About
Joint Managing Partners: Amit Kapur, Vivek K. Chandy
Number of partners: 130
Number of lawyers: 500
Languages: English, Hindi, French, German, and other Indian regional languages
Firm Overview:
Founded in 1991, JSA is one of the leading full-service national law firms in India with over 500 legal professionals based across its seven pan-India offices – Ahmedabad | Bengaluru | Chennai | Gurugram | Hyderabad | Mumbai | New Delhi. As the go-to firm for the new transformative and digital Indian economy, JSA is regularly involved in many of the first-to-market and complex transactions and plays an integral role in advocacy and policy matters impacting the various sectors.
For over 30 years, JSA has been at the forefront of providing dedicated legal services to many of the world’s leading global and domestic corporations, state-owned enterprises, banks, financial institutions, funds, governmental and statutory authorities, multilateral, and bilateral institutions. JSA has built a reputation for its client-centric approach, quality of service, domain knowledge and sector insights, and for delivering innovative solutions to complex legal and commercial issues for the benefit of its clients. This has led to JSA being consistently recognized as a top-tier firm for its capabilities and expertise across practices and sectors by leading legal directories, league tables and industry journals.
Why we are unique
With a keen focus on learning and specialised practices, we keep in touch with the changing environment in which our clients operate. We take pride in combining the expertise and diversity of experience of a large firm with the personalised attention and responsiveness of a boutique firm. Our lawyers work seamlessly across practice areas and offices to assist our clients.
Our commitment
Through our commitment to social responsibility, we serve our communities by rendering “pro bono” legal services and supporting social responsibility initiatives. Our work in the pro bono space extends to assisting on the formulation of community sensitive and meaningful policies, laws and legal frameworks to facilitate economic and social development at the national, regional, city and neighbourhood levels.
We walk the talk
JSA’s vision is to be the finest Indian law firm strengthened by our core values: exceed client expectations; integrity in whatever we do; belief that “people matter”; an understanding that we best serve our clients with teamwork and collaboration; and ensuring that we constantly update our domain knowledge and expertise. We honour and pursue diversity. We invest in our attorneys with focused continuing legal education and training in industry related issues and soft skills.
Client focus
Our practice has been organised into three clusters – Corporate, Finance, and Disputes with 30 service lines. We serve our clients through partner-led teams with domain knowledge across 20 sectors: Agriculture & forestry; banking & financial services; capital markets & securities; construction and engineering; defence & internal security; education; energy – power & hydrocarbon; hospitality, tourism & retail; insurance & pension; investment funds and asset management; life sciences, healthcare and pharma; manufacturing, mines & minerals; non-governmental sector; real estate; services; technology; media & sports; telecommunications & broadcasting; transport & logistics; urban infrastructure; smart cities; public procurement.
Contact us
Gurugram
Sandstone Crest, Sushant Lok – 1
Gurgaon – 122 009, India
T: +91 124 4390 600
Mumbai
Vakils House, 18 Sprott Road
Ballard Estate
Mumbai – 400 001, India
T: +91 22 4341 8600
New Delhi
B-303, 3rd Floor, Ansal Plaza
Hudco Place
August Kranti Marg
New Delhi – 110 049, India
T: +91 11 4311 0600
Bengaluru
Level 3, Prestige Obelisk
3 Kasturba Road
Bengaluru 560 001, India
T: +91 80 4350 3600
Chennai
29, Bannari Amman Towers
2nd Floor, Block – A
29, Dr Radhakrishnan Salai
Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004
T: +91 44 4930 6600
Hyderabad
Plot No. 391B, Road No.81
Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad – 500 096, India
T: +91 40 2363 5600
Ahmedabad
A-502 & 503, Shapath Hexa,
Opposite Gujarat High Court,
Near Sola Bridge,
Janta Nagar Kakoldiya Road, S G
Highway
Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380060, India
T: +91 79 6611 1061
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- GurgaonSandstone Crest, Opp. Park Plaza Hotel, Sushant Lok – 1 Sector 43, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, 122009
- Web: www.jsalaw.com
- Tel: +91 124 4390 600
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- BangaloreLevel 3, Prestige Obelisk, 3 Kasturba Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560 001View ranked officeChennai29, Bannari Amman Towers,2nd Floor, Block A, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Chennai 600004View ranked officeHyderabadPlot No. 391B, Road No.81, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 500096View ranked officeMumbaiVakils House, 18 Sprott Road, Ballard Estate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001View ranked officeNew DelhiB-303, 3rd floor, Ansal Plaza, Hudco Place, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 110 049View ranked office
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JSA advised and assisted Avendus Future Leaders Fund II in their investment into Veritas Finance
JSA advised and assisted Avendus Future Leaders Fund II (Avendus FLF) in their investment into Veritas Finance Private Limited (Veritas), a non-banking financial company that serves the financing needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in India.
JSA Partner - Sajai Singh elected Council Member of IBA's Legal Practice Division
Sajai Singh, Partner, has been elected as a member of IBA’s LPD Council for a four-year term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026.
JSA's Partner - Sajai Singh elected Council Member of IBA's Legal Practice Division
Sajai Singh, Partner, has been elected as a member of IBA’s LPD Council for a four-year term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026.
Listing of Grip's latest alternative investment offering - SDI at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai
JSA advised Grip Invest Advisors Private Limited (“Grip”) on the listing of its latest alternative investment offering - Securitised Debt Instruments (SDI) at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai.
USD 1.9 billion Institutional placement of units by the National Highways Infra Trust
JSA acted as counsels to the lead managers for the USD 1.9 billion institutional placement of units by National Highways Infra Trust (“NHAI InvIT”), to domestic and international investors. ICICI Securities Limited and SBI Capital Markets Limited acted as the lead managers to the transaction.
Talgo forms JV with Bharat Forge to manufacture hi-speed passenger trains in the Indian Rail Sector
JSA advised Patentes Talgo SLU (Talgo Spain) and its wholly owned subsidiary Talgo India Private Limited in its joint venture with Bharat Forge Infrastructure Limited to set up a joint venture (JV) which will engage in manufacturing high-speed passenger trains in the Indian Railways sector.
Ajay G Prasad moves on from Kochhar & Co to join JSA's Corporate Practice
Mr. Ajay G Prasad has joined JSA as a Partner with effect from 18th July 2022 to further strengthen the firm’s Corporate practice. He will be based out of JSA’s Bengaluru office. With Ajay’s addition, the Firm’s Partnership grows to 118.
Red Bull’s injunction application against Pepsi’s tagline ‘Stimulates Mind. Energizes Body dismissed
Delhi High Court dismisses Red Bull’s injunction application against Pepsi’s tagline ‘Stimulates Mind. Energizes Body.
JSA advised and assisted Avendus Future Leaders Fund II in their investment into Veritas Finance
JSA advised and assisted Avendus Future Leaders Fund II (Avendus FLF) in their investment into Veritas Finance Private Limited (Veritas), a non-banking financial company that serves the financing needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in India.
JSA Partner - Sajai Singh elected Council Member of IBA's Legal Practice Division
Sajai Singh, Partner, has been elected as a member of IBA’s LPD Council for a four-year term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026.
JSA's Partner - Sajai Singh elected Council Member of IBA's Legal Practice Division
Sajai Singh, Partner, has been elected as a member of IBA’s LPD Council for a four-year term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026.
Listing of Grip's latest alternative investment offering - SDI at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai
JSA advised Grip Invest Advisors Private Limited (“Grip”) on the listing of its latest alternative investment offering - Securitised Debt Instruments (SDI) at National Stock Exchange, Mumbai.
USD 1.9 billion Institutional placement of units by the National Highways Infra Trust
JSA acted as counsels to the lead managers for the USD 1.9 billion institutional placement of units by National Highways Infra Trust (“NHAI InvIT”), to domestic and international investors. ICICI Securities Limited and SBI Capital Markets Limited acted as the lead managers to the transaction.
Talgo forms JV with Bharat Forge to manufacture hi-speed passenger trains in the Indian Rail Sector
JSA advised Patentes Talgo SLU (Talgo Spain) and its wholly owned subsidiary Talgo India Private Limited in its joint venture with Bharat Forge Infrastructure Limited to set up a joint venture (JV) which will engage in manufacturing high-speed passenger trains in the Indian Railways sector.
Ajay G Prasad moves on from Kochhar & Co to join JSA's Corporate Practice
Mr. Ajay G Prasad has joined JSA as a Partner with effect from 18th July 2022 to further strengthen the firm’s Corporate practice. He will be based out of JSA’s Bengaluru office. With Ajay’s addition, the Firm’s Partnership grows to 118.
Red Bull’s injunction application against Pepsi’s tagline ‘Stimulates Mind. Energizes Body dismissed
Delhi High Court dismisses Red Bull’s injunction application against Pepsi’s tagline ‘Stimulates Mind. Energizes Body.