Reliance-Future Group Deal: RIL to Go Ahead With Deal Despite Stay Ordered by International Arbitrator, Says It's Legally Enforceable In India
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) , on Sunday, said that its acquisition of stakes in the Future Group's Retail business is legally enforceable in India and the company will go ahead with the deal despite the stay on the deal ordered by the International Arbitrator after a case was filed by giant Amazon which holds 3.58 percent stake in Future Retail ltd.
New Delhi, October 26: Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), on Sunday, said that its acquisition of stakes in the Future Group's Retail business is legally enforceable in India and the company will go ahead with the deal despite the stay on the deal ordered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre after a case was filed by the American e-commerce giant Amazon which holds 3.58 percent stake in Kishore Biyani's Future Retail ltd. Amazon Gets Favourable Ruling, Future-Reliance Deal Put on Hold by Singapore Court.
Amazon had earlier said that the Reliance-Future Group deal violated the contract between it and the debt-laden Future group. In August, RRVL a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance India Limited announced that it will acquire retail, logistics and warehousing businesses of the Future Group. the buyout costs RIL a whooping $ 3.4 billion.
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