Coforge Limited has acquired Encora, a digital and software engineering services company owned by Advent International and Warburg Pincus, for an aggregate consideration of approximately $2.35 billion.

JSA Advocates & Solicitors advised Coforge on this acquisition.

The transaction was led by Anand Lakra (Partner), with support from Niharika Mepani (Partner), Ami Shah (Principal Associate), Jinay Shah (Senior Associate), Shikha Tripathi (Senior Associate), Associates Rishabh Sharma, Rahi Barfiwala, Viraja Shah, and Janhavi Jagtap.

Gerald Manoharan (Partner) and Sonakshi Das (Partner), along with Associates Devika Sreekumar, Lijin Varughese, and Shreeya Sucharita advised on Employment law aspects.

The Data Protection advisory was led by Yajas Setlur (Partner), assisted by Moushami Nayak (Associate).

The Finance aspects were handled by Pratish Kumar (Partner) and Sumitava Basu (Partner), with support from Arpita Mittal (Associate).

The Indirect Tax aspects were advised by Shareen Gupta (Partner), and Ruchita Modi (Principal Associate).

Khaitan & Co advised Advent International on the sale of Encora to Coforge.

The core transaction team included Aashutosh Sampat (Partner), Tanushree Bhuwalka (Partner), Abhishek Dadoo (Partner), Vedika Agarwal (Principal Associate), Bimbita Kateel (Senior Associate), Gaurang Mansinghka (Senior Associate), Associates Sankalp Jain, Niyati Karia, Shrey Chhabra and Vishal Gupta, with assistance from Deepak Kumar and Shabnam S. (Partners, Employment Law), Vaibhav Mittal (Partner, Capital Markets), Shailendra Bhandare (Partner, Intellectual Property) and Supratim Chakraborty (Partner, Data Privacy).

Coforge is an Indian multinational IT company that offers software solutions and services. They provide services in many industries, including banking, healthcare, travel, and more.

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