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New Delhi | March 25th, 2026:<\/span> Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. (SAM) acted as legal counsel to the sellers on the acquisition by Nazara Technologies Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary Nazara Technologies UK Limited, of a 50% controlling stake in Bluetile Games S.L. (formerly known as Playvalve S.L.) and BestPlay Systems S.L., for an initial consideration of approximately USD 100.3 million (~INR 918 crores).<\/p>\n

Bluetile and BestPlay operate a diversified portfolio of globally popular casual and social mobile games, including titles such as Yatzy, Domino Legends, Mahjong Voyage, and Spade Stars. The transaction strengthens Nazara’s presence in the global mobile gaming ecosystem, providing access to Bluetile and BestPlay’s portfolio of casual and social mobile games, supported by AI-assisted development capabilities.<\/p>\n

The SAM transaction team was led by Partners Natashaa Shroff, Taranjeet Singh, Gouri Puri, and Rahul Yadav, with support from Nimish Malpani, Principal Associate; Pundrikaksh Sharma, Senior Associate; and Tushar Kumar, Associate. Securities law aspects were advised by Kanwardeep Singh, Counsel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advised the sellers on Nazara Technologies Limited’s acquisition of a 50% stake in Bluetile Games and BestPlay Systems, strengthening its global gaming portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":379538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45282,2],"tags":[101287,101292,101289,101290,101285,101288,101286,101291],"class_list":["post-379535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-firms-news","category-news","tag-bluetile-games-bestplay-systems-acquisition","tag-cross-border-gaming-acquisition-india","tag-gaming-industry-ma-india-global","tag-mobile-gaming-acquisition-usd-100-million","tag-nazara-technologies-bluetile-acquisition-2026","tag-nazara-technologies-uk-subsidiary-deal","tag-sam-advises-sellers-nazara-deal","tag-sam-corporate-deal-gaming-sector"],"yoast_head":"\nSAM Advises on Nazara Technologies' Bluetile & BestPlay Acquisition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. advised sellers on Nazara Technologies Limited's acquisition of Bluetile Games and BestPlay Systems.\" \/>\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\/2026\/03\/27\/nazara-technologies-bluetile-bestplay-acquisition-sam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. 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