Aarthi Sivanandh
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate/Commercial: Chennai
Band 1
About
Provided by Aarthi Sivanandh
Practice Areas
Aarthi’s practice focuses on the full spectrum of corporate laws and transactional matters: mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, private equity and foreign collaborations. She has extensive experience in working in the India region for domestic and foreign investors, having acted for bidders, target companies, sellers and advisors in such transactions. Her expertise is also called for in board-led internal investigations and advisory on corporate governance. She also leads the pro bono practice of the firm.
Career
Aarthi is an equity partner at JSA from 2014 until the present. In 2010, a firm she co-founded merged its practice with JSA, prior to which she was in the USA practising as a foreign legal consultant focussing on corporate and transaction advisory work the US-India business corridor.
Professional Memberships
• Bar Council of India
• Bar Council of Tamil Nadu
Personal
Aarthi is regarded as a pre-eminent lawyer in corporate M&A/PE space and is consistently named in prominent legal directories including Chambers & Partners, RSG Consulting and IFLR1000 among others.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Aarthi Sivanandh of AZB & Partners is a recognised name in the Chennai M&A legal market and is present on some notable corporate and private equity deals. She also has experience in other relevant matters such as spin-offs and demergers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I have found Aarthi to be very responsive and impressive."
"I have found Aarthi to be very responsive and impressive."