Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : India
Band 1
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Provided by JSA
Ranked as a leading M&A advisor in India, JSA draws upon its experience of working on transactions across industries and deal volume to provide integrated solution-oriented advice. Over many years, we have built considerable institutional knowledge, advising on several domestic and cross border transactions. What sets us apart is our ability to provide mature, and market accepted advisory, navigate regulatory hurdles, and being solution oriented.
Diverse clients: Our commercial and innovative approach and ease of interactions resonate with clients eager to do business in India. Our clients include premier Indian industrial houses and fortune 500 multinational corporations across industries. Our extensive global reach, combined with international deal execution skills and domestic market knowledge, provides clients with access to 120 partners and a further 400 lawyers with global and domestic capability.
Our team has worked on over 300 deals in the past one-year valuing over US$ 50 billion – amongst one of the highest for Indian law firms.
Our bench strength
With over 78 partners and more than 235 attorneys across the 7 locations, we boast of one of the largest practices in the Indian private Equity Space.
Chambers Review
The high-quality legal team at JSA in India assists domestic and global companies, in addition to public sector institutions, across the whole gamut of corporate transactions, especially from its offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru. The firm is respected for its work advising on mergers and acquisitions, demergers, divestments and the restructuring of listed and unlisted entities. The team has significant experience in the structuring of investment vehicles, the establishment of subsidiaries and joint ventures, and the obtaining of regulatory approvals. The team also has expertise advising on the employment elements of corporate transactions. JSA's capabilities in sector-specific transactions are bolstered by its impressive TMT, real estate and projects and infrastructure practices. Notable clients include DuPont, Ford Motor and Microsoft.
Work Highlights
- JSA advised India's Department of Investment and Public Asset Management on the demerger of an iron and steel plant away from National Mineral Development Corporation to NMDC Steel.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"JSA handles complex matters with ease and is pragmatic in its advice, thereby giving the client comfort that the hurdles will be crossed."
"The team members are responsive and able to advise promptly on complex M&A matters and cross-border issues."
"JSA handles complex matters with ease and is pragmatic in its advice, thereby giving the client comfort that the hurdles will be crossed."
"The team members are responsive and able to advise promptly on complex M&A matters and cross-border issues."
Notable Practitioners
Vivek Chandy in Bengaluru represents both buyers and sellers in various acquisitions, investments and vendor diligence assessments. He is an experienced lawyer who is noted for his appreciable involvement in real estate deals.
Sidharrth Shankar is based in New Delhi and assists corporates with cross-border acquisitions and domestic M&A in sectors that include consumer goods and manufacturing.
"He is a good transaction lead who has the ability to stay focused on the bottom line during difficult negotiation phases."
"He is an excellent lawyer with a very strong commercial sense."
Sandeep Mehta in Mumbai is best known for handling complex inbound investments, often advising international corporates on deals in India. His expertise includes deals in the pharmaceutical, technology and manufacturing sectors.
Vikram Raghani in Mumbai enters the rankings and is recognised for his work in the M&A field including on significant investments and sales of equity. He is active in sectors such as technology and telecoms.
"We have always been pleased with his commercial thinking."
"He is deal-oriented and provides practical insights."