JSA Law > New Delhi, India > Firm Profile

JSA Law > The Legal 500 Rankings

India > Banking and finance Tier 1

A number of domestic and international banks, financial institutions and private credit funds turn to JSA Law for advice on the full spectrum of domestic and international lending transactions. The team works closely with the firm’s capital markets and M&A practices to provide holistic advice to its clients. The practice is led by Aashit Shah, who has substantial experience in advising banks, NBFCs and borrowers on complex and bespoke financings in India. Dina Wadia regularly assists clients with debt restructuring and security enforcement assignments, while Utsav Johri specialises in acquisition finance transactions. Soumitra Majumdar, Tirthankar Datta and Anish Mashruwala are other key contacts.

India > Capital markets Tier 1

JSA Law possesses an experienced capital markets team that guides its clients through high-value IPOs, rights issuances and share allotments. The team has seen an increase in equity capital markets mandates and continues to advise domestic investors on the listing of companies in various sectors. Practice head Madhurima Mukherjee has substantial experience in advising on further offers, rights offers and qualified institution placements, and Dina Wadia, who leads the debt capital markets side, has vast expertise in assisting banks and large Indian corporates with raising debt capital in the Indian market. Arka Mookerjee focuses on the equity capital markets side and regularly assists issuers, merchant bankers and selling shareholders.

India > Corporate and M&A Tier 1

India > Projects and energy Tier 1

At JSA Law, the team is highly experienced in handling instructions from the oil and gas, aviation, and roads sectors, and regularly represents stakeholders and governmental entities in the space. The group is adept at advising on transactional matters, complex cross-border M&A transactions and regulatory issues. Based in New Delhi, Amit Kapur advises on energy-related public procurements and transactions, while in Gurugram, Venkatesh Raman Prasad stands out for handling foreign investment and private equity funding in the energy and manufacturing space. Vishnu Sudarsan regularly assists with engineering and infrastructure issues, and Anupam Varma specialises in energy-related regulatory and policy issues.

India > Antitrust and competition Tier 2

At JSA Law, the team has ‘up-to-date knowledge on all key competition issues‘. The group handles a wide spectrum of competition law matters, including abuse of dominance claims, cartel investigations, merger filings and contentious antitrust mandates. Practice head Vaibhav Choukse is ‘a strategic advisor‘ with extensive experience in advising on leniency matters and merger control mandates. Ela Bali, who was promoted to partner in April 2023, is ‘insightful with a keen understanding of client needs and gives practical advice‘ on competition compliance issues, dawn raids, and the competition aspects of commercial agreements. Senior associate Aditi Khanna and associate Faiz Siddiqui are singled out for their contributions.

India > Dispute resolution: litigation Tier 2

JSA Law‘s ‘excellent’ disputes team has notable strength in commercial and regulatory disputes, handling multi-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary litigations for clients in a wide range of sectors, including the telecom, power, aviation, and infrastructure industries. Dheeraj Nair and Farid Karachiwala jointly head the team from New Delhi and Mumbai, respectively, and routinely handle a high number of corporate and commercial litigations. With several offices across the country, the group fields a large team that also includes Amar Gupta, Poonam Verma, and Divyam Agarwal in New Delhi.

India > Fintech and financial services regulatory Tier 2

Advising on payment aggregator regulations and prepaid payment instrument regulations stand out as recent areas of activity for JSA Law, whose team is also well placed to advise on alternative lending and payment platforms, blockchain enabled service offerings and a wide array of internet-related service offerings. The team is headed up by Probir Roy Chowdhury; the Bangalore-based lawyer is well placed to advise on outsourcing, payment structures and direct carrier billing systems. His colleague Yajas Setlur has a proven track record of advising on commercial transactions in the tech space.

India > Private equity and investment funds Tier 2

India > Restructuring and insolvency Tier 2

The ‘exceptional’ Mumbai-based team at JSA Law is co-led by Aashit Shah, who has considerable experience with CIRPs under the IBC, alongside Varghese Thomas, an expert in debt recovery proceedings that regularly represents domestic as well as international banks. The firm’s includes advising restructuring companies that are showing early signs of distress, the acquisition of stressed assets, and implementing resolution plans. Other prominent members of the team include Dina Wadia and Fatema Kanchwalla.

India > TMT Tier 2

JSA Law has vast expertise in advising emerging technology companies and e-commerce ventures on all aspects of information technology and IT enabled services. Operating out of Bengaluru, Tony Verghese ‘delivers top notch’ advice, bringing extensive knowledge of licensing and M&A in the telecom sector, whilst Sajai Singh focuses on strategic alliances and cross-border transactions. Probir Roy Chowdhury specialises in regulatory compliance and private equity matters.

India > White-collar crime Tier 2

India > Labour and employment Tier 3

JSA Law‘s employment offering is experienced acting for employers across the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious labour issues. In Gurugram, Shivpriya Nanda has a broad practice and advises on large-scale workforce restructurings and disciplinary issues, while Rupinder Malik takes point on matters in connection with POSH, workplace harassment, and code of conduct issues. Sajai Singh is the key contact in Bengaluru, while Sandeep Mehta is based in Mumbai; the four jointly lead the team. The ‘thoughtful, communicative, and responsive’ Gurugram-based Minu Dwivedi is recommended for workplace investigations and POSH inquiries work.

India > Tax Tier 3