Practice Areas
Sidharrth (Sid) as the co-chair of JSA’s corporate practice, is a seasoned corporate lawyer with a core focus on Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Investments/ Venture Capital. Sid has substantial experience advising global private equity funds, multinational corporations, and strategic investors on complex cross-border transactions across a broad spectrum of industries over the last two and a half decades, with two decades in JSA itself.
Sid's practice encompasses structuring and executing inbound and outbound investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and portfolio company management. Sid routinely advises clients on foreign direct investment regimes, commercial arrangements, technology transfers, and regulatory compliance in sectors including consumer products, insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, fintech, e-commerce, financial services, and IT/ITeS. Sid has been involved in some of the most interesting deals in life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, financial services, consumer products, manufacturing and green investments, and has played a key role in some of the largest – and award-winning – transactions in such sectors in India.
Sid has provided sophisticated transactional counsel to diverse clients, including some of the most prominent global financial sponsors (such as Leapfrog, Affirma, Avendus, OIJIF, AIMIA, FMO, Incofin and others) and strategics (such as DuPont, Signify, GE, Jubilant, etc). He specialises in private equity investments (both domestic and cross-border), joint ventures and foreign investment. His deep sectoral insight and commercial acumen make him a trusted advisor for investors and corporates navigating high-stakes transactions, and he is consistently recognised as a leading private equity and M&A practitioner in prominent legal directories.
