Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : India
Ranked Individuals
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.
Provided by Chambers
Pan-India law firm JSA's Chennai office is well-recognised in the market. The firm's scope of work includes M&A, private equity investments and other commercial arrangements. The team is noted for its experience handling large and complex transactions.
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JSA advised shareholders of MG Hospital, a cancer care hospital in Visakhapatnam, on the sale of their shares to HealthCare Global Enterprises in two tranches amounting to 85% of the share capital.
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The firm places a strong emphasis on understanding clients’ businesses and tailoring legal strategies to meet their commercial goals.
JSA were clear thinkers. They thought about the business needs, not just the legal requirements, and they were very easy to communicate with.
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Varun Sriram is a Chennai-based corporate legal specialist with a solid reputation. He assists clients with a range of matters, such as M&A and joint ventures and fund formation.
Mr Sriram is very pleasant in his dealings, is result-oriented and very friendly with clients. At the same time, he is very ethical in his dealings.
We are very happy to work with Varun. He is very knowledgeable and has found solutions for complex situations.
Bhavya Sriram sits on the JSA team as a partner focused on employment law, real estate and commercial matters. She advises global investment companies and corporations as well as healthcare specialists on a range of commercial needs.
Bhavya is able to handle our requirements efficiently.
Bhavya is very professional and easy to approach. She understands my business and takes the extra effort.
Corporate/Commercial: Chennai
Corporate/Commercial: Chennai
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