advises-Toyota-Group-Dealership-Acquisition.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}