17 Dec 2025

Avijit Deb Partners Advises Luxmi Group on Development of The Oberoi Resort at Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling

"Avijit Deb Partners advised Luxmi Tea Co. Private Limited (the Luxmi Group) in a strategic partnership with EIH Hotels Limited (The Oberoi Group) to develop and manage a 25-key luxury resort, The Oberoi, Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling, which is scheduled to open in 2030."

Avijit Deb Partners advised Luxmi Tea Co. Private Limited (the Luxmi Group) in its strategic partnership with EIH Hotels Limited, the flagship company of The Oberoi Group, on the development and management of a luxury resort at Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling. The transaction comprises a strategic partnership under which Luxmi Tea Co. Private Limited and EIH Hotels Limited will develop and manage a 25-key luxury resort at the historic Makaibari Tea Estate. Under the management agreement, EIH Hotels will operate the property, to be branded as The Oberoi, Makaibari Tea Estate, Darjeeling, which is scheduled to open in 2030. The partnership is intended to expand the experiential and hospitality dimension of the Makaibari legacy while preserving the estate’s historic, environmental and cultural ethos. Established in 1859 and owned, managed and controlled by Luxmi Tea Co. Private Limited, Makaibari is recognised as one of the world’s oldest and most renowned tea estates and was the world’s first fully certified organic tea estate in 1988. Avijit Deb Partners represented Luxmi Tea Co. Private Limited (the Luxmi Group) with a team composed by: Arunabha Deb (Managing Partner), Ashika Daga (Partner), Raunak Das Sharma (Senior Associate) and Sanchali Bhowmik (Associate).
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