India PE: Careful carving
Driven by distress and strategic rationale, Indian corporates are more willing to sell off attractive assets. Private equity investors must figure out what might be available before it comes on the market
Though unusual at the time, the sale of Tata Group’s Drive India Enterprise Solutions (DIESL) to TVS Logistics in 2015 increasingly appears to represent a new normal for corporate strategy in India:...
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