JSA snaps up three CMS INDUSLAW Corporate Partners and a team of 19 lawyers

CMS INDUSLAW Corporate Partners Siddharth Manchanda, Minhaz Lokhandwala and Rashi Saraf are moving to JSA Advocates & Solicitors, with their team of 18 associates and 1 retained partner, Vinit Patwari.

Manchanda has been associated with CMS INDUSLAW, Mumbai for over 3 years across two separate stints. He has over 17 years of experience in venture capital and private equity investments, corporate M&A, corporate debt financing and general corporate advisory. For more than a decade, he has worked on domestic and cross-border mandates across sectors, including e-commerce, telecom, education, banking, events and exhibitions, pharmaceuticals, insurance, services, power, logistics and financial services.

Lokhandwala has been associated with CMS INDULSAW, Mumbai for over 5 years. He has over 16 years of experience in advising on venture capital, private equity, mergers & acquisitions transactions, and setting up joint ventures. He regularly advises clients on structuring and negotiating investments, exits, share acquisitions and business transfers across sectors and jurisdictions.

He has advised on an array of investment and M&A transactions, representing promoters and investors, both financial and strategic. He specializes in healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors and has advised leading hospitals and pharmaceutical companies on regulatory compliances and internal diligence checks. He has also gained expertise in D2C, e-commerce, IT, logistics and manufacturing sectors.

Saraf has been associated with CMS INDUSLAW, Bengaluru for over 6 years. She has over 17 years of experience specialising in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments. She has advised on structuring and regulatory aspects of cross-border and domestic transactions across the industry in both startups as well as brick & mortar businesses, including promoters, family offices, venture capital and private equity funds. Her industry-wide experience is as varied her clientele - including in healthcare, education, ed-tech, real estate, consumer goods, ecommerce, logistics, manufacturing and information technology.

Manchanda and Lokhandwala will join the Mumbai office of JSA, while Saraf will be based out of the Bengaluru office.

Making the announcement, Vivek K. Chandy and Amar Gupta, Joint Managing Partners, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, said,

“We look forward to having Siddharth, Rashi and Minhaz and their team onboard JSA soon. They are accomplished lawyers with strong practices that cater to marquee clients. Their practices and specialist capabilities are a great strategic fit to JSA’s already strong Corporate Practice and should provide JSA’s clients with an added edge. We wish them all the best.”

Sharing their views on JSA expansion, they added,

“JSA continues to remain focused on growth keeping in mind our values and culture while remaining focussed on creating depth in our practices. JSA recently announced the elevation of 7 Partners to Equity Partners and 20 attorneys to Retained Partners. These carefully calibrated lateral hirings complement our organic growth. The joining of new teams is another reflection of how JSA’s great meritocratic work culture and unique transparent model continues to be a major draw for great talent.”

JSA has also recently onboarded CAM's Kushal Ramotre as a Partner in Corporate practice.

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