J Sagar Associates (JSA)
J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Lalit Kumar has set out the important new sections of the Companies Act that were yesterday announced by the MCA and would be notified and come into force on 1 April.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) has merged with Chennai law firm Vichar Partners, which was set up by alumni from Universal Legal, Dua Associates and Paras Kuhad Associates in 2010.
Five lawyers from HSA Advocates, J Sagar Associates (JSA), Luthra & Luthra, AZB & Partners and Zeus IP have started Delhi firm Jupiter Law Partners.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) Bangalore has bagged the mandate for global e-auction giant eBay, which took a $133.7m stake in Indian online marketplace Snapdeal, advised by IndusLaw.
Amarchand Mangaldas emerged as the large law firm with the highest ratio of female lawyers ranked by the 2014 Chambers and Partners lawyer directory, while J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Trilegal came lowest with as few as 6 per cent of senior female lawyers.
J Sagar Asssociates (JSA), Nishith Desai Associates and Trilegal acted on Goldman Sachs’ and Mitsui Global Investment’s Rs 315 crore ($50m) investment in Global Beverages & Foods.
14 Indian law firm partners and senior associates will be named as “up and comers” and “associates to watch” in legal directory Chambers and Partners’ yet-to-be released Asia Pacific 2014 guide.
A law firm started seven months ago by a Kerala advocate and two ex-senior associates from Amarchand Mangaldas and Trilegal, have acted opposite J Sagar Associates (JSA) and DLA Piper to advise on the takeover of a Kerala-based vocational training company by a German services giant.
JSA partner Lalit Kumar writes that he is pleased with some of the developments coming from India’s regulators to encourage FDI, but much more needs to be done this year if India wants to dream of recovering foreign investor goodwill.
Deals round-up of more than a dozen recent instructions.
The four firms advised on the National Stock Exchange’s acquisition of Computer Age Management Services, which is valued at up to Rs 1,500 crore.
Amarchand Mangaldas advised the world’s largest dairy player Groupe Lactalis in buying Hyderabad-based Tirumala Milk Products for Rs 1,750 crore ($275m), including buying out private equity major Carlyle Group’s stake. Carlyle was advised by JSA.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) won the mandate to represent long-standing client Facebook on its first Indian acquisition, in its buy of Bangalore-based mobile software analytics company Little Eye Labs for around $15m, which was advised by a local CA firm.
As year-end approaches and law firms send out a flood of press releases for the annual deals league tables, Legally India has wrapped up the most interesting ones in one tidy package.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Info Edge on Rs 57 crore, Themis Associates Sequoia on Rs 170.6 crore investments in Zomato.
PXV Law Partners and French best friend law firm DS Avocats advised French defence electronics group NSE Industries in a joint venture with Bangalore-based Hical Technologies, which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA).
PXV Delhi partner GT Thomas Phillippe and DS Advocats Paris partner Olivier Monange acted for NSE Industries, which received the Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s (FIPB) approval for this Rs 1 million ($17,000) foreign direct investment in May of this year.
JSA Bangalore partner Murali Anandasivan and senior associate Mary Julie John acted for Hical.